Overview

• The homepage Doodle revives the 1998 wordmark, featuring the original green “L.”
• Google presented an AI‑powered search button as part of its anniversary spotlight on new features.
• The company observes September 27 as its birthday despite an official incorporation on September 4, 1998.
• Coverage revisits the reported first demo in 1998, when John Hennessy typed “Gerhard Casper” into the fledgling engine.
• Under Alphabet, the firm now spans Android, Chrome, Gmail and Gemini, and holds roughly 90% of the web‑search market.