The search engine launched by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University is Google. Initially developed as a research project in 1996, Google’s innovative PageRank algorithm set it apart from other search engines by ranking web pages based on their relevance and links. Since its launch in 1998, Google has become the leading search engine worldwide, revolutionizing how people access information and significantly impacting the digital landscape, including advertising and data analytics.