# The fastest web site is google.com (1.2B web page search)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fastest-web-site-is-google-com-1-2b-web-page-search/42294>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 22, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fastest-web-site-is-google-com-1-2b-web-page-search/42294 "2000-11-22T15:48:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fastest-web-site-is-google-com-1-2b-web-page-search/42294/1 "2000-11-22T15:48:08Z")

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I don’t know how they do it. But I know they have more than 6,000 computers doing their work. They search around 1.2B web sites in under .5 second & before you can blink, the web page results show up in your browser. Even a near blank page couldn’t display that fast.

It’s great for searching for people too. Just input their name in the box.

Spiffy. Unless someone has a faster web site to mention 🙂

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fastest-web-site-is-google-com-1-2b-web-page-search/42294/2 "2000-11-22T15:51:41Z")

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Ain’t it cool? I don’t bother with any of the other searchers anymore because Google is faster AND gives better results AND sorts out the duplicate crap!