“If you Google something and can’t find it, there’s a 90% chance it doesn’t exist”

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Entry from September 30, 2017

“If you Google something and can’t find it, there’s a 90% chance it doesn’t exist”

Many people believe that the search engine Google has the answer to just about everything. “If I google something and can’t find it, it doesn’t exist. Simple” was posted on Twitter on December 11, 2013.

“If you Google something and can’t find it, there’s a 90% chance it doesn’t exist” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on September 30, 2017. However, several of the comments disputed this statement.

Wikipedia: Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University, in California.

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Francis Perez‏
@FrancisKPerez
If I google something and can’t find it, it doesn’t exist. Simple.
4:08 PM - 11 Dec 2013

Reddit—Shower Thoughts
At this point if you Google something and can’t find it, theres a 90% chance it doesn’t exist.
submitted September 30, 2017 by saivelamala

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RandomFun!‏
@RandomFun_
At this point if you Google something and can’t find it, theres a 90% chance it doesn’t exist.
4:04 PM - 30 Sep 2017

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