And did you know?... When the founders of Google changed the name of their search engine from Backrub (yes it was called Backrub before it was called Google) they actually spelled Google incorrectly. The correct spelling is in fact Googol. This mistake was fortuitous because Googol. Com was not available and Google.com was. Today most people use the incorrect version of the spelling.

Google's rapid growth since its incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond the company's core web search engine. It offers online productivity software, such as its Gmail email service, and social networking tools, including Orkut and, more recently, Google Buzz.

Google is the most used search engine, as reported by Hitwise (March 2011). It is estimated that 253-million people use Google on any given day. And in order to make sure that the company operates efficiently, more than 20 000 people are employed world wide.

We all know that the www is 24/ 7, and the people that work for Google therefore have it tough too... Or do they?

Media Shop team take a look inside Google:
- today, Google employs 20 223 people around the world, receiving a resume every 25 seconds from eager job-seekers, hiring an average of nine new employees a day;
- a full-size replica of Virgin Atlantic 's Spaceship One (space tourist vehicle) hangs in the reception area;
- to work off the pounds, and the stress, Google has its own state-of-the-art gym offering weight-training and a host of exercise machines, rowing machines, lockers and shower rooms, and two swim-in-place wave pools;
- other perks include free haircuts, dry cleaning and laundry, child care, car services, chiropractors and five on-site doctors available for employee check-ups, all free of charge;
- perhaps the most unusual bonus of all, employees can bring their dogs to work with them and keep the four-legged canine in their offices;
- we already know that working for Google has certain advantages, but, believe me, this giant of a search engine takes the welfare of its employees seriously as shown by this decompression (stress) capsule that is impermeable to sound and light;
- a slide allows quick access from different floors, there are also poles available... similar to the ones used in fire stations;
- employees can eat all they want for free from a vast choice of food and drink, whipped up by in-house chefs;
- each employee has at least two large screens, there are four to six 'Zooglers' per office;
- large boards are available just about everywhere because 'ideas don't always come when seated in the office says one of Google's managers;
- pool tables, video games, etc. are available in many areas;
- professional massage therapists are available;
- have a drink while you wait for your computer to be fixed; and
- View relaxing aquariums on massage chairs that you control, to name but a few perks.