Evolution google in 1998. Google has changed a lot over the past 17 years from the range of their products to the evolution of their look and feel. By understanding where google has been we can see how this ever growing company is aiming towards the elimination of irrelevant though it still is a persistent problem and promoting social media in their seo accountability. With the new changes expected in the algorithms of the google search engine its rather instructive to look back and see the history of these changes since google first hit the scene in 1998.