Google is trying to take over the internet and may already have done. Thanks for the article.

170 terabytes - isn't that the storage capacity of 200 hard drives in a modern computer?

Yes, but that's a definite mistake. The author meant 170 MILLION TB, which is equivalent to about 680,000,000 computers (with an average HD capactiy of 250 GB of storage).

170 million tb would be more than the estimated size of the internet...

Steve you are retarded.

170 million TB > 5 million TB. Therefore google would have the index of the 5 million TB, with a bit of space left over as well.

Please dont put stupid comments on as i think the author knew what he put on.

Thanks

Steve is actually more correct than this article.
The internet is much bigger than 5 million terabytes, since torrents take around 100 million terabytes alone

Jesus...

How many times have I told you not to call my creations retarded? I created them in a way that makes me feel more superior. I know... how could someone like me “sculptor” of the world as we know it feel inferior to anyone else!

Well my psychologist says that I have a mental issue that needs addressing.

Anyhow, my point is Jesus, I created you as a retarded human too don't feel special because you self-proclaimed yourself as my son...

Many people have followed the same pointless path.

.....keep your comments to yourself if they are making light of my God. Because that angers me highly, and you wont like me when im angry!

Guys. Remember that this article is from 2005, and as such is useless today.
(no offence to the author, but this kind of stuff changes all the time, so an article from 05 is kinda outdated in 09

Bladtman242

Heh, that can be said about pretty much ANY article about anything. 4 years is a long time, but in technology 4 years is an eternity. I'd guess this article was pretty outdated about 2-3 months after it was published.

Its now 2010...what is the answer now?
Can i get a file with the information that google has on me for the past 12 years?

Everybody is saying samething the article author said and I quote "And this would be valid only if nobody posted new content on the Internet..." an assumprion that is not possible as at then, now, or even in the near future!!!
The bottomline is for everyone to have a grasp/an idea of the vastness of the Internet in comparison with the portion thereof that is currently accessible at any given time 't'.
I suggesst instead of exchage of unpleasant word let's all put on our thinking cap and figure out how best to come up with a more powerful super search engine that can help us harness a faster Indexing and make available information as it's being posted on to the Internet.