Google, which recently turned 10, has been expanding itself in every direction possible. The search giant has been growing at an alarming scale and is valued around $150 billion in the market with over 20,000 employees under its roof. Google has established itself as the most powerful 10-year-old today. And it certainly has a long way to go. Who would’ve thought that what began as a college research project would become something so huge, powerful and successful.

Today, there are millions and millions of web pages that contain information relevant to one or the other. This information is spread across numerous sites, servers and scattered across continents. Yet, almost all of this information is indexed by Google and its spiders. All this world’s information is neatly organized by the giant, giving you relevant data as you need it.

But what about information that does not exist in the soft form? You see, long long ago, even before you or me were born, newspapers were the lone source of information for the masses. They carried information from far off places and there were various such newspapers available back then. Even today, newspapers are as popular as ever. However, once can hardly deny the fact that the future is all digital. Presently, there is no way to get your hands on these newspapers online. So all the vital information that these priced jewels carried it limited to their existence. Well, not anymore. Google is all set to digitize these historical publications.

 

The Official Google Blog says that Google has now launched an initiative that will scan these old newspapers and convert them to e-papers, which will then be accessible and searchable online. The giant is partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize these valuable news archives. 

These publications will be made available exactly the way they were printed, so you can browse through them as if you were actually reading one. Every page will carry the same content, same format, same ads. The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph is currently the oldest newspaper on board, publishing activity dating back more than 244 years.

These publications are made available free of cost in the Google News Archive and Google will be adding more in the coming days. The interface is quite similar to the Google Book Search.

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