...if you need to find the best sites--fast, for subjects ranging from medieval life to ISDN technology, make this the first place you look.

...Google gets remarkably smart search results by using a mathematical algorithm that rates your site based on who links to you. The ranking depends not simply on the number of sites that link to you, but on the linking sites' own importance rating. The result is a kind of automated peer review that sifts sites based on the collective wisdom of the Web itself.

The program is complex, but the proof is in the results. Since discovering Google a few weeks ago, I've been so impressed with its usefulness and accuracy that I've made it my first search stop....

PC Magazine, December 1998
Google has been chosen as one of the Top 100 Web Sites.