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From the original paper published by Sergey and Page..

In this paper, we present Google, a prototype of a large-scale search engine which makes heavy use of the structure present in hypertext. Google is designed to crawl and index the Web efficiently and produce much more satisfying search results than existing systems. http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

They were solving a problem - a very common problem in the days when internet content exploded.

But they didn’t directly make money from solving that problem.

But they solved a problem, gaining a massive userbase, and only then became a great company because they were able to make money alongside the problem they were solving.

It's clickbait only if the article wouldn't give any value to the readers. When the title catch your attention that's an actual skill

There are multiple paths to success. “Solve a problem” irrespective of the size of potential market, is also a great path to building great Startups.