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How google got its name?

  • kordy Level 1
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    How google got its name?

    Google's name comes from the misspelling of the word "googol" which is the name for a (very large) number: "a one followed by one hundred zeros".

    Interestingly enough, Google's first search engine product was named "BackRub".

    However, the founders were apparently paranoid that it would be construed as a porn destination ("Wet box"), so they changed it again.
    Aug 31 2013 @ 09:11:51 Report

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    patco444

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    I like this number. We also learn it at the university. Googol is the biggest number ever known... But it's really interesting because when you say Google, everybody knows it... How did they find such a WORD that is so ... interesting? How google got its name?
    11 years ago
    1969-12-31T19:00:00-0500

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