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This Could have been your Google

Updated: May 8, 2023

#Did You Know that Googleā€™s Name Comes From A Spelling Error?


This Could have been your Google
This Could have been your Google

Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded Google in 1998. 70% of search queries worldwide run through Googleā€™s search engine. šŸ’»


šŸ–± On occasion, people wonder where the name Google comes from, and its origin story comes from a spelling error. šŸ“”


šŸ§® A ā€œgoogolā€, in mathematics, is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. Page originally wanted to call the search engine googol. šŸ–© By the time the company was formed, they switched its name to Google. Perhaps the name is easier to spell and looks more friendly on the screen. šŸ§®


šŸ” People perform billions of search queries each day through Google. Itā€™s such a popular name that it became a verb years ago among users. šŸ™


In fact, most people refer to running an internet search as ā€œGooglingā€ something.


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