Google - Why its "Google"

NASDAQ: GOOG

Founders:

Sergey Brin, Larry Page

Handlers:

Eric E. Schmidt (Chairman) & (CEO)
Sergey Brin (Technology President)
Larry Page (Products President)

 

 

Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, is referred to as "the Googleplex" in a play of words; a googolplex being 10^10 ↑ 100 or a one followed by a googol of zeros, and the HQ being a complex of buildings (cf. multiplex, cineplex, etc).

 

 

\\ Google’s Name //

The name "Google" originated from a common misspelling of the word "googol", which refers to 10¹⁰⁰, the number represented by a 1 followed by one hundred zeros. “Googol” wasn’t available but “Google” was. Type “googol.com” and you will be redirected to the website www.biggestnumber.com.

"The original founders were going for 'Googol', but ended up with 'Google' due to a spelling mistake on a check that investors wrote to the founders." 

 

Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb "google", was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."

 

Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. 

 

A patent describing part of the Google ranking mechanism (PageRank) was granted on 4 September 2001. The patent was officially assigned to Stanford University and lists Lawrence Page as the inventor.

 

 

 

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