{"id":430328,"date":"2022-04-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-is-google-called-google\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:00:00","slug":"why-is-google-called-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-google-called-google\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Is Google Called Google?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf2d3b63d3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf2d3b63d3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-google-called-google\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_Is_Google_Called_Google%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why Is Google Called Google?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-google-called-google\/#Its_a_Reference_to_an_Astoundingly_Huge_Number\" >It\u2019s a Reference to an Astoundingly Huge Number<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-google-called-google\/#How_Much_Is_a_Googol_Really\" >How Much Is a Googol, Really?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_Is_Google_Called_Google%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why Is Google Called Google?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-789717\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/google_logos_hero_1.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/google_logos_hero_1.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/google_logos_hero_1.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Nine Google logos over time.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you\u2019ve used the internet or a smartphone, chances are high you\u2019ve encountered <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\">Google<\/a>, a successful tech firm that pioneered search engine <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> in the late 1990s. But where did it get its weird name? We\u2019ll explore the history behind it.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_a_Reference_to_an_Astoundingly_Huge_Number\"><\/span>It\u2019s a Reference to an Astoundingly Huge Number<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Google name originated in 1997 when two Stanford University Ph.D. students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, created web search engine technology called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PageRank\">PageRank<\/a> that analyzed the number of links pointing to sites (often called \u201cbacklinks\u201d) to determine page ranking results.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, the pair called the technology \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2005\/08\/battelle\/\">Backrub<\/a>,\u201d as a playful pun on their analysis of backlinks. While looking for a better name with officemate Sean Anderson, someone suggested \u201cgoogolplex,\u201d and Anderson <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/graphics.stanford.edu\/~dk\/google_name_origin.html\">mistakenly typed<\/a> in \u201cgoogle.com\u201d while looking to see if the domain name was available. A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Googol\">googol<\/a> is the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes. A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Googolplex\">googolplex<\/a> is 10 raised by the googol power. (In an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100327141327\/http:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2003\/02\/12\/from-googol-to-google\">alternate version<\/a> of the story, the trio reportedly encountered a web list of terms for very large numbers and found \u201cgoogle\u201d misspelled near the top.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-789702 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/google_1998_1.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Google's home page in 1998.\" width=\"650\" height=\"337\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google.com as seen in 1998.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So why pick a word that means a huge number as the name of your search engine? According to Google\u2019s 1999 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/19990221202430\/https:\/\/www.google.com\/company.html\">company page<\/a>, they picked the name because their \u201cgoal [was] to make huge quantities of information available to everyone. And it sounds cool and has only six letters.\u201d And since it was a novel name and not just a common word, \u201cGoogle.com\u201d was available when the yet-to-be-incorporated company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2017\/09\/15\/google-domain-20-year-anniversary\/\">registered it<\/a> in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>In an interesting twist, the word \u201cgoogol\u201d itself might have been inspired by another kind of \u201cGoogle.\u201d The mathematical term googol was originally coined in 1920 by Milton Sirotta, the nephew of the mathematician <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Kasner\">Edward Kasner<\/a>. In <em>The Hidden History of Coined Words<\/em> (2021), Ralph Keyes <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=UnEhEAAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PA120&amp;vq=googol&amp;pg=PA120#v=onepage&amp;q=barney%20google&amp;f=false\">suggests<\/a> that Sirotta might have been influenced by the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper comic s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barney_Google_and_Snuffy_Smith\"><em>Barney Google and Snuffy Smith<\/em><\/a>, first published in 1919.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Much_Is_a_Googol_Really\"><\/span>How Much Is a Googol, Really?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A googol is amusing because it\u2019s an absurdly large number: 10 to the 100th power. Here\u2019s a googol written out without any exponential notation: 10,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000,\u200b000.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"0lFQOmb6mVs\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0lFQOmb6mVs\/hqdefault.jpg');\">\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>According to Carl Sagan\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ia800401.us.archive.org\/32\/items\/Cosmos-CarlSagan\/cosmos-sagan.pdf\"><em>Cosmos<\/em><\/a>, the total number of elementary particles in the observable universe is about 10 to the 80th power, still far short of a googol. And with only 1,880,000,000 websites <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/19058\/number-of-websites-online\/\">on the net<\/a> as of 2021, Google won\u2019t be indexing a googol of websites any time soon\u2014or ever. But it\u2019s still a fun name for an impressive concept and a very impactful internet company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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