Why is Google search engine called Google?

Answer 1

In 1997 Larry Page and Sergey Brin decide that the BackRub search engine needs a new name. After some brainstorming, they go with Google -- a play on the word "googol," a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. The use of the term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.

However accidental Page and Anderson were in the use of the word 'Google' for their search engine, its origins predate the 1990s. The earliest known use of the word 'Google' is attributed to a young artist, who in 1979 created a family of aliens from Mars known as the 'Google' They were published by filmmaker Kris Koster in the early 1980s.

Answer 2

Possibly because google is a homophone of "googol" meaning 10^100 or 100,000. This may implicate that there are that many results for any given search.

But basically, it's what every company name should be; short, catchy, and easy to remember.

Answer 3

Years ago, someone invented a number called the google. It was a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The designers of the site probably thought that the site would one day rival this number in hits, amount of data, etc. Never researched this. But it was the first thing that came to mind when I heard the name for the first time.

Answer 4

because Googleplex i equal to 1 followed by 100 0's

:10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

And The Creators of google called it that because google searches billions of pages (alot) Hence googlplex Shortend = Google

Google was named after a googol - the name for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros - found in the book Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman. To Google's founders the name represents the immense amount of information that a search engine has to sift through.

Answer 5

Some time ago, a scientist wrote on the blackboard a 1 followed by 100 zeroes, told his little daughter it was the largest number in the world, and asked what it was called, She said it was a googol. This is true.

My guess is that they chose that name to indicate the ability of their program to provide the largest possible number of search results.

Of course 'googol' is spelt differently to 'google'. However accidental Page and Anderson were in their use of the word 'Google,' its origins predate the 1990s. The earliest known use of the word 'Google' is attributed to a young artist, who in 1979 created a family of aliens from Mars known as the 'Google' They were published by English filmmaker Kris Koster in the early 1980s. There is no evidence of use of the word prior to this period.

Answer 6

Copy and paste this link for your answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol

Answer 7

Google is a play of words on the number "googol," which is 1 followed by 100 zeros, or 1.0 x 10^100