Have you ever wondered what the name of your favorite search engine, Google, actually means? If you're familiar with the word "googol," then you could probably make a good guess.
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Googol, which stands for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros in mathematical terms, is the driving force behind one of the most famous company names today. But there was a time when the tech giant and its world-famous search engine had a completely different name.
In the mid-1990s, Larry Page and Sergey Brin joined forces at Stanford University to create Google – a company that had humble beginnings but would quickly become world-famous.
When their paths crossed in college, Brin and Page began a conversation that would later shape our world. From their dorm rooms, they created what we know today as Google.
What was the brilliant idea of the smart students called? “Backrub”, a reference to the analysis of “back links” by the search engine.
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We're telling the truth and we couldn't be happier that they finally changed it! Fortunately, a little later, the creators of the technology introduced the name that people know and love today all over the world.
Given their mission "to organize information and make it universally accessible and useful," it was fitting that they chose a name related to a mathematical expression.
One of the researchers misspelled “googol” during a meeting – but they ultimately decided to keep it. And so Google was born!
Google has undoubtedly come a long way since its founding. Surprisingly, the company's first server was made entirely of Lego bricks! Now, we see it everywhere – from college dorms to corporate offices – all over the world.
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Chances are you're one of the billions of people around the world who use Google technology , from Gmail to Google Search. But you've probably never thought about how it got its name.
