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Re:Announcing Duck It, a new way to search by tybris on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @12:26PM (#919774)
Google was once a really silly name.
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Re:Announcing Duck It, a new way to search by stjarnljuset on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @12:34PM (#919795)
When I first saw Google, I thought someone made a typo.
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Re:Announcing Duck It, a new way to search by spydez on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @01:23PM (#919893)
Someone did...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#Name

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Re:Announcing Duck It, a new way to search by logjam on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @06:16PM (#920494)
Interesting. I always thought "Google" was just a clever mix of "googol" (a huge amount) and "Go Ogle", (go look/search/etc).

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Re:Announcing Duck It, a new way to search by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 04, 2009 @09:44AM (#921743)
Yeah, I assumed a trademark-ised version of Googol.
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Re:Announcing Duck It, a new way to search by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 04, 2009 @09:45AM (#921745)
Google is a single word though, and those k sounds are so harsh and interrupting, Duck Duck Go is a really bad name IMO.
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