Why is Google called that?

This one is straight from the horse’s mouth:

Google is a play on the world “googol” which means 1 followed by 100 zeroes, or
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. So why did founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page choose such a seemingly esoteric name? According to Google itself, “Google’s use of the term reflects our mission to organize the world’s immense (seemingly infinite) amount of information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

More Google facts, not all from the horse’s mouth:

• Co-founder Sergey Brin was born in the Soviet Union.
• According to web traffic analyzer Alexa, Google is the 2nd most popular website in the world behind Yahoo.
• Google released a new web browser in late 2008 called Google Chrome.
• Even though Google’s email service, GMail, has been available to the general public since February 2007, the service is still in beta.
• Google’s unofficial slogan is “Don’t be evil”
• Google modifies it’s logo on holidays and special occasions, and if you actually click on these modified logos, they will take you to a search results page explaining the day’s significance.
• Google has ranked for two straight years (2007 and 2008) as Fortune magazine’s best company to work for.
• Their stock symbol is GOOG.

What Google facts do you know?

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