From: "Tristan Alexander McLeay" <zsau@...>
> > > Google also already had a meaning. It's a number, equal to 10^100
> > >(that's ten to the hundredth power).
> >
> > Isn't that spelt "googol"? It's in Swedish, at any rate.
>
> Yes, tis. The guy who named it did so after some word his daughter said
> (presumably 'googol'), I believe.
His nephew, I think it was.
> > PS According to my (more or less serious) theory, Google is a
> > contraction of
> > "go ogle" ...
>
> I read somewhere that 'google' comes from 'googol' - the engine should
come
> up with googols of hits - and was respelt to make it look English. I'm
sure
> it was at their website, but I can't seem to find it again.
It's here:
http://www.google.com/corporate/facts.html
*Muke!