How Google got name "Google"?

[Charles Bagno]

Googol was proposed to reflect the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol"

what do you think about this idea ?

 

[kenhirai]

Well, Name is just name, words that wont be a matter before its becoming a brand. It doesnt matter.

 

[BloodMaster]

BloodMaster

Name is matter a lot if it's become a brand. And as far as I know OP you are right name "Google" is came from a misspelling of "Googol".

 

[Womanly]

The name "Google" came from a misspelling of "googol" which refers to the number presenting by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros.

 

[Kirbyworks]

Sounds accurate. I wonder if they knew Google would become a household brand and if they would have changed the name if they knew how big it would become?

 

[jacpacdh]

The name "Google" came from a misspelling of "googol" which refers to the number presenting by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros.