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I don't like the trend of corporate names taking real names and repurposing them. The first results of a Google search for "Amazon" are the company. Not the ri
by HenryKissinger 5y ago
I don't like the trend of corporate names taking real names and repurposing them.
The first results of a Google search for "Amazon" are the company. Not the river.
The first results of a Google search for "Palantir" are the tech company. Not the fictional object from J.R.R. Tolkien's works it's inspired from.
And a Google search for "Rust" returns links to the programming language and the video game, before the chemical reaction.
- sidpatil 5y agoI did a couple searches of my own too: The first results of a Google search for "C" are the programming language. Not the letter. The first results of a Google search for "Python" are the programming language. Not the snake.
- cjohnson318 5y agoSome of this might be your search bubble. If I had to wade through pages of snakes every time I Googled "python something", then I would go insane.
- tobz1000 5y agoThis is why my first instinct when looking something up is to check Wikipedia, not a search engine: the original article will take precedence rather than the more popular thing.
- senkora 5y agoOr at least take you to a disambiguation page where both are listed.
- smt88 5y agoIt's not a trend. It's the way companies have always been named. Historically, many were named after people or places. If you want to search for things that exist, just add a Wikipedia quick search to your browser
- qzw 5y agoI know a search engine that ranks pages the way you like. It's called AltaVista.
- bschwindHN 5y agoI'm a bit disappointed you're not the real Henry Kissinger.
- senkora 5y agoBut the Amazon rainforest is similarly named after the Amazon warriors from Greek mythology.