> Given that Pagerank was literally invented and named after Larry Page, I would think that Google had a head start. I don't think this means much. The history

> Given that Pagerank was literally invented and named after Larry Page, I would think that Google had a head start. I don't think this means much. The history of science and technology is full of examples of results named after someone other than the first person to find them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27.... In fact, based on the other comments in this thread, it seems that Pagerank being named after Larry Page is itself one of these examples.