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The story goes that Page and Brin had intended to name the company "Googol" after the number but Andy wrote it "Google" on the check and they had to incorporate
by mprovost 13y ago
The story goes that Page and Brin had intended to name the company "Googol" after the number but Andy wrote it "Google" on the check and they had to incorporate under that name to cash it.
- adventured 13y agoThat didn't happen. Googol.com has been registered since 1995. They took Google for that reason among several others.
- mprovost 13y agoOf course there's a bit of urban legend around it but "several others" doesn't make for a good anecdote. I actually heard the story from Andy himself.