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Why is the search engine Google called Google?

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Eventually, they changed the name to Google, originating from a misspelling of the word "googol",[35][36] the number one followed by one hundred zeros, which was meant to signify the amount of information the search engine was to handle.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

But you might as well call it Microsoft:

http://createfunnylogo.com/google/Microsoft

Just Kidding...

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