Did You Know Google Wasn't Initially Called That Way?

[Tomoyo Chan]

When Larry Page and Sergey Brin created Google, it was first named "BackRub" because the search engine ranked pages based on backlinks. They later renamed it Google, derived from the mathematical term "googol" (1 followed by 100 zeros).

 

[Kenz]

I'm glad they changed their minds because Backrub sound awful

 

[seokjin]

Yeah! I think it was called Backrub at first, though I’m glad they changed it—imagine saying ‘just Backrub it’! .