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Google was once a really silly name.

When I first saw Google, I thought someone made a typo.

Someone did...

Interesting. I always thought "Google" was just a clever mix of "googol" (a huge amount) and "Go Ogle", (go look/search/etc).

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Yeah, I assumed a trademark-ised version of Googol.

Google is a single word though, and those k sounds are so harsh and interrupting, Duck Duck Go is a really bad name IMO.