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The Stanford Academic Who Wrote Google Its First C...
That didn't happen.
Googol.com has been registered since 1995.
They took Google for that reason among several others.
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on Sept 22, 2013
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Of 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.
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Googol.com has been registered since 1995.
They took Google for that reason among several others.