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Google [goo-guh l] ExamplesWord Origin Trademark.

  1. the brand name of a leading Internet search engine, founded in 1998.

verb (used with object), Goo·gled, Goo·gling.

  1. (often lowercase) to search the Internet for information about (a person, topic, etc.): We googled the new applicant to check her background.

verb (used without object), Goo·gled, Goo·gling.

  1. (often lowercase) to use a search engine such as Google to find information, a website address, etc., on the Internet.

Origin of Google First recorded in 1998; after mathematical term googol Can be confusedgoggle Google googolWord story Founded in 1998, the website Google.com has become such an institution that in its short existence, it has changed not only the way we process the endless data found on the information superhighway, but also the way we think and talk about the Internet.
The term google itself is a creative spelling of googol, a number equal to 10 to the 100th power, or more colloquially, an unfathomable number. Googol was coined in the 1930s and is attributed to the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner.
Soon after Google was created, the trademarked company name became a popular verb. People were “googling” all sorts of information, including their own names. When users google themselves, unless their names are absurdly rare, they may find their “googlegangers” (a portmanteau word combining “google” and “doppelgänger”), or their namesakes, listed in the Google search results.
A whole new industry has sprung up around Google, including the new field of search-engine optimization or SEO, which works to boost the ranking of a name or term in Google and other search-engine results. In 2005, the newly-minted term Google bomb became popular, to describe the intentional skewing of Google search results by creating links to misleading Web pages. Whether we like it or not, we now live in a Google-centric world.Related Quotations

  • “Google has come to represent all our hopes, dreams, and fears about the disruptive promise and dangers of the Internet.” -Rob Hof Is Google Too Powerful? Bloomberg Businessweek (April 9, 2007)
  • “Google’s uncorporate slogan—‘Don’t be evil’—appeals to Americans who embrace underdogs.” -Ken Auletta Googled: The End of the World As We Know It (2009)
  • “Show us a man or woman who’s never Googled an ex, and we’ll show you someone without an Internet connection.” -Em & Lo You, Again: Reconnecting with the ex is a dicey proposition New York (September 24, 2006)
  • “I know nothing about this man, except for what I Googled.” -Irene Zutell Pieces of Happily Ever After (2009)
  • Examples from the Web for google Contemporary Examples of google

  • Instead of decorating every face on the street, Google Glass hit a contrarian rip tide.

    You Were Wrong About Miley & Bitcoin: 2014’s Failed Predictions

    Nina Strochlic

    December 31, 2014

  • Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.

    You Were Wrong About Miley & Bitcoin: 2014’s Failed Predictions

    Nina Strochlic

    December 31, 2014

  • If you Google “Muslim Christmas tree star” you will see a list of right-wing websites wetting their pants over this.

    Why Muslims Love Jesus Too

    Dean Obeidallah

    December 23, 2014

  • Look, right now, in Africa, why are we using Instagram and Facebook and Google search?

    Silicon Valley Sets Its Sights on Africa

    Christian Borys

    December 22, 2014

  • If you zoom in on Google Maps, you can just make out the jumbles of industrial machinery tucked away inside.

    The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.

    Geoff Manaugh

    December 6, 2014

  • Historical Examples of google

  • He worked at a PR agency, she worked in marketing at Google.

    Makers

    Cory Doctorow

  • Prepared from scans made available by the Google print project.

    Samboe; or, The African Boy

    Mary Ann Hedge

  • The same scans are indexed by Google Books, but only accessible as snippet view.

    Adventures in the Philippine Islands

    Paul P. de La Gironire

  • The text of this copy has been prepared from a the second edition scanned by Google.

    Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier

    T. L. Pennell

  • There was nothing on there you couldn’t find with Google, of course, but I didn’t think that would count in my favor.

    Little Brother

    Cory Doctorow

  • British Dictionary definitions for google Google noun trademark

    1. a popular search engine on the internet

    verb (without a cap)

    1. to search for (something on the internet) using a search engine
    2. to check (the credentials of someone) by searching for websites containing his or her name

    Word Origin for Google C20: a play on googol Word Origin and History for google v.

    “to search (something) on the Google search engine,” 2000 (do a google on was used by 1999). The domain google.com was registered in 1997. A verb google was an early 20c. cricket term in reference to a type of breaking ball.

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