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sixothree on May 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: CEOs Who Should Have Already Been Fired

I didn't say Google was a better name but here goes.

Bing is physically difficult to speak. And as every fourth grader who has taken math knows, Google actually means something. Bing doesn't mean anything; it doesn't even evoke any thought or emotion.

brudgers on May 15, 2012 [–]

"Google" doesn't mean anything outside the name of the company and the services it provides.

"Googol" is the mathematical term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol

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