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Google was originally called by what name, referring to the analysis of backlinks on the internet?
Answer
BackRub
In 1996, Larry Page and Sergey Brin named their search engine 'BackRub' because it analyzed backlinks to estimate site importance.
💡 Did you know?
The name 'Google' came from a misspelling of 'googol,' a number with 100 zeros (10^100).
Other options people guess
- SearchWeb
- WebCrawler
- DataFinder
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- tech history
- search engines
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