Google!

Almost everyone of us who enter into the web would have used Google’s search at least once. I use Google search more than 10 times whenever I browse for more than 1 hour. Xerox is actually the name of the machine, which made photocopies. However, now xeroxing means taking photocopies, i.e., the machine’s name itself became the work it does. Don’t be surprised in future when someone says, “I need to know about this stuff. Let me google it”. Surely, googling will mean searching in future.

Recently, I read a book about Google in Tamil: “Thedu – Googulin vetri kadhai” by N.Chokkan (nchokkan@gmail.com) published by Kizhakku Pathipagam (www.kizhakku.in).It wonderfully explains everything about Google, starting from the first, i.e., starting from how the name Google was coined. Actually, the correct spelling is ‘googol’. Check it by asking anyone, the spelling of Google. Out of 100 surely above 90 will answer as ‘Google’. Even, Larry and Serge were not aware of it. At first, they created their website as www.google.com. Only after being told by one of their colleagues, they came to know about this. But, googol.com had already been registered by another person and he refused to give it for Larry-Serge. Also, ‘Google’ was more crisp and nice than ‘googol’. So, they continued to have the same name.

There are many more interesting facts in this book. Try if could read it and mail to me your experience with that book. If you couldn’t get to the book, you can try for the book: “The Search” by John Battelle- Nicholas Brealey Publishing and “The Google Story” by David A. Vise- Macmillan.