If you thought Google was a funny name for a search engine, this nostalgic site shows that it was formerly known as Backrub. Phew!
Just Do a Backrub Search?
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4 responses to “Just Do a Backrub Search?”
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I’m trying to imagine if we all said “I backrubbed you” instead of “I googled you.”
Weird.
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Fish On!!!
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Yeah but “google” is actually a word play on the mathematical term googol which is the number one followed by 100 zeros. Yes I’m like the only female geek you’ll find and that’s how I know this
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LOLZ, you read about it today on the history of google website. thats how you know tia, that is how you know!! muhaha!!
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