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What makes "Google" a better name than "Bing", if you ignore the success now associated with it?


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.


"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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