What is Google?

Answer 1

The verb to Google means "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet." For example, "Mary Googled for Wikipedia references." Compare with grep. This new word arose from the tremendous popularity of the Google search engine. The American Dialect Society chose Google as a nomination for the "most useful word of 2002." The verb 'Google' was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006,[1] and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July, 2006,[2] The OED notes the question, "Has anyone Googled?" in the Usenet Newgroup alt.fan.british-accent on Oct. 10, 1999.

Answer 2

The verb to Google means "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet." For example, "Mary Googled for Wikipedia references." Compare with grep. This new word arose from the tremendous popularity of the Google search engine. The American Dialect Society chose Google as a nomination for the "most useful word of 2002." The verb 'Google' was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006,[1] and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July, 2006,[2] The OED notes the question, "Has anyone Googled?" in the Usenet Newgroup alt.fan.british-accent on Oct. 10, 1999.

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Overview
"Google" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary on June 15th, 2006. In their definition, it has a capital "G" and never a lower-case "g." It always refers to searching for information using the Google search engine, which was named in 1998 [3].

"Googling" someone, or to say that some brand or concept, "does (or doesn't) Google," indicates whether or not information can be found on the subject using the Google engine. For instance, a person named David Jones, or a computer program named "Click", doesn't Google, since using either as a query would return hundreds of links unrelated to the individual or program in question. Similarly, very obscure things don't Google because they return no hits. Both search engines and companies try to ensure that the most relevant results are returned first; thus, virtually every well-known company Googles.

Google has attempted to discourage use of the word as a verb, fearing the dilution and potential loss of its trademark, like Yo-Yo, Xerox and escalator (see genericized trademark). The company sent a cease and desist letter to Paul McFedries, creator of Word Spy, a website that tracks neologisms.[4] In an article in the Washington Post, Frank Ahrens discussed the letter he received from a Google lawyer that demonstrated "appropriate" and "inappropriate" ways to use the verb "google".[5] It was reported that, in response to this concern, lexicographers for the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary lowercased the actual entry for the word, google, while maintaining the capitalization of the search engine in their definition, "to use the Google search engine to seek online information," (a concern which did not deter the Oxford editors from preserving the history of both "cases").

Answer 3

A real google is a number "1" with 100 zeros after, but that is why the search engine used it ,... get it goooooooogle depending on how many hits you get it increases the number of o's. :)

Answer 4

Equation
Pepsi / Coca Cola = Google / Yahoo

Answer 5

A search engine

Answer 6

its a search engine
and dont compare it to yahoo cause yahoo has other stuff like games and answers and news, while google is primarily a search engine.

Answer 7

Just google it...

Answer 8

google is the most popular and powerful browser on the internet. Its owners extremly rich.

Answer 9

google is a huge rip off of yahoo.

Answer 10

A very easy search engine.