Why is the website spelt Google when the number is spelt googol?

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The Meaning of Google Google is a play on the word googol, which was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, to refer to the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google's use of the term reflects the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web. http://www.google.com/press/facts.html Dec 17 03, 4:55 PM

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How did the website Google get its name? On Drudge Report, it says that Google is worth 71 billion dollars, more than General Motors and Disney combined, but just where is that money coming from, I can clearly see GM selling cars to make money as well as Disney, but Google is just a website, I don't get it? What is a googol minus one? In mathematics what is the meaning of the term "googol"?

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