“‘GOOGLE’ is an acronym for the ‘Global Organization of Oriented Group of Languages on Earth’”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Sep 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The word ‘Google’ was derived from a misspelling of Google Co-Founder Larry Page’s originally planned name, googol. Googol is a mathematical term for the numeral one followed by 100 zeroes. Officially Google does not have an acronym
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 September 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 September 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CiNNVq_PPoQ/
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