Hhhhmmmmm......giggles + look or ogle combined and it makes Google....maybe....?

Comes from the word 'googol', or 10 to the 100th power (1 followed by 100 zeros). IOW, a very large number, reflecting the search engine's ability to provide huge amounts of info.

wow, chili dogs for dinner and I didn't have to face the grocery store for it.

My answer was wishful thinking on my part

It's a misspelled word but I don't know how or why. I;m referring to google

It was named after its benefactor, Mr. Google.

It was named after Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes.

gardengal has the right answer. I don't remember what the numerical value is of a googol but that's it.

A similar question, more obscure and less interesting now as the company fades into irrelevance - what was the origin of website name Yahoo?

I need to hop on here earlier in the day. So I will take a guess at Elmer’s question about the origin of Yahoo. It’s a combination of the names of the owners pet dogs.

Rocky, hold your train of thought, whether it's right or wrong, I'm not going to say. I can use that in a future quiz!

Yahoo? ? That's the Texanized version of the blood curdling Rebel yell.

Rusty