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Originally Posted by Joshua Nightshade  Well they've certainly kicked ass in the "stupid name" leg of the search engine wars. |
Well, if we're going to judge by the name, Google pretty much has them all beat--they may as well have went for names like Pooky or Pobble--things you might say to a baby in a high voice with an oddly proportioned smile. Did you Pooky that? Yep, did you pobble that? No, but did you google that? Yes, but did you happen to schukiewukums that?
At least AltaVista sounds like something. Yahoo is a little bit silly, but it doesn't sound like something you say to a baby. MSN is at least a blatant acronym, so is AOL. To me, the name Cuil looks and sounds way better than Google.
What did you think the very first time you heard the name "google"? I thought "what a joke".
It's like irritating commercials--you hate them, but you remember them so they've done their job.