Comments on: The Story Behind These Company Names

By: Better Communication Results

Better Communication Results — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:17:54 +0000

[…] The Story Behind These Company Names » BlogIsEverything.com How some famous companies got their names. I knew the Apache one, but the Adobe one was new to me. I knew the Google/Googol link, but but not how they settled on the Google name - cool! (tags: branding history trivia tech) […]

By: ArTiStul mă semnez » Arhivă » The Story Behind These Company Names

ArTiStul mă semnez » Arhivă » The Story Behind These Company Names — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:36:56 +0000

[…] and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos. Posted in www-uri | […]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:37:44 +0000

Hey I really like the article It has given me inspiration to start a fortune 100 company. Thanks.

By: chiernshirm

chiernshirm — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:09:38 +0000

Sorryr pelasw:(
Wrogn acetogy…

iwll be creaful

By: web vet

web vet — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:10:47 +0000

Yahoo = yet another hierarchical officious oracle — I know the founders
it referred to them being yet another web directory when there were already hundreds in 1994

By: PWills

PWills — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:38:15 +0000

SAP was founded by five (not four) ex-IBM employees from Germany, and the letters stood for: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte

By: Kuhnaydeein

Kuhnaydeein — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:27:53 +0000

Okay, this isn’t accurate, especially with respect to Apple.

And Engrish, er, English.

By: adam

adam — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:04:19 +0000

Ok From Yahoo’s Site in the article titled: “The History of Yahoo! - How It All Started…” sates that it is: Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.

By: adam

adam — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:58:59 +0000

According to this wired magazine article it sands for:
“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle (Yahoo!)”
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/1995.html

By: Anders

Anders — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:12:54 +0000

Google: Rather than what was written on a check, google.com was selected because googol.com was taken. It was origionally mis-spelled when typed in after the suggestion for the name was made. Google was running for quite some time on the name google.com before they took on cash from investors. Rather than talk a big game, their strategy was to prove their idea to investors by building the site and attracting users via word of mouth.