BackRub: Google's Original Name
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BackRub was an early search engine from the 1990s which is now regarded as the predecessor of the Google search engine. They called it this because the program analyzed the web’s “back links” to understand how important a website was, and what other sites it related to.Tiny Fox Lab Facts

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Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-googles-first-name-backrub-2015-10