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Quzzicle: What was the original name of Google before it was officially called “Google”?

Answer: Backrub

Backrub was developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. It was launched as a research project in 1996. The name "Backrub" was chosen to reflect the system's focus on analyzing the "back links" that pointed to a particular webpage.

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