{"id":21877,"date":"2015-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/google-isn-t-called-google-anymore\/"},"modified":"2015-08-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T00:00:00","slug":"google-isn-t-called-google-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/google-isn-t-called-google-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Google isn\u2019t called Google anymore!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>There aren\u2019t many companies&nbsp;out there whose names are so widely used that they\u2019ve made their way into the dictionary as a verb.<\/h3>\n<p>But that&#8217;s the case for the company that\u2019s home to the world\u2019s largest search engine &nbsp;&#8211; Google. Inc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dictionary definition\" title=\"Best of the Web\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dictionary_definition.jpg\" width=\"686\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now \u2013 somewhat bafflingly \u2013 they\u2019re changing it!<\/p>\n<p>The new company name will be \u2018Alphabet\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>So how will the change affect you and your daily browsing habits? Will you have to start \u201cAlphabetting\u201d things instead of Googling them?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well so far, it seems, no. It\u2019s just the parent company that\u2019s undergoing the name change \u2013 the company of course, owns a myriad of different businesses such as YouTube, Chrome and Google Maps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The user-facing search engine itself will still be known as Google.<\/p>\n[bc_video player_id=&#8221;JWbQKFO6Y&#8221; account_id=&#8221;8394117001&#8243; video_id=&#8221;4412843606001&#8243;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>ABOVE: Check out all the things you Googled more than anything else last year!&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<p>CEO Larry Page said the change will make things \u201ccleaner and more accountable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This new structure will allow us to keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities we have inside of Google,&#8221;&nbsp;he added.<\/p>\n<p>It can\u2019t be too bad a move: company shares rose after the Alphabet announcement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/videos\/patrick-dangerfield-interrupts-nathan-van-berlo-interview\">VAN BERLO TELLS DANGERFIELD TO &#8216;SIGN YOUR CONTRACT, MATE&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/adelaide-still-broken-hearted-says-graham-cornes\">CROWS STILL BROKEN-HEARTED, SAYS GRAHAM CORNES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There aren\u2019t many companies&nbsp;out there whose names are so widely used that they\u2019ve made their way into the dictionary as a verb. 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