Meet Google...

October 18, 2005 Comments

Jennifer Laycock

Jennifer Laycock

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No, not that one, a real one...he's Swedish and he's a little bit of a thing. Almost a year after a hoax involving a couple that has supposedly named their child Yahoo!, a Swedish couple has named their child Oliver Google Kai. Walid Elias Kai, a Ph.D student studying search engine marketing explains that he's such a big fan of the popular search engine that he felt it was appropriate to pay tribute by naming his son Google.

When we first knew that my wife Carol is pregnant, I said, "we will name our child Google." Everyone laughed and did not take me seriously. My brother said, "Yeah, name the next one yahoo fuji nikon."

Google's Karen Wickre offered up her congratulations on the Google Blog. I hope they at least sent the tot a nice onsie or a hat with his name on it…






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Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.

Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.