Googol - Google´s evil brother

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00000000000A one, followed by hundred zeros, is called "Googol" - the word google gets its name from. Originally, this should be a metaphor for the mass of answers you can get through one single Google-search.
A few years ago, the word Googol was known for another reason: It was a searching mask where you were able to search private chats from AIM (Instant Messenger) and ICQ. Reason: AOL had been forced to publicitate their complete data archive of private conversations via AIM after a citation from general attorny John Ashcroft. The archive contained the thoughts of possible terrorists, cheating husbands and countless computer-beginners.

By using the arguments of the "Freedom of Information Act" (FOIA), Googol was able to buy a copy of the complete logifiles, more than 2 Terabytes of Data. The Googol searchmask wore the same design as "Google", so everyone thought it was created by Google. So, Google sewed Googol, and the searching mask for firm private data had to close down in spring 2002.