On April 12, 2006, Google released its first Chinese name "Google" since its establishment eight years ago. According to Google's introduction, all employees in their China company are discussing this issue, and they arranged all the combinations according to Pinyin. Finally, inspired by marketing director Wang Huainan, "Google" was born. One day in June, 5438+February, 2005, Wang Huainan, who had been a little upset by the Chinese name and the deadlocked debate, scribbled his existing name on the paper. Suddenly, the combination of "Google" jumped on the paper. Wang Huainan excitedly wrote the word "Google" on the paper, and then went to everyone's desk and asked, "What do you think of Google?" Is this good? ".To this end, he asked almost all employees of Google China. In the face of this choice, everyone showed amazing agreement, and Google's Chinese name "Google" was born.

However, it is this "flash of light" name that has been questioned by many netizens who call themselves "Google fans" since then. Some people even organized online signatures to boycott "Google" and asked Google to change its name. Wang Huainan said that some initial acts of resistance did not rule out the possibility of speculation. "The name Google may have a certain distance from the ideal expectations of some netizens, but there is no way to make up for it. Only actions can make them accept and convince, "Wang Huainan said.

Wang Huainan explained that Google's name is not given to people who don't like it, but to people who don't know much about Chinese and have difficulty spelling English words. But also the culture of China, which is an important step for Google to take root and localize in China. "From a practical point of view, I think it is worthwhile for most netizens to use Google," said Wang Huainan.