verb
or Googling; googles or Googles transitive verb
Leah Greenblatt 
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Google vs. Googol
The verb google and the noun googol are commonly confused because they have similar pronunciations. Google is the word that is more common to us now, and so it is sometimes mistakenly used as a noun to refer to the number 10100. That number is a googol, so named by Milton Sirotta, the nephew of the American mathematician Edward Kasner, who was working with large numbers like 10100. Google, on the other hand, is the name of a search engine as well as a verb that refers to searching the Internet using the Google search engine. (The search engine’s name was inspired by the number: the founders of Google chose the name to reflect their mission “to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.”) You can remember that the number is spelled googol by remembering that a googol has lots of o’s.
Two related words, googolplex and googleplex, are also commonly confused. A googolplex is the number 1 followed by a googol of zeros; the Googleplex is the Mountain View, California headquarters of Google.
Example Sentences
Cynthia Ozick, Harper's, April 2007 The Sports Gal and I delayed dinner plans so I could analyze the replays like a police chief. Eventually she realized we weren't leaving the house, so she made herself a sandwich and headed upstairs to Google divorce lawyers. Bill Simmons, ESPN, 6 Dec. 2004 Have you ever googled yourself, maybe late at night, when nobody else was around? It's OK, you can admit it—everybody does it. Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News, 17 Apr. 2004 Tracy Ross, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2020 Once in the big city, and not having much by way of industry connections, Aaryan would google for acting jobs and commute for hours to get to auditions. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2022 Look at your Facebook page and your LinkedIn profile and google yourself. Adam Stott, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 The best work around would be to google the person’s name and city which should provide the address, then use MySmartRenter.com to run the report for safety. Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022 One need only google the magnetic 42-year-old for plentiful reminders that both gigs were firsts for a Black woman. Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022 Then google to search for sustainable or ethical alternatives! Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2022 Just google the brand and let your fingers do the clicking, tapping, or swiping. William Arruda, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021 Users can tap the magnifying glass to quickly google the content of the message. Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2021 See More Word History
Google, trademark for a search engine
2000, in the meaning defined above