[HenryKissinger]

I don't like the trend of corporate names taking real names and repurposing them.

The first results of a Google search for "Amazon" are the company. Not the river.

The first results of a Google search for "Palantir" are the tech company. Not the fictional object from J.R.R. Tolkien's works it's inspired from.

And a Google search for "Rust" returns links to the programming language and the video game, before the chemical reaction.

[bschwindHN]

I'm a bit disappointed you're not the real Henry Kissinger.

[senkora]

But the Amazon rainforest is similarly named after the Amazon warriors from Greek mythology.

[smt88]

It's not a trend. It's the way companies have always been named. Historically, many were named after people or places.

If you want to search for things that exist, just add a Wikipedia quick search to your browser

[sidpatil]

I did a couple searches of my own too:

The first results of a Google search for "C" are the programming language. Not the letter.

The first results of a Google search for "Python" are the programming language. Not the snake.

[cjohnson318]

Some of this might be your search bubble. If I had to wade through pages of snakes every time I Googled "python something", then I would go insane.

[tobz1000]

This is why my first instinct when looking something up is to check Wikipedia, not a search engine: the original article will take precedence rather than the more popular thing.

[senkora]

Or at least take you to a disambiguation page where both are listed.

[qzw]

I know a search engine that ranks pages the way you like. It's called AltaVista.