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I trace its origins to the 1919 comic strip . The novelty song "Barney Google" by Billy Rose and Con Conrad became very popular in the 1920's, with the chorus referring to "Barney Google with the goo, goo, googly eyes." It is also highly plausible that Milton Sirotta also drew the name of googol from reading the comic.

I guess you could say that googol and googly eyes share a common ancestor.