Who is the real U of A? Arizona, Arkansas, or Alabama? Google settles the debate

Who is the real U of A? Arizona, Arkansas, or Alabama? Google settles the debate

The University of Arizona, often known by the shorthand of UA and U of A, isn’t alone in its nickname.

The school went through its own internal style change earlier this year when it switched from its use of “UArizona” back to “U of A.” The original change was done to help the school’s search engine optimization, meaning its stature in search engine results.

Officials eventually changed it back, but not before receiving some backlash from alumni and sports fans in the midst of the 2019 change.

So how do UA and U of A compare with other commonly searched groups?

What are the most common search engine results for UA?

When using a VPN to pull up search results from outside Arizona, the first result shows the following companies in this order:

United Airlines

University of Alabama

Under Armour

United Association

University of Arizona

University of Alaska

UA is also frequently associated with flight numbers for United Airlines, according to Google Trends. The states where it’s most commonly searched are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado and New Jersey.

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What are the most common search engine results for U of A?

When using a VPN to pull up search results from outside Arizona, the first result shows the following companies in this order:

University of Arizona

University of Arkansas

University of Alabama

Arizona State University

The states where “U of A” is searched most often are Arizona, Arkansas, Utah, West Virginia and Michigan, according to Google Trends.

The states where “U of A” is searched most often are Arizona, Arkansas, Utah, West Virginia and Michigan, according to Google Trends.

Other suggested searches include the University of Alberta, the University of New Orleans and Tucson.

Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic. Reach her at hrummel@azcentral.com. Follow her on X, formerly Twitter: @helenrummel.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Does UA mean Arizona or Alabama? Google settles the debate

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