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Entry Posted October 25, 2006

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/do-you-google.html Google whines about “google” turning into a verb that means “to search the internet,” urges customers to stop using it like that. (There must be a better way to prevent the evolution of language becoming a legal problem.) 21:21

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Scatterbox by Steven Silvers (www.stevensilvers.com):
… make it a noun. (As in, "Just yesterday I used the google.") Faster than anything before it, Google is transcending its trademark to become common language -- like elevator, thermos, escalator, zipper and trampoline. The company is trying toprevent thisfrom happening. But you'll probably never hear kids say they're yahooing their homework questions. Google is google. You can look it up. . . . . . . . . . . …

The Exosome, by John Woods (aciel.livejournal.com):
… long as it remains under Brin's and Page's control, and to an extent, employees' control--the company really has our best interests in mind. I have heard complaints about cease-and-desist letters against people who use 'google' as a lowercase verb, butthey really have no choice …

Larry Clarkin (larryclarkin.com):
… podcast today and the person I was interviewing dropped google (the verb) in the conversation.  Of course he meant "search", but the word google has become synonymous with the word search (note:  Googledoes not want you to use their proper noun as a verb unlessyou are talking about their proper noun).  I started thinking that when we as a society create new words around a platform, then that is a sure sign that it has taken hold.  Google (the verb) is probably the most widely accepted example of this, …

NeoTeo > Portada (www.neoteo.com):
… en los primeros diez resultados. Es una competencia de egos, y Google es jurado y ejecutor. ¿Quién está primero? ¿Quién está más veces? Nuestro nombre nos une en una competencia insólita, impensable años atrás. Googlear ya es un verbo,muy a pesar del mismísimo Google, y googlearse es un ejercicio de total egolatría o, por qué no, de sana curiosidad. Pero nunca fue el motivo de un documental. Hasta ahora. Google Me: The Movie es el viaje documentado de Jim Killen en su b …

NeoTeo > Portada (www.neoteo.com):
… en los primeros diez resultados. Es una competencia de egos, y Google es jurado y ejecutor. ¿Quién está primero? ¿Quién está más veces? Nuestro nombre nos une en una competencia insólita, impensable años atrás. Googlear ya es un verbo,muy a pesar del mismísimo Google, y googlearse es un ejercicio de total egolatría o, por qué no, de sana curiosidad. Pero nunca fue el motivo de un documental. Hasta ahora. Google Me: The Movie es el viaje documentado de Jim Killen en su b …

Adland | all the adnews not fit to print (commercial-archive.com):
… have linked this straight in the post from the start - anyway, Google who is suffering the fate like Hoover and Jeep have made this post about the phenomena which " is as distressing to our trademark lawyers as it is thrilling to our marketing folks"Do you google? …

آموزش زبان انگلیسی دوره راهنمایی (salimii.blogfa.com):
… معلوم مسئولان گوگل چندان تمايلي به استفاده از واژه گوگل به عنوان فعل ندارند. Michael Krantz (مايكل كرانتز) از مسئولان گوگل طي مقاله‌اي با عنوان:Do you Google?(آيا شما گوگل مي‌كنيد؟ (مي‌گگليد؟!)) اين موضوع را توضيح داده است. اما به هر حال بعيد نيست اين واژه به همين زودي‌ها به عنوان فعل مورد استفاده …

Keith Chan (tstkeith.blogspot.com):
… Nelson's 'sorry' speech magnificent: Abbott - National - theage.com.auOfficial Google Blog: Do you "Google?"gSpy: Google Soon To Enter Online Encyclopedia Market …

Larry Clarkin (larryclarkin.com):
… podcast today and the person I was interviewing dropped google (the verb) in the conversation.  Of course he meant "search", but the word google has become synonymous with the word search (note:  Googledoes not want you to use their proper noun as a verb unlessyou are talking about their proper noun).  I started thinking that when we as a society create new words around a platform, then that is a sure sign that it has taken hold.  Google (the verb) is probably the most widely accepted example of this, …

Legal Blog Watch (legalblogwatch.typepad.com):
… a trademark, and one which now threatens one of the most recognizable internet brands, Google. Back in October 2006, in an effort to save its brand from the graveyard of previously distinctive marks like baby oil or zippers, Google urged users toavoid using the term "google" as a substitute for the generic concept of performing a web search. But as Big Mouth Media reports, Google isn't winning in this "war of the verbs:" This month we have seen sites like Slashdot and even the New York Times using phrases like 'Googling Oneself' in the way that might start Google twitching. A look at …

Legal Blog Watch (legalblogwatch.typepad.com):
… a trademark, and one which now threatens one of the most recognizable internet brands, Google. Back in October 2006, in an effort to save its brand from the graveyard of previously distinctive marks like baby oil or zippers, Google urged users toavoid using the term "google" as a substitute for the generic concept of performing a web search. But as Big Mouth Media reports, Google isn't winning in this "war of the verbs:" This month we have seen sites like Slashdot and even the New York Times using phrases like 'Googling Oneself' in the way that might start Google twitching. A look at …

Search engine optimisation (optimization), Search engine marketing and Internet marketing services - Bigmouthmedia big, clever internet marketing (www.bigmouthmedia.com):
… "googled" as such but to the word being used as a generic replacement for the concept of web searching. Google's lawyers would object to the phrase, "I googled Steve Jobs and..." but not to "I googled for Andy Beal on Google and..." In fact, Googlegives us examplesof uses of 'googled' in which their lawyers are happy. This month we have seen sites like Slashdot and even the New York Times using phrases like 'Googling Oneself' in the way that might start Google …

Yuri's Blog :p (yurigc.blogspot.com):
… "Mal. Muy, muy mal. Solamente puedes utilizar el verbo 'googlear' cuando uses el buscador Google. En caso de que tengas que utilizar a la competencia, por favor usa la frase 'buscar en Yahoo!' o en otro buscador". Esto es lo que se recomienda eneste post oficialde Google, en el cual la compañía vuelve a insistir en lo que advirtió este pasado mes de agosto a través de cartas a varios medios de comunicación: solamente se puede utilizar el verbo 'googlear' ('to google' es muy popular en inglés) cuando …

Hole In The Wall (d.hatena.ne.jp):
… Our lawyers say: Bad. Very, very bad. You can only "Google" on the Google search engine. If you absolutely must use one of our competitors, please feel free to "search" on Yahoo or any other search engine.Do you "Google?"とあるので、Google以外のサーチエンジンを使ってサーチした場合は使ってはいけないことになる。 今回のこのリサーチの場合、どのサーチエンジン …

Reports From My Nanocosm (bednarski.us):
… That classmate then opened up their My Yahoo! page, entered their search term, and quickly came back with the answer. Stories like this probably scare the hell out of Google’s attorneys. Enough so that they posted to theGoogle Blogback in October asking people not to use Google as a verb. It is also a good reason why Wall Street shouldn’t throw the towel in for Yahoo! just yet. BTW: That isn’t the first time or the first person I …

Clinical Cases and Images - Blog (casesblog.blogspot.com):
… Here, at Cleveland Clinic, we have patient information handouts authored by us and integrated within the electronic medical record software (Epic). Many people read the handouts in detail and ask excellent informed questions. By the way, Googlediscourages the use of its name as a verb, for example, "Googling." The correct description of the activity should be "searching on Google." References: When the Patient Is a Googler. Scott Haig, TIME. A Doctor’s Disdain for Medical “Googlers.” …

5HT (5ht.blogspot.com):
… googleblog …

یک پزشک (www.1pezeshk.com):
… هم هستند که بیماران را تشویق می‌کنند، در مورد بیماری‌شان تحقیق کنند. این بلاگر پزشک در پستی که در مورد همین مطلب نوشته، لینکی هم بهاین پست وبلاگ رسمی گوگلداده است که در آن نوشته شده است که خود گوگل چندان با استفاده از «گوگل» به عنوان یک فعل موافق نیست. این را می‌دانستید؟ …

Clinical Cases and Images - Blog (casesblog.blogspot.com):
… Here, at Cleveland Clinic, we have patient information handouts authored by us and integrated within the electronic medical record software (Epic). Many people read the handouts in detail and ask excellent informed questions. By the way, Googlediscourages the use of its name as a verb, for example, "Googling." The correct description of the activity should be "searching on Google." References: When the Patient Is a Googler. Scott Haig, TIME. A Doctor’s Disdain for Medical “Googlers.” …

Techo Zed Meuw (techozedmuew.com):
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