I just Googled it
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Google have come up with a so called "correct usage" of the word Google; well the correct usage in our day-2-day life. The latest post on Google Blog highlights a few points and a few concerns. It says, especially, that you should not use Google in combination with any competitor's search engine.
We can understand why they want to protect their brand name, but does this make sense ? How many of you would do a search on (say) Yahoo or MSN but say that " I Googled it" ? I doubt the number would be high.
The post out there - they've provided some examples suggesting when to use it and when not to use it . We've probably come across some examples before, like the Sony's ... Walkman (its become so common that we refer to any piece as a Walkman).
Its going to be a topic of discussion in the coming days. Something in the line of what Mr. Steve Rubel has to say about all this ;).
Be careful guys ....
Posted by Rajesh @ 7:46 PM; PERMALINK,
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At October 27, 2006 9:36 AM,
ammu said...
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haha...that was an amusing read Rajesh! :) I was thinking about this a few months ago...Google has come to mean 'search' for the internet generation...they should be proud of it...and not create algorithms for word usage. But I can understand why the Google Gods would throw a fit...it is their baby after all.
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At October 28, 2006 4:36 PM,
Rajesh said...
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@ Amrita - Its become so common now-a-days (everyone out there's using terms like 'google', 'googled', 'gmail' ...). Its okay I guess, but what they are worried about is that it would become a generic name.
Something similar to 'Walkman' !!
