ChatterBank1 min ago
Can we not say "try Googling" any more?
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Maybe we now have to say "use the Google search engine"?
In today's news:-
Googling banned says Google
Search engine Google has set its lawyers onto publishers who use the term 'to google' and other uses of the name as a verb - even though it is now in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
The company has sent out a flurry of cease and desist letters to media companies including heavyweights such as the Washington Post barring the use of the term 'Googling' and has helpfully provided a list of appropriate and inappropriate uses of its name in a bid to prevent the so-called 'genericidation' of the name.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/91879/googling-ban ned-says-google.html
In today's news:-
Googling banned says Google
Search engine Google has set its lawyers onto publishers who use the term 'to google' and other uses of the name as a verb - even though it is now in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
The company has sent out a flurry of cease and desist letters to media companies including heavyweights such as the Washington Post barring the use of the term 'Googling' and has helpfully provided a list of appropriate and inappropriate uses of its name in a bid to prevent the so-called 'genericidation' of the name.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/91879/googling-ban ned-says-google.html
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In future I think every body should use the term Yahooing instead I don't think google would like that much either.
I can understand it to an extent (for the reasons given in the link) but I can't see any of the brands have suffered because of their names being victims of Genericide. It's only enhanced reputations in my opinion.
Take for example iPod, we reguarly get people asking what the difference between an iPod and an MP3 player is, I'm sure apple wouldn't dilute their brand by asking people to refer to them as iPod MP3 players.
What could happen as I suggested is that media will say "I did an internet search and found....." rather than highlight google. However Google are too big for it to back fire.
I can understand it to an extent (for the reasons given in the link) but I can't see any of the brands have suffered because of their names being victims of Genericide. It's only enhanced reputations in my opinion.
Take for example iPod, we reguarly get people asking what the difference between an iPod and an MP3 player is, I'm sure apple wouldn't dilute their brand by asking people to refer to them as iPod MP3 players.
What could happen as I suggested is that media will say "I did an internet search and found....." rather than highlight google. However Google are too big for it to back fire.