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Word Spy - google Note that Google™ is a trademark identifying the search technology and services of Google Technologies Inc. Using google to scope out a new boyfriend or girlfriend — which has also been called Google dating and interpersonal espionage — took off after a lengthy article on the practice appeared in the January 15, 2001 issue of the New York Observer. Google is being used in a more general way. www.wordspy.com /words/google.asp   (527 words)

BBC NEWS | UK | Google calls in the 'language police' Google is best known as an internet search engine but its tentacles have spread to range of other web applications. Google's problem is one of the paradoxes of having a runaway successful brand. The verb "to google" has yet to take off on this side of the Atlantic, but it seems Brits could use it with impunity for the time being, says Liz Ward. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3006486.stm   (1146 words)

Google (verb) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The American Dialect Society chose Google as a nomination for the "most useful word of 2002." The verb 'Google' was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006, The OED notes the question, "Has anyone Googled?" in the Usenet Newgroup alt.fan.british-accent on October 10, 1999 as the first recorded usage of the word. In an article in the Washington Post, Frank Ahrens discussed the letter he received from a Google lawyer that demonstrated "appropriate" and "inappropriate" ways to use the verb "google". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Google_(verb)   (448 words)

To Google The verb to google means "to perform a Web search", usually with the Google search engine. Another use of the word is to say that some brand or concept "does (or doesn't) google," which indicates whether or not useful information can be found on it using a quick Internet search (commonly with the Google engine). The word google can also be used as a noun, meaning "search engine hit." The derivative term kilogoogle (i.e. www.business.teleactivities.org /google/Google_verb.html   (284 words)

John Derbyshire on Google & Internet on National Review Online I myself use Google — which is to say, I google — an average of, I should think, around 40 or 50 times a day. I gave another instance of Google power in my April diary on NRO, in reference to the passage in Nineteen Eighty-Four in which Ampleforth is arrested by the secret police for a literary indiscretion he committed while translating the poems of Kipling into Newspeak. Nowadays it is much more likely he just used Google to flesh out some dimly-remembered quote he heard from a college lecturer or a TV talking head, or came on by chance while browsing. www.nationalreview.com /derbyshire/derbyshire111402.asp   (1498 words)

Resources & Activities: New Words Googling potential baby names to ensure their future little angel won’t share his with a serial killer. Googled a woman he had a crush on and found out she was once at a party attended by Salman Rushdie Google™ Inc. was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford PhD students who developed a technologically advanced method for finding information on the Internet, exploring ways to rank the popularity of results matching keyword searches. www.macmillandictionary.com /New-Words/030725-google.htm   (333 words)

Google is a verb - On the Dot - Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) Google also got sucked into the other prevailing rumor, that Microsoft is circling the waters around America Online, looking for an adoptive sibling for its MSN service. Google News, Froogle shopping, and all the other little Googlets you can click to from the search portal's main page are all available to all comers, so it's not as if people need to be driven there by using Google as their ISP. Google is known as a portal and a pretty darn good one at that. reviews.cnet.com /4520-6028_7-6340658.html   (925 words)

Google Watch : Relax: Google Is Joking About the Verb Thing The issue here isn't that Google will be sued for claiming that "google" is a verb--it's that Google may need to sue someone. The letters are intended to establish Google's actions to prevent such usage, if the case ever arose where Google had to sue someone for encroachment. As for Jack, my point was that Google was obligated to send clarifying language to media companies to establish a record of defending their trademark should they need to go to court. googlewatch.eweek.com /blogs/google_watch/archive/2006/08/14/12410.aspx   (617 words)

Language Log: Google-sampling: avoiding pseudo-text in cyberspace If Google indexes a trillion words, roughly, then the frequency of this construction is roughly one in 140 million, not one in 10 million as David estimated. Google returns 6.95 million pages for this string, and it's clear that only a very small fraction of these are adverbial uses, as you can see if you look yourself. Google gives me 24, all of which seem to be pre-finite-verb cases, as David indicated. itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/000194.html   (1283 words)

Google Becomes a Verb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) Google largely solved the problem of irrelevant results by letting the Internet community "vote" on the most relevant Web pages. Similarly, some are finding it easier to correct their spelling with Google than to reach for a dictionary. Google, Brin reportedly said a bit earlier in the talk, is simply the search engine he and Larry Page built at Stanford, with some hacks added by Google engineers. bradthewall.tripod.com /internetculture/id8.html   (885 words)

Why Google is a verb and Yahoo isn't   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) Google has been trying, in vain, the opposite, to extend that they started sending trademark letters to websites using Google as a verb. It makes to google as a verb much more attractive than to yahoo, which is why Google doesn't want the verb to become popular; before you know it, people are googling at the new search engine of Yahoo. Google wants to be one thing and wants to be unique and therefore doesn't want to be a general term like a verb. douweosinga.com /blog/0402/2004Feb25_1   (310 words)

TidBITS: Google Unhappy at Being Verbed A few months ago, I wrote about how editors of the Oxford English Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary were adding "Google" to their dictionaries as a verb (see "Google Becomes a Verb", 10-Jul-06). According to a short blip in The Independent, Google is now sending nasty-grams to media organizations - though not us, yet - to warn them about using its name as a verb. Google has confirmed sending the letters, saying in one instance, "We think it's important to make the distinction between using the word Google to describe using Google to search the internet, and using the word Google to describe searching the internet. db.tidbits.com /article/8656   (316 words)

Google wants people to stop googling | CNET News.com Even if Google's attempts to stop this misuse of its trademark turn out to be in vain, many argue it shouldn't even be trying. One blogger also suggested Google has missed the obvious compliment in all this, which is that the use is evidence the company now owns the search industry. Google's move reflects the concerns of other businesses, such as Xerox, which has complained that its brand has become a generic term for photocopying respectively. news.com.com /Google+wants+people+...+googling/2100-1030_3-6106479.html   (731 words)

To google or not to google? (kottke.org) Of course google is used as a verb. That letter from Google is a bluff, an example of a corporation using their signifincant corporate resources (i.e. Allowing the generic use of "to google" by critical/academic sites like WordSpy does *not* constitute an abandonment of trademark (in fact, trademark abandonment involves a *very* high standard that is far in excess of allowing people to casually use your mark). www.kottke.org /03/02/to-google-or-not-to-google   (466 words)

The Unofficial Google Weblog Google has fixed a minor security issue with Google Reader that could potentially enabled hackers to steal sensitive information from readers. So, now Google has been asking a judge to dismiss the suit, because Google has its first amendment rights to choose whatever websites are the most relevant for the keyword term typed in the search engine. Wired mag asked Google about buying mobile dark fiber, only to find out that they were frustrated about the fact that "bozos in America aren't rolling out IPv6^" so they will do it. google.weblogsinc.com   (1571 words)

Defining Google - CBS News Non-existent six years ago, it’s now a part of the global language, as in, “I Googled this,” or “I Googled that,” or “I Googled you.” To Google, a verb, is to get an instant answer by using the company's super-computer to look up anything on the Internet. Google’s style is to race them out in “beta” form - that means “not finished yet” - and let users play with them for free and make suggestions. Google is already moving that way, testing a new product that allows people to send short text messages from their cellphones and get an immediate reply to the search. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/12/30/60minutes/main664063.shtml   (2604 words)

Techdirt: Attention English Teachers: Google Is Officially A Verb Google the company would certainly have a problem if their company name was not properly printed with a leading uppercase letter. Google doesn't have to worry about going the way of kleenex and q-tip and elevator etc (using a trademarked name as a general reference to an object)... The verb googeln 'to google' has actually been in at least one major German dictionary for two years or so (a search revealed the term in a 2004 edition of the dictionary). techdirt.com /articles/20060705/232200.shtml   (3658 words)

Google Notepad :: Google makes it in the dictionary as a verb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) Google has become such an commonly used word and essential part of modern day speech that it's now in the dictionary. If the word google becomes recognised as a verb it could result in other people using the word 'google' to refer to their own products, thus potentially diminishing the Google brand name. However, this is not the first time Google has appeared in a dictionary; the Oxford English Dictionary included the word in its June update to its online version. www.google-notepad.com /bb/about92.html   (333 words)

Google joins Xerox as a verb - Internet - News - ZDNet Asia Friday, July 07 2006 11:08 AM Though you may have been "googling" people for years, the verb you were using was technically slang, until recently. And google is defined as a transitive verb meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web." While the entry retains capitalization in explaining the word's etymology--"Google, trademark for a search engine"--the verb google is lowercase. That (google as a lowercase verb) is really a lexicographical judgment based on the evidence that was analyzed," he added. www.zdnetasia.com /news/internet/0,39044246,39373358,00.htm   (930 words)

Google the proper noun objects to google the verb - allnurses.com Nursing for Nurses Google the proper noun objects to google the verb - allnurses.com Nursing for Nurses Google the proper noun objects to google the verb Google, evidently, took offense to this passage in last month's article: "Google, the word, now takes its place alongside the handful of proper nouns that have moved beyond a particular product to become descriptors of an entire sector -- generic trademarks. allnurses.com /forums/f98/google-proper-noun-objects-google-verb-174555.html#post1791761   (576 words)

[No title] Having the public use your company name as a verb is, in one way, a marketer's Shangri-la. Many companies would kill for the name recognition and popularity of "xerox," "google," and "hoover." For the companies themselves, though, being "verbed" has its dark side. Google no doubt fears that the world will go the way of "hoover," which has become a generic term for "vacuum" in the UK. If "google" ever comes to mean "I searched for it on the Internet," the company's careful branding and promotion will be diluted and the name will lose value. arstechnica.com /news.ars/post/20060706-7198.html   (393 words)

LISTSERV 14.4 And what the Google (TM) lawyer knows, but does not say, is that the company he represents cannot do anything about its use as a verb, legally. The company Google apparently has a trademark interest in the use of the term "Google" (whether capital or not), but legally, by statute, can only protect that use as anything other than a verb. So, if someone were to come along and set up a similar service to what Google does and use the word google on that service, then Google could sue to stop that. listserv.linguistlist.org /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0302D&L=ads-l&P=R2823   (795 words)

Official: Google makes it as a verb - vnunet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) The term 'google' has been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a verb, finally giving official status to the popular term 'googling'. 'Googling' was added this week alongside a number of other popular, and not so popular, technical terms such as 'spyware', 'ringtone' and 'mouse potato'. The OED added 'google' as a verb in its June update of terms, defining the term as: 'To use the Google search engine to find information on the internet. www.vnunet.com /vnunet/news/2159875/google-makes-verb   (573 words)

"To Google" – A Verb Meaning to Search?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) Providing a random list of search engines, this website is neither part of, nor does it belong to Google Inc. (Viewing and Upgrade instructions shown at the bottom of this press release). London, UK (PRWEB) June 2, 2006 -- It seems that more and more people are defining the term "to google" as a verb, meaning to look for something, rather than just the popular search engine. In fact, we are currently in touch with Google Inc on a different matter requesting further removals of anonymous content from Google Inc's website. www.prweb.com /releases/2006/6/prweb392599.htm   (695 words)

Google Now a Verb - Bball City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) Google Inc.’s eponymous search engine became a sanctioned part of the English language Thursday, when “google” — with a small “g” — earned an entry among the 165,000 or so terms in the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Google’s speed “is typical for words used on or about the Web,”; said John Morse, president and publisher of Merriam-Webster Inc. “Those are words that establish themselves in the language the quickest because of the power of the Web to propagate words.” Meh… I’ve been using google as a verb for years now, pretty damn common everywhere www.bballcity.com /archives/2006/google-now-a-verb   (208 words)

Google - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG and LSE: GGEA) is a search engine and a United States public company, first incorporated as a privately held company on 7 September 1998. Google SketchUp, a 3D CAD program, was also released in 2006, and was promoted as working with Google Earth. It is estimated that the building costs Google $10 million per year to rent, and is similar in design and functionality to its Mountain View headquarters, including Foosball, air hockey, and ping-pong tables, as well as a video game area. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Google_Inc.   (3551 words)

Google Now A Verb In The Oxford English Dictionary Gary Price reports that "Google" is now officially a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary. Google already is a verb in some other dictionaries, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is considered the most authoritative dictionary of the English language. Google as a verb is defined in the dictionary as; blog.searchenginewatch.com /blog/060629-105413   (191 words)

Fake Google Logos, Fun Google Logos, Google Logo Images, Google .com Logos, Google Logo Pictures by Google Fans. ... As a result Google and Google fans as well as folks who do not favor Google too much reflect their attitude and message within re-creations of Google logos in many ways. This time the jury chose one of her logos that did not win a monthly competition because the August 2004 draw was so close to call. The verb "to google" is sometimes used generically to mean "to search the web", although Google itself frowns on this usage as it might lead to their name becoming a genericized trademark. www.logoogle.com   (946 words)

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