Comments on: Google doesn’t want you to “google”, they want you to “perform a Google search” instead http://corvillus.com/2006/08/14/google-doesnt-want-you-to-google-they-want-you-to-perform-a-google-search-instead/ Technology, gaming, and time wasting news Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Googling is OK, but only on Google - Corvillus http://corvillus.com/2006/08/14/google-doesnt-want-you-to-google-they-want-you-to-perform-a-google-search-instead/#comment-276 Googling is OK, but only on Google - Corvillus Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:40:39 +0000 http://corvillus.com/2006/08/14/google-doesnt-want-you-to-google-they-want-you-to-perform-a-google-search-instead/#comment-276 [...] I posted earlier about how Google was not too happy with people using the verb “to google” because of how it weakens their ability. Well, now Google has taken an official stance on their blog about the matter. Essentially what the post boils down to is that it’s OK to use Google as a noun referring to Google directly. It’s also OK to use the verb “to google” as a synonym for “so search using Google”, which is also how it appears in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. However, it’s not OK to generalize the verb “to google” as a synonym for “to search” directly; it can only be used when referring to searching with Google specifically. Well, it’s good to have the clarification on how to use the term now, although I’m not sure all that many people were using it to refer to searching using any other search engine anyway. [...] [...] I posted earlier about how Google was not too happy with people using the verb “to google” because of how it weakens their ability. Well, now Google has taken an official stance on their blog about the matter. Essentially what the post boils down to is that it’s OK to use Google as a noun referring to Google directly. It’s also OK to use the verb “to google” as a synonym for “so search using Google”, which is also how it appears in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. However, it’s not OK to generalize the verb “to google” as a synonym for “to search” directly; it can only be used when referring to searching with Google specifically. Well, it’s good to have the clarification on how to use the term now, although I’m not sure all that many people were using it to refer to searching using any other search engine anyway. [...]

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