[Vision2020] Question about Googling terminology

[Donovan Arnold]

Chas,
  
  So if I use Yahoo Search instead of Googling, am I Yahooing?
  
  I agree that if telephone and television are lowercase, so should Internet. 
  
  Best,
  
  _DJA

Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:  On 7/10/06, Donovan Arnold  wrote:

> OK, so does Googling mean, only using "Google"? Can you Google on Yahoo, or
> Google by Mr. Jeeves, or does Googling, strictly mean using Google?

I wouldn't use the word "Googling" to refer to searches performed on
other services, but I believe that the usage, if it persists, will
eventually encompass all competing services, if that hasn't already
started to happen.

>  And another question, can Internet be spelled with a little "i"? Some one
> needs to write an official rules of the Internet book.

I find "internet" ugly, but www.wired.com specifies the small "i" in
their style book. Logically, I suppose that small "i" makes sense, as
we don't refer to to "Telephone" and "Television."

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