[Vision2020] Re: Question about Googling terminology

[Nils Peterson]

Google has suffered the (un)happy fate of many other successful brands, it
has lost some of its tradename status by becoming a common term to refer to
a class of similar products: Kleenex, Xerox, and Scotch Tape come to mind.
And ³fridge² I think comes from the brand name Fridigaire (sp?).

So, Donovan, if you are Yahooing, you will be better understood if you say
you are ³Internet searching² (note cap) or just Googling.


On 7/10/06 7:10 PM, "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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