let's stop using the word "googling" if offended by Google's behavior

273 · 10-20-2013, 11:14 AM

Well, I tend to say "googled" when I used Google's search engine and "Wikipedia'd" when I used that etc.. If I use Bing or Duck Duck Go I'll use the appropriate word.
By the say, Google themselves probably don't like "google" being used as a generic term as it dilutes their trademark and could even mean that Microsoft could say "google using Bing" if it becomes too generic.

jamison20000e · 10-20-2013, 11:55 AM

as long as we don't have to start referring to computing as microsofting, mackin or...

cascade9 · 10-21-2013, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by 273

Well, I tend to say "googled" when I used Google's search engine and "Wikipedia'd" when I used that etc.. If I use Bing or Duck Duck Go I'll use the appropriate word.

Fair enough. But do you say you 'vauxhalled' to the shops, or 'routemastered' to the pub, etc.?

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Originally Posted by 273

By the say, Google themselves probably don't like "google" being used as a generic term as it dilutes their trademark and could even mean that Microsoft could say "google using Bing" if it becomes too generic.

No way of knowing really, but IMO they wouldnt mind at all.
Though things might change in the future, right now I cant see google having an issue with people saying 'google it' when they really mean 'use search engine XXXX'. It creates exposure and brand awareness.

*tin foil hat on* it also 'normalises/standardises' the use of google as a search engine and may imply the same for other google services.

cynwulf · 10-21-2013, 04:01 AM

I say "STFW"...

273 · 10-21-2013, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cascade9

Fair enough. But do you say you 'vauxhalled' to the shops, or 'routemastered' to the pub, etc.?

Nope, because I didn't use a service provided by Vauxhall or Routmaster. I may well say I was "On the Stella" (well not that I drink that any more) or some such. I'd say "I took the Megabus" or, even "Megabus's it" somewhere if that's what I did (UK coach company). I took the Greyhound in the US -- I didn't "take a coach".
Oh, this was what I was referring to:
http://news.cnet.com/Google-wants-pe...3-6106479.html

m.a.l.'s pa · 10-21-2013, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by newbiesforever

It's convenient to say "googling" instead of "internet searching" or some other such term, but due to Google's apparent lack of regard for users' privacy rights, I propose we stop honoring Google by using its name to describe internet word searching.

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Originally Posted by cynwulf

I say "STFW"...

I normally say something like "do a web search" instead of "google it" -- not because I'm all that concerned about Google and "privacy rights" or whatever, but simply because not everyone uses the same search engine.

However... cynwulf said it best...

frankbell · 10-21-2013, 08:02 PM

I try to say "web search" instead of "google" because I almost never use Google search.

This thread reminds me of the old (and true) joke.

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Yahoo, after a multi-million-dollar ad campaign, has finally convinced the public to refer to a web search with one word.

"Google."

onebuck · 10-22-2013, 07:45 AM

Hi,

At times I do use Google through DuckDuckGo. Google has gotten to be a pain via tracking. When I go to the library to get some information, no one follows me around to see what I am doing. If I need help then I will approach the Librarian's desk. People have been conditioned to accept the tracking and self exploratory additions via search engines rules presented by sites like Google.

Privacy is something that should be guarded and not given freely to anyone.

Nuke'em · 10-22-2013, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by onebuck

Privacy is something that should be guarded and not given freely to anyone.

I agree, but the NSA made this luxury of privacy almost non-existent in today's post 911 world. It's hard to tell if NSA has counter measures for duckduckgo and tor users.

gnashley · 10-22-2013, 11:39 AM

I duck-duck-goed for "Wikipedia'd" and Bing!, Yahoo had the answer on a page indexed by ixquick...

273 · 10-22-2013, 03:09 PM

I keep meaning to use Duck Duck go but their insistence I allow Javascript and their slightly less helpful than google results put me off.
I dare say I'll try again but it doesn't inspire confidence when you're told you need Javascript to get another search engine's results obfuscated so they're less useful.

jamison20000e · 10-22-2013, 03:51 PM

I don't allow java on it (homepage) and works fine but for my searchbox I keep oogle does seem more powerful especially for some tasks. I do use it as anonymously as possibly tho.

273 · 10-22-2013, 03:56 PM

They do seem to have dropped their reliance on Javascript. Their search still looks like '90's Yahoo! in layout though. Why not a simple HTML page of links?

jamison20000e · 10-22-2013, 04:40 PM

I'm sure it's tough to go by what so many people want as well as the coders, like any time they change something major in a distro rabel rabel. P.s: don't know if you get (from the link) Crackle.com in the UK but The Prisoner is free to watch right now I'm halfway through for my second time since being a kid viewing it on PBS.

catkin · 10-23-2013, 08:47 AM

For those that would like a generic noun/verb to indicate searching the 'net, how about "netsearch"?