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At least until Google finds out: From http://www.google.com/permissions/#tab2 http://www.google.com/permissions/#tab2 We cannot approve the use of Internet do
by Hrundi 15y ago
At least until Google finds out:
From http://www.google.com/permissions/#tab2 http://www.google.com/permissions/#tab2
We cannot approve the use of Internet domain names that use the word “Google” or some variation of “Google”. For example, we would not approve a site called googleXYZ.com or gogggles.com.
- slowpoke 15y agoThat's pretty stupid. Is Google seriously claiming rights on any possible variation of the word "google", including misspellings that form other words, like goggles?
- Hrundi 15y agoA couple of friends once registered a domain called Googirl, back in 2003/4. It was meant to provide a search engine for... well... girl pictures. They had it sleeping for a year until they went full throttle and released the site. It became very profitable, and then one day, Google dropped their hammer on them. I can only imagine this being just one of many stories about this. Microsoft did the same with MikeRoweSoft.com (fascinating story if you care to take a look)
- Hrundi 15y agoWhat do you know... the domain is alive and kicking (although it wasn't the plain dot com I was talking about, it had a country code at the end. Both are alive) Maybe Google relaxed their stance? Still, I wouldn't bother having the word Google in a domain, just in case.