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This is almost certainly to protect their trademark. Google is very concerned about going the way of butterscotch, trampoline, escalator, zipper, etc. and havin
by benmccann 14y ago
This is almost certainly to protect their trademark. Google is very concerned about going the way of butterscotch, trampoline, escalator, zipper, etc. and having its name become a generic term for web searches.
- gordaco 14y agoThe problem is, they already became that. A while ago. This, from the article, is a good summary: > "It's the users of the language who decide if it will remain," she said. > "So if the word exists, use it if you want. That's something Google can't decide."
- icebraining 14y agoYeah, but being in an official word list is probably much more detrimental in an hypothetical trademark lawsuit.