Talk:Google (verb)

message: I need help here. few years ago while looking through old books in a book store i came across a book that displayed some fantasy whimsical creatures, [for example like that bird in pixar movie Up] the book was called something like the world of google or the mystical island of google like that. it was a legitimate book, and not some self published stuff and it was at least 50 years old. yes! and I didn't buy it some how but now i get people thinking the search engine as the first usage of the word Google. so I need some digging from you fellow web dwellers in this regard. I thank you for your time but it is justly needed. 203.101.169.25 (talk) 17:14, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Book named Google 

message: I believe that google is a neologism for the word infinity, as the search engine is a tool for searching an infinate number of websites!
:There are not an infinite number of websites, for that would require an infinite storage capacity on which to store them, which is impossible. ;) -- Grunt 23:45, 2004 Jun 21 (UTC)
The trademark "Google" was inspired partly by the preexisting word "googol", meaning a particular really big number (but not infinity). Grunt— Just because there aren't an infinite number of websites, doesn't mean Google can't be a tool for searching an infinite number of websites! ;-) —ajo, 15 Mar 2005
Just a random fact, a googol equals 10^100. There's also a googolplex, which is 10^googol. Just random fact.ß 15:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infinite number? 

message: My understanding of the true meaning of google is this: google simply refers to the number 1^100 (1 with 1 hundred zero's after it). But perhaps this meaning is an interpretation of a larger or infinate number. Anyway, I beleive the word google should be defined as the true meaning (refering to numbers) firstly and the search engine secondly (if at all).
: It is the variant spelling googol which refers to the large number 10100. That has it's own article. The word Google refers solely to the search engine (and associated company) although the disambiguation page does point to googol in case readers are mistaken. -- UkPaolo 22:09, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  added by stuartc1=hotmail.com (==@) 

message: I changed the STFG paragraph that talked about the meaning of STFG (an initialism that contains the word fucking) to a See also reference to make this page more in line with Wikipedia's ideas on swearing.  I feel that the definition of STFG is superfluous to the content of the article, but that it deserves reference in the article nonetheless.  (And of course the word fucking has a place in the actual STFG article.)
Also, the STFG paragraph wrongly referred to STFG as an acronym, when it is better described as an initialism.
:It isn't really important; however, as this article seems to be about usage of google as a common noun not just a verb (so it really needs moving), this seems pertinent here (as STFG really doesn't sound like it deserves it's own encyclopedia article—but maybe an entry on wiktionary).  Anyway, I've moved it back into the text and mentioned a similar expression.
:Also where is this policy against swearing? I'm pretty sure we don't have one.  Obviously we wouldn't use swearing or other (subjective/pragmatic terms) in an article except when quoting someone (or referring to a word or phrase as here) because it would not be NPOV or encyclopedic. 
:Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 16:30, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed the STFG paragraph 

message: Is there any desire to create a "Sightings in Culture" section for this page? I just caught Elisabeth Röhm's character mention it in the Law & Order episode "Cry Wolf" which originally aired 11/17/2004
:As this article seems to be about usage of google as a common noun, examples of usage (esp. notable) would seem to be a good idea as well as maybe any usage statistics (from a corpus or something). Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 16:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone else want to chime in on this? It's appearing more and more on television. Thoughtfix 21:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture 

message: A user with a rather dubious editing record added an entry for "to google" in Icelandic.  Anyone know how to check? LouScheffer 05:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Icelandic? 

message: It should be shown the inclusion of "to google" into the Oxford English Dictionary (as a draft, currently) and the Webster one (as of this mounth, 11th edition). Better someone with a better English skill than me ;) -- rgawenda 14:39, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Article has been touched up a bit, and a healthy amount of references have been added, for both the Merriam-Webster & Oxford English Dictionary additions. I also cleaned up some of the language here and there as well. Dr. Cash 00:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Added the Macquarie Dictionary inclusion, which was a year before Oxford or Webster. 203.7.140.3 (talk) 02:55, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dictionaries 

message: :The word google can also be used as a noun, meaning "search engine hit."  The derivative term kilogoogle (i.e. 1000 search engine hits) is also in use, but megagoogles are rarely heard of. As such, a certain search term might score 58 kilogoogles.
I removed the above text regarding the word google's usage as a noun. I don't think in most use it is really used that way, and it's not in the dictionary as a noun (unless you count the alternative spelling 'googol'). But 'google' is now in the dictionary as a verb,... Dr. Cash 23:38, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Google as a noun?

message: GM has a regional ad where I live that ends with "But don't take our word for it. Google Pontiac and discover for yourself." It's like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCJvxuIYDk&search=google%20pontiac
I thought this was kind of interesting, and maybe useful if the article needs a citation that google as a verb is well understood. --Kinst 17:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pontiac

message: http://konvergenz.kaywa.com/p315.html (german)
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article1218805.ece (english)
Sachen gibts.. ;-)
--Zubi 12:27, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  To google or not to google?  

message: Google is not a verb.
I'm never going to use it. It's a massive corporation for crying out loud. 'Nuff said.
--onenemesis 12:36, 22 August 2006 (EST)
:Kleenex is not a noun. Xerox is not a verb. Oh, wait... —Cuiviénen 19:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google is not a verb.  

message: Wiki Wikardo 17:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verbs aren’t capitalized 

message: Also suggest references to the generic use of "Google" such as is being discouraged by Google. There are several both in Wikipedia and Wiktionary, e.g.
* googlewhack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack)
* Fridge-googling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridge-googling)
etc.
* googlebomb wikt:googlebomb
* fridge-googling wikt:fridge-googling
These could be included as references at the end, or parenthesized after the "cease and desist" part. I will add something to this effect at some point and see what people think.
Markowe 13:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Generic uses - sightings 

message: Huh? What is the corporate info box doing on the Google (verb) page? Surely this is available at the main Google page and has no reason to be here... I'm certainly not deleting it, don't want to be taken for a vandal, but seems a bit weird to me... 
Markowe 20:36, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corporate info box?! 

message: Why is there not a Yahoo_(verb) page? Isn't Yahoo almost as popular a search engine as Google? Don't many Internet browsers come with Yahoo Toolbar? - 75.133.80.180 (talk) 19:42, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you show an instance of the word "yahoo" being used as a verb colloquially?  Or of it being listed in a dictionary as a verb?  I've never heard anyone say "to yahoo" something; in fact more likely someone will say they googled something (but used Yahoo or any other popular search engine). 217.166.94.1 (talk) 13:24, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yahoo 

message: Google is one of the most popular brands on the Internet and this was proved by the numerous surveys conducted by the research companies. Because it is so famous, most of the Internet users are frequently talking about it just like about a person. But have you ever asked yourselves what Google means or at least where the Google term comes from? Well, Dictionary.com, one of the most popular web-based dictionaries defines Google as "a trademark used for an Internet search engine. This trademark often occurs in print as a verb, sometimes in lowercase."
But still no definition of the world. According to the Google guys, the company's name comes from the word 'googol' which is actually a number invented by Milton Sirotta. Probably the Google name is related to the number of the results provided by the search technology which is usually huge.
"The name 'Google' is a play on the word 'googol,' coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. A 'googol' refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by 100 zeros. It's a very large number. In fact, there isn't a googol of anything in the universe -- not stars, not dust particles, not atoms. Google's use of the term reflects our mission to organize the world's immense (seemingly infinite) amount of information and make it universally accessible and useful," Google tried to explain the origins of the company's name.
Because it is a company name, Google is a noun. Logically. However, slowly but sure, it evolves and tends to become a verb as numerous users refer to the act of searching the Internet as "googling". For example, I heard some friends saying "I'm going to Google it," meaning that they will search the Internet using the Google search engine  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.12.7.71 (talk) 15:19, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google means? 

message: Is there any publicly available legal analysis that could enrich this entry by expatiating on the risk, if any, to Google's trademark of the use of 'google' or 'Google' as a verb? Is there any economic literature on the counterweighting economic benefit that Google (and associated commercial entities) receive from any widespread and popular use of the word in this form. Does the legal risk outweigh the economic benefit? 159.253.51.6 (talk) 20:17, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal Risk 

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