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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Google Warns Against Using Its Name as Verb The search engine company, which tries to affect an air of youthful nonconformity, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401536.html" title="legally admonished the Washington Post">legally admonished the Washington Post</a> for using the word “google” as a generic verb to describe Internet search in general. <li>Online expert <a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/08/google_warns_me.html" title="Steve Rubel calls it">Steve Rubel calls it</a> “one of the worst PR moves in history.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060814_google_name_as_verb/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060814_google_name_as_verb/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Google Warns Against Using Its Name as Verb The search engine company, which tries to affect an air of youthful nonconformity, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401536.html" title="legally admonished the Washington Post">legally admonished the Washington Post</a> for using the word “google” as a generic verb to describe Internet search in general. <li>Online expert <a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/08/google_warns_me.html" title="Steve Rubel calls it">Steve Rubel calls it</a> “one of the worst PR moves in history.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060814_google_name_as_verb/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060814_google_name_as_verb/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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