miladus writes
"Roogle is a new RSS Search Engine. Let us
hope it does not get in trouble because of its name." Or its horrible logo. The site needs a little work, but it seems like a good enough idea.
update their obviously infringing logo was removed.
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"The site needs a little work, but it seems like a good enough idea." :
A good idea ? To rip off Google ? From the site
This page is not sponsored by Google, affiliated with Google and will probably get me in trouble.
Yeah, and what about XGoogle, which does IRC channel searches? I've always wondered how they've gotten away with that name. The site is different, but they're definitely building off of Google's success. Interesting how the word "Google" is really becoming a synonym for "search".
Who said Freedom was Fair?
Ive noticed that Goodle.com have registered Gooogle.com and also setup ww.google.com sub domain to catch miss types.. now with roogle on the table... its gonna be pot luck soon what search engine you hit, no problem as long as there all good ;)
moo
C'mon, people- this was done properly in the original message, then messed up one line down. 'it's' means 'it is'. the possesive version, such as 'its horrible logo' or 'its name' is spelled 'its'. Just learn the darned language!
Look both ways before you cross the road.
New Logo Needed !
(the search engine briefly known as 'roogle')
lololol
It's not really a parody. They're providing a real service, akin to Google's service, and it's not done to poke fun at Google, but instead competes with Google. There's really nothing about this that could be considered a parody...
Kevin Fox
You can already search rss feeds on google.
/. editors get a kick out giving google reason to sue another small company with poor judgement! Either that or they like /.ing small sites.
Plus there are tons of news aggregators that already exist and have huge indicies of rss sources.
Conclusion:
In other words:
1. Create web site - which doesn't do anything useful but has a name that rips off Google.
2. ???
3. Lawsuit!
There's already plenty of sites that keep track of available RSS feeds like syndic8 and newsisfree. Why do we need another one?
Hate to be anal, but slashdot editors, please....
Emphasis mine. Come on, it's not that hard.
In other news, I'm glad they apparently decided not to use "Roogle"... something about that word disturbs me deeply on a primal level.
Karma: T-rexcellent.
Well, looks don't hurt either.
Clearly the name "Roogle" has some trademark issues, and clearly the site realizes this as well, as I have already stated. They will have to deal with this, and probably fairly quickly.
I know that. Obviously.
But here are some other things I know.
Google is a trademark of Columbia Pictures and King Features Syndicate and has been since the 1930's.
The name of the search engine comes from ( as opposed to the common assumption/claim that it's a spelling variant of "googol") the slang phrase "Google eyes" ( and its variant "Googly Eyes"). Google eyes was slang for either promimenent eyes, or eyes "bugged out." In other words it is a humorous variant of "goggle." Barney Google had such eyes. See how it all comes together?
One would "make google eyes" at a pretty girl.
Google is thus a very good word for a search engine name.
Please note how Google(tm) itself aknowledges this in a lefthanded way by now claiming "Google Eyes" as well. Google on it.
The Google logo is a blatent rip off of the trademarked Playschool logo, and clearly intended to be, in the current mode of assuming that computer items will be "friendlier" if they appear to be aimed at drooling two year olds.
The blue color used on the Google page is what is known as "IBM Blue" and was the trademarked "look and feel" of IBM software and products. ( And Microsoft took advantage of their position of supplier to IBM to rip it off). IBM word processing programs, for instance, had white text on that exact shade of blue background. (As did Infocom games and some other third party apps intended for the IBM PC).
You are absolutely right, and people who violate trademarks, look and feel are scum and should be publicly flogged.
KFG
Looking way down on their blog you see that Roolge is a temporary name. There is no motive for a Google buyout and they realize the name will not last. Check it out: blog entry