Roogle: RSS Search Engine

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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Yuk

[captainclever]

Sorry, but just getting the Google logo and crudely crossing out the G to replace with an R is a bit lame. Not impressed. They have blatently copied the Google look and feel, something which is probably illegal, and certainly annoying.

Roogle is just ASKING for trouble...

[n76lima]

Why would one intentially seek to raise the hackles of the Google Lawyers? If one has a new search engine that has different algorithms or some unique features that will help it become a standard in the industry, then why rip off the masthead logo of the current indusrty leader and BEG for the cease and desist letter to arrive in the morning mail?

Can they be mounting a serious effort or is it April Fool's Day already?

Perhaps they want Google to buy them.

[Schnapple]

Perhaps they want Google to buy them. It's not a horrible idea - they come up with a good idea, they implement it, they even have a Google-ish name, so Google buys it off of them.

Of course this is the way technology has headed with Microsoft (people do stuff just to have MS buy it), and it's killing innovation.

And of course Google would probably do something like this in-house, with their own people and coding practices. I think the best these guys could hope for is one of those "polite" cease-and-desist letters.

Re:Perhaps they want Google to buy them.

[Kirin3]

Perhaps they want Google to buy them. It's not a horrible idea - they come up with a good idea, they implement it, they even have a Google-ish name, so Google buys it off of them.

I don't necessarily agree with this - it seems to me that Google has more to lose than to gain if they were to buy it. If people are finding and implementing their own RSS from the site, they're at least, in part, damaging the usefulness of news.google.com. Just my two cents.

Probably trying to get Google's attention

[Midnight Thunder]

Judging by the fact that they have made a CC of the Google look and logo (with the the G crossed-out), I am sure that they are wanting to get Google's attention, and everyone else's while they are at it. They are probably hoping that enough people will make enough noise that Google will encorporate what they feel is a great tool into Google.

Admittedly it is not the best approach, but if it ends up working, well why not?

Rip-off

[MBraynard]

Why should we hope their name doesn't get them in trouble? Google did a lot of work to develop a stellar reputation and have done a lot of other projects with that Xoogles, like Froogle, etc. And they did this all starting from scratch, not trying to jump on anyone else's work.

And some clowns suddenly appear and try to co-op google's reputation and cash in on the high name recognition they deserve? I am not sure if it's illegal, but that doesn't make it OK; what it makes it is pathetic.

Re:Nice work :(

[JDWTopGuy]

Don't worry; soon enough somebody will make a porn search engine. Maybe they'll call it "Poogle".

Google will attack Roogle, they attacked GEWGLE

[pheph]

Google has been very forceful and a little overzealous with their trademark attacks and threats. After over two years of owning Gewgle.com they are just now sending legally threatening letters.

Is Google about to have an IPO or something? It seems like they have changed so much in the last couple months...

I Love RSS

[jimmyCarter]

Seriously.. here's a standard that's evolved quickly and without a bunch of bitching between various factions (at least not that I'm aware of).

Yet, you have these enormous industry groups still haggling over the structure of XML docs tailored to their sector. Purchase orders, precription medication.. you name it - the pace of adoption has been terrible.