# I wanna google like a pro. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 16, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685 "2003-03-16T00:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/21 "2003-03-16T16:17:28Z")
And a lower case “g”, maybe? I’ve googled “original google logo” and came up blank. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/22 "2003-03-16T16:28:57Z")
[Here](http://www.google.com/holidaylogos99.html) are some Google logos from 1999. They don’t look too different from the current ones. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/23 "2003-03-16T17:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\* > How about Yahoo? _Do You Yahoo_ doesn’y seem to have harmed tham any. > Don’t be silly, Google \*\* Isn’t the “Do you Yahoo?” a yahoo advertising campaign? I doubt they’d mind, then. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/24 "2003-03-16T18:43:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > I wanna google like a pro. I can see it now: Next Olympic Sport= Pro-googling! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/25 "2003-03-16T19:06:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SenorBeef \* > \*\*Isn’t the “Do you Yahoo?” a yahoo advertising campaign? I doubt they’d mind, then. \*\* I _was_ referring to the ad campaign. They use “yahoo” as a verb. So why not something like “Google me this”. 😉 \*\*monica wishes; “I can see it now: Next Olympic Sport= Pro-googling!” Why not? Some of the other “sports” are just as unlikely. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/26 "2003-03-16T19:11:14Z")
First, **monica** , I’ve got to learn to vB code. [sub]I previewed this time.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/27 "2003-03-16T19:38:38Z")
Although the example of **Xerox** was a very good one, the prime example is **COKE**. Today, if you order a coke you are likely to be asked “Will Pepsi, be okay?”. In the past, this was not the case. IIRC it went to court and although Cocoa Cola won it scared them so much they sent people out to order “Coke” and if they got Pepsi they threatened to take the offender to court. In another example, the term “aspirin” was ruled a generic term by a court. So it isn’t unreasonable for Google to take the matter seriously. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/28 "2003-03-16T19:58:06Z")
As long as the OP is shot to hell anyway, When _did_ they trademark “Coke”? After it was in common usage, or before. I seem to remember calling it Coke long before I ever saw it (the name) endorsed by the company. And thanks, for the info on searching using the Google search engine. I’m gonna take an aspirin, and wash it down with a coke. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685/29 "2003-03-16T23:18:39Z")
btw ‘maid in manhatten’ had a line where she’d ask her son to ‘google it’ in school, so if the movies start doing this more often wouldn’t it be wiser for the company to turn it around and run an ad campaign like yahoo’s? and i think the case with coke is different. for a long time as a kid i’d thought pepsi was coke as i’d only ask for coke, never pepsi… :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-google-like-a-pro/161685.md?page=1)