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		<title>Looks like Google is losing the battle&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone seen this &#60;sarcasm&#62; extremely awesome song &#60;/sarcasm&#62;?
Teyana Taylor &#8211; Google Me

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Well, according to Google, they would like people to stop using their brand name as a verb.
&#8220;We think it&#8217;s important to make the distinction between using the word &#8216;Google&#8217; to describe using [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone seen this <br /><em>&lt;sarcasm&gt; extremely awesome song &lt;/sarcasm&gt;</em>?</p>
<div><strong>Teyana Taylor</strong> &#8211; Google Me</div>
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<p>Well, according to Google, they would like people to stop using their brand name as a verb.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We think it&#8217;s important to make the distinction between using the word &#8216;Google&#8217; to describe using Google to search the Internet and using the word &#8216;google&#8217; to generally describe searching the Internet. It has some serious trademark issues,&#8221; a representative for the search company said. [<a href="http://www.news.com/Google-wants-people-to-stop-googling/2100-1030_3-6106479.html">c-net</a>]</p></blockquote>
<p>I hope she gets sued.  Even if it&#8217;s because Google is scared of losing it&#8217;s trademark, I&#8217;ll just secretly pretend it&#8217;s because the song is awful and it&#8217;s a punishment for having her song writers write such a terrible, terrible song.</p>

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