bjrn 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 I'm sure most of you know that Google has registered gbrowser.com, and there have been a lot of rumours about Google making a browser. A rumour that started up again when Firefox's lead developer was hired by them What many people don't know is that Google also registered[1] googleporn.com, is this the next thing Google will launch? [1] proof Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
serverph 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 gbrowser is a welcome addition to google products and services, if ever this rumor finds its way to reality. until it is made public, we'll just have to wait and drool. :Das for googleporn.com, i don't believe that they have to resort to offering that next to remain competitive as a company. registering that is simply one way to protect the google brand, since owning it gives them control of the domain, and saves them the legal hassles of chasing after domain registrants who abuse and misuse the google brand and the google domain variants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mario 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 Yea i 've heard about the browser thing. Yea this year they're introducing new products. Now they have a video search and the map search... whats next?If the browser is any good i will get it when they get it up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burgen 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 gbrowser is a welcome addition to google products and services, if ever this rumor finds its way to reality. until it is made public, we'll just have to wait and drool. as for googleporn.com, i don't believe that they have to resort to offering that next to remain competitive as a company. registering that is simply one way to protect the google brand, since owning it gives them control of the domain, and saves them the legal hassles of chasing after domain registrants who abuse and misuse the google brand and the google domain variants. 49281[/snapback] exactly, however, how about gporn.com? googleporn.net? google-porn.com? etc, how can google register everything to protect themselves? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
serverph 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 exactly, however, how about gporn.com? googleporn.net? google-porn.com? etc, how can google register everything to protect themselves? 49322[/snapback] there is MASS registration of domains, just in case you are not aware yet. and google can simply register as many domains as they want. some domain registrars have domain generators, where you just have to input several keywords ('google' keywords included, of course), and it will generate a list of domain name permutations based on those keywords. then with one click, it's reserved/registered. besides, the price of a domain name is practically "cheap" for a giant company like google, so registering them to protect the google brand will not be a problem. also, google is first and foremost a search engine. and they can keep tab of all domains which infringes on their brand. and being a giant company, there may be a special arrangement as well between google and domain registrars to monitor domain names which gets registered bearing the google brand, and to stop domain registrant profiteers/abusers from getting those registered. (this is just a possibility, and i'm not saying google does have this privelege in effect. ) so there you have it, maximum protection for the google brand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thunder 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2005 When is the browser thing comming out? I heard about it but didn't really do any research on it so dont know much about it. Is it gonna be better than Firefox? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjrn 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2005 It's just a rumour at the moment. No one (except the people who work at Google obviously) know when or even if there is going to be a GBrowser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
