Google lost again

[temi]

Google lost another adword trade mark case in a case reminiscent of a similar case it lost in France earlier this year.
Full story: theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/google_loses_adwords_trademark_case/

[Paul_KY]

Yeah, I knew the gravy train wouldn't last forever. That's one thing I DO LIKE about google, they let me bid on my competitors trademark name as a keyword. Unreal! I'm like a kid in a candy store, until they change the laws.

Can you imagine someone searching for ukwebmasterworld.com, they type in your domain, and then BAM! right at the top or top/right they see, "Paulsreallycoolwebmasterworld - Leave the pretenders and join the contenders. Sign up is free."? And all I had to pay was a nickel or two to allure your customer.

I'm lovin' it, but not for long, until the laws change.

[Duke]

rofl, that's hilarious Paul. Sadly I've searched for specific sights on google and noticed the actual sitename entered in Googles search bar was listed below two or three other sites.

[Paul_KY]

"Sadly"? No, Duke, there's nothing sad about that. It's exploitation and capitolism at its finest. That's the only thing I like about the googliods; they're greedy and I love exploiting other's greed. It's very easy to do.

[OldWelshGuy]

There are some bad people about

I mean you take this example of what some nasty person has done. Three are a couple of BIG rugby teams where I live, the two main ones being the Scarlets RFC (the dirty scum sucking opposition) And the Ospreys RFC (the all conquering angels of the game) Guess which one I support

Anyhow, if you visit the scarlets rfc website http://www.scarletsrfc.co.uk/ wait around for a few seconds, and see what happens.

Domain Squatting is a naughty business, and I think those nasty people at DEMUK and ScumV rugby should be beaten. Oh hang on that is me

[Paul_KY]

That's a classic! I love it!

[Duke]

"Sadly"? No, Duke, there's nothing sad about that. It's exploitation and capitolism at its finest. That's the only thing I like about the googliods; they're greedy and I love exploiting other's greed. It's very easy to do.

Don't you think this will eventually hurt Google's market share as a top Search Engine because their no longer returning the results searched for?

[Paul_KY]

This is only about their adwords, not their ALGO.