Google Wants to Take Down Goggle.com Web Site

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Google goes after another “survey” site.

Google has filed a complaint with National Arbitration forum to get a hold of Goggle.com, Goggle.net, and Goggle.org.

While the domain names could be considered “generic” for the term Google, it’s the use of the domain names that has the company up in arms.

Similar to another recent complaint over YouTube.ph, these domains forward to a survey page that then entices users to complete a number of offers.

The current page doesn’t imitate Google’s logo, but that wasn’t always the case. The site used to have a logo with a similar font to Google (courtesy DomainTools historical thumbnails):

Further Reading:

  1. Google Goes After More Survey Sites
  2. ICANN Asks for Feedback About Its Web Site
  3. Google Public DNS Could Be Data Treasure Trove for Google

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  1. Roman
    August 24th, 2011 | 7:08 am

    Online identity is much vulnerable and with too many TLDs in the offer any one can get what they want. Now what’s the security for your domain or hosting online?

  2. TKO
    August 24th, 2011 | 7:25 am

    The only extensions that should be allowed are .com, .tv, and .org. The rest are worthless.

  3. Domainer Extraordinaire
    August 24th, 2011 | 9:00 am

    Scammy survey sites really piss off TM holders.

  4. Bricolage
    August 25th, 2011 | 5:27 am

    They have to buy the company. It’s only a small company…

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