Comments on: Google Blatently copies Yahoo page design – What the goo! http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andrevas http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/comment-page-1/#comment-7999 Andrevas Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:52:17 +0000 http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/#comment-7999 this Jeremey guy might say that but it's still somewhat possible it was just a generic design template issued from Microspoof to get the major search engines to help move all those who haven't been sucked into Firefox to IE7. there's not a whole lot of proof except the "he said, she said" argument. if Google really did copy an original design though from Yahoo....well....that's just ridiculous. Google really seems to enjoy pushing people's buttons (book authors, various govt's, and now competeing search engines) this Jeremey guy might say that but it’s still somewhat possible it was just a generic design template issued from Microspoof to get the major search engines to help move all those who haven’t been sucked into Firefox to IE7. there’s not a whole lot of proof except the “he said, she said” argument.

if Google really did copy an original design though from Yahoo….well….that’s just ridiculous. Google really seems to enjoy pushing people’s buttons (book authors, various govt’s, and now competeing search engines)

]]> By: Joe http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/comment-page-1/#comment-6908 Joe Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:49:50 +0000 http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/#comment-6908 Jeremey (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">spokesperson from yahoo</a>) said that there was no template from Microsoft and that Yahoo! created the page itself then subsequently, Google copied the page almost to the "T". When sites are copied and reduplicated then usually an email can be sent to their hosting company or registrar to take down the duplicated site design and if a site owner has a legal team then legal ramifications can be implicated as well. Many companies go through this all the time. The fact that Google took a site design from a leading competitor with full knowledge of the repercussions is pretty shocking to me. Google is strong and this will not affect them of course but its always fun to catch them in these situations. Jeremey (spokesperson from yahoo) said that there was no template from Microsoft and that Yahoo! created the page itself then subsequently, Google copied the page almost to the “T”.

When sites are copied and reduplicated then usually an email can be sent to their hosting company or registrar to take down the duplicated site design and if a site owner has a legal team then legal ramifications can be implicated as well. Many companies go through this all the time. The fact that Google took a site design from a leading competitor with full knowledge of the repercussions is pretty shocking to me.

Google is strong and this will not affect them of course but its always fun to catch them in these situations.

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/comment-page-1/#comment-6874 Jeremy Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:22:32 +0000 http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/#comment-6874 Isn't it possible the copywriting came from the IE7 team? They have partnerships with both Yahoo! and Google so this wouldn't be far fetched (I've seen this type of thing happen before). But even if that's not the case calling it "horrendously unethical" and "very shocking" is a stretch. I know, it's fun to catch the big boys in these 'gotcha' moments. Just don't forget that good companies make mistakes and then recover to do things better. Isn’t it possible the copywriting came from the IE7 team? They have partnerships with both Yahoo! and Google so this wouldn’t be far fetched (I’ve seen this type of thing happen before).

But even if that’s not the case calling it “horrendously unethical” and “very shocking” is a stretch. I know, it’s fun to catch the big boys in these ‘gotcha’ moments. Just don’t forget that good companies make mistakes and then recover to do things better.

]]> By: Robert Pritchett http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/comment-page-1/#comment-6857 Robert Pritchett Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:32:20 +0000 http://blog.lunarpages.com/2006/12/12/google-blatently-copies-yahoo-page-design-what-the-goo/#comment-6857 Are sure this isn't Microsoft Ad copy (look and feel by the advertising agency) that is distributed with options for localization? Are sure this isn’t Microsoft Ad copy (look and feel by the advertising agency) that is distributed with options for localization?

]]>