Comments on: Google copies icon from Japanese portal goo (maybe not)

By: Tokyo2point0 Event: Twitter Japan and Goo | Asiajin

Tokyo2point0 Event: Twitter Japan and Goo | Asiajin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:16:52 +0000

[...] Goo is an acronym for “Gateway of Optics” but Masaki said he doesn’t know what this term actually means. He also introduced the company by saying the company’s favicon is not a copy of Google’s. [...]

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Tokyo Diary Day 2 - Meeting Top Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs . . . — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:48:57 +0000

[...] Asiajin – a great Japanese blog written in English and co-founded by Akky. Check out this entry: Google copies icon from Japanese portal goo (maybe not) | Asiajin ] Afterwards we head to a great restaurant, loud and raucous, a type of Japanese “pub” where [...]

By: AndrewShuttleworth

AndrewShuttleworth — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:40:32 +0000

Interesting. Thanks Akky.

Looks like Google are searching for new favicon ideas (until 20 June) http://www.google.com/faviconideas/

By: Akky Akimoto

Akky Akimoto — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:58:30 +0000

NTT group explained the name “goo” came from “g∞”, “g” plus infinite symbol “∞” (I hope you have appropritate font to read).

And the “g” means “the global network”. So in total, it symbolizes “the global network is growing infinitely”.

By: AndrewShuttleworth

AndrewShuttleworth — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:46:14 +0000

Ahh. Thanks for the explanation about Google’s new favicon. I thought I must have installed some add-on that caused the change. I personally don’t like the new favicon at the moment. It looks amateur and doesn’t feel Google-like at all. I guess I’ll get used to it.

I wonder if this is the sign of a bigger brand change to come?

Just for interest, do you happen to know where the name ‘Goo’ comes from. I checked Japanese Wikipedia but couldn’t see anything.

By: ヲハニュース

ヲハニュース — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Google copies icon from Japanese portal goohttp://asiajin.com/blog/2008/06/03/google-copies-icon-from-japanese-portal-goo/（↑追記）

By: ず's / 2008年06月

ず's / 2008年06月 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

昔のやつが良いと思�&$s$@$1$I!”$J$s$GJQ$($?$s$@$m!# そ�&$$$($P!”Appleのマ�<%/$b@N$N6色が良かったよ�&$K;W$&!# そもそも6色なのは…と語り始めるとおっさんは長い。追記: 「Google copies icon from Japanese portal goo (maybe not)」(Asiajin) なんて記事が出てた。笑った。