Let's Ditch Google (Verb)
4 hours ago
- The author has avoided google.com for three years but still catches themselves using 'to Google' as a verb when asking others to search.
- This habit is attributed to Google's long-standing monopoly in search engines.
- Starting today, the author will intentionally use generic terms like 'look up' and 'search' (or German equivalents 'nachschauen' and 'suchen').
- The author feels it's unfair to name their actual search engine (kagi.com) differently by using 'to Google'.
- The author plans to monitor how well they can adapt to this change.