Tom Henegan has contacted the owner of CatholicGoogle, the search engine that gives higher authority to Catholic web sites and filters out pr0n. He picks up on the question I asked about CG in an earlier post:

Some bloggers have asked if this site violates the Google trademark. “I’m in the process of speaking with them,” Mulhern said, adding he was dealing with Google in the United States. “I’ve asked whether they object to the name.” Just in case they do, he has been thinking about alternatives. “We’re thinking of changing the name of the website to something more catchy,” he said. “We might put out a poll.”

My question was not so much a real question, but more rhetorical in that I knew the answer ahead of time. Yes, CatholicGoogle violates Google’s trademark. Given Google’s frequently stated aim to provide the best search results, CatholicGoogle dilutes their brand in a big way. An Internet beginner wouldn’t be as quick as a netizen to be able to distinguish between Google and a knockoff.

I’m glad Mulhern is looking into changing the name of his site. Maybe he could call it “CatholicSearch” or something.

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