On: Gone Google

[noelchurchill]

I'm not sure about the name "Gone Google". Before visiting the site I thought it was going to be for people who were trying to avoid Google...

[pjscott → noelchurchill]

I thought it had something to do with "Going Galt".

[Ixiaus → noelchurchill]

That was my first impression to...

[drawkbox → Ixiaus]

Yeh seems that gogoogle would be more appropriate. Also, interesting that they chose Flash for this.

[benofsky → drawkbox]

They're advertising to a corporate audience who may still be on IE6/IE7, I can imagine that's why.

[ihumanable → drawkbox]

Google has been embracing flash like crazy lately, partially to differentiate from Apple. Froyo will support it, as will Chrome OS. Seems natural enough to me. IE6 / IE7 support makes sense too.

[ugh → ihumanable]

Just Flash support. Didn’t sound to me as though Google actually likes Flash.

[sabat → noelchurchill]

Something more active-voice like GoingGoogle would work better. But they should consider losing the "going/gone" thing altogether and pick another word. UpgradeToGoogle or something.