Goog knocks Chrome from its ranks

Posted on September 9, 2008 
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The big G announced a new browser this week, earlier than expected by the search engine/software giant’s own admission. Chrome is what a browser could be if it were designed from the ground up to handle all of today’s micro-applications that float around the web. That make the Internets such much fun.

Cool idea, but I won’t be able to check it out til they release a Mac client.

But the real problem is that they named it Chrome. And given the Goog’s dominance over web traffic (not the least of which is search engine-generated traffic), the messenger bag manufacturer with the seatbelt buckled shoulder strap, which also happens to be named Chrome, is losing its well-earned top spot in search engine rankings. A high ranking in search engine returns is a coveted spot, especially if your livelihood depends on sales.

I’m not even a Chrome bag user (I love my Cocotte), but I hate to see a small business owner get knocked around by a corporate giant. I hate it even more when it’s a bike business. And in just a matter of days since the big G’s announcement, Chrome messenger bags is losing hold of its ranking. September 2, it was still the first return when you search chrome. By this weekend, Mountain View was toppling San Francisco.

So, bike bloggers, I encourage you to strike back. Generate new links to Chrome, and links only to Chrome. Don’t link to the big G’s new Chrome, and let’s see if we can move Chrome back up in the rankings. Linking from your site (or any new links) further entrenches the relationship between the word chrome and messenger bags.

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One Response to “Goog knocks Chrome from its ranks”

  1. Phil on September 10th, 2008 1:18 pm

    Too bad that Google didn’t name it Crome. Only this week on the radio did I hear the story about how Larry and Sergey came up with the Google idea and bought the domain name, before one of their colleagues said, “you idiots — it’s spelled ‘googol’.”

    Check out the crome.com and you’ll see that it would have been no waste.

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