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    How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Suppose I have what I think is a good idea for Google, how do I go about sending it to them. Google has an email address

    [email]bizdev@google.com[/url]

    but if you send to it you get a stock reply

    "Thank you for your note. While we are not able to personally respond to all proposals, please be assured that we review every email we receive. If our proposal matches our current business and technology development needs, a Google representative will be in touch with you shortly. In the event that we do not identify an immediate match, we will keep your proposal on record for future consideration."

    It seems from this that you have to send your idea upfront and open, but then how are you to protect the idea. What's to stop them simply saying "We were thinking along those lines anyway", or "keeping the proposal on record" until they release something similar?

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by macgruder
    It seems from this that you have to send your idea upfront and open, but then how are you to protect the idea. What's to stop them simply saying "We were thinking along those lines anyway", or "keeping the proposal on record" until they release something similar?
    Copyright it

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    I'm not sure that you can copyright the idea I'm thinking of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by macgruder
    I'm not sure that you can copyright the idea I'm thinking of.
    Why not? Most things can be copyrighted unless it has already been done, or is copyrighted by someone else...

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    Uhmm...what are you talking about? Only works in the sense of art/literature/music/computer programs are under copyright... So macgruder would have to make his own implementation of the idea for it to fall under copyright and even then it wouldn't interfere with anybody doinf their version...
    Patent would work in some places with screwed patent rights...but in reality somebody like macgruder would be anyway sued into oblivion and/or buyed by some corporate entity...

    macgruder, as for your initiall question: if you're determined in contacting Google and telling them about it, just think to which of their services it is applicable and go its help - there's always email/link for Google gropu regarding the service in which they want you to post such things (note: it might be applicable also to one of the projects form Google labs - but the same thing remains applicable to them)

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by macgruder
    It seems from this that you have to send your idea upfront and open, but then how are you to protect the idea. What's to stop them simply saying "We were thinking along those lines anyway", or "keeping the proposal on record" until they release something similar?
    It's called creating a company and putting your idea to work.

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lupine1647
    Quote Originally Posted by macgruder
    It seems from this that you have to send your idea upfront and open, but then how are you to protect the idea. What's to stop them simply saying "We were thinking along those lines anyway", or "keeping the proposal on record" until they release something similar?
    It's called creating a company and putting your idea to work.
    Try being a little nice....

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by kcmandava
    Quote Originally Posted by Lupine1647
    Quote Originally Posted by macgruder
    It seems from this that you have to send your idea upfront and open, but then how are you to protect the idea. What's to stop them simply saying "We were thinking along those lines anyway", or "keeping the proposal on record" until they release something similar?
    It's called creating a company and putting your idea to work.
    Try being a little nice....
    Try not beeing such an as5...

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    Who knows if the idea is a great one and google considers it.

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by kcmandava
    Try being a little nice....
    I'll let that one go since messages in the form of text can't really give an impression of being mean or nice, or what not since you can't hear a tone (or maybe you can if you've been in the looney bin).

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by zima
    Quote Originally Posted by kcmandava
    Quote Originally Posted by Lupine1647
    Quote Originally Posted by macgruder
    It seems from this that you have to send your idea upfront and open, but then how are you to protect the idea. What's to stop them simply saying "We were thinking along those lines anyway", or "keeping the proposal on record" until they release something similar?
    It's called creating a company and putting your idea to work.

    Try being a little nice....
    Try not beeing such an as5...
    Thanks for your advice Zima! Make yourself more clear the next time.

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by kcmandava
    Thanks for your advice Zima! Make yourself more clear the next time.
    Such as you, I suppose?

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    Re: How do I send a web idea to Google?

    Quote Originally Posted by zima
    Quote Originally Posted by kcmandava
    Quote Originally Posted by Lupine1647
    Quote Originally Posted by macgruder
    It seems from this that you have to send your idea upfront and open, but then how are you to protect the idea. What's to stop them simply saying "We were thinking along those lines anyway", or "keeping the proposal on record" until they release something similar?
    It's called creating a company and putting your idea to work.
    Try being a little nice....
    Try not beeing such an as5...
    how was he being a as5

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    I was just asked to enroll analytics with other services I use such as ADWORDS. I wonder if this will effect pricing and ad placement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kcmandava View Post
    Thanks for your advice Zima! Make yourself more clear the next time.
    I was forced to accept analytics integrated with other google features, will this alter adwords and placement, that's an ass.

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    Most things can be copyrighted unless it has already been done, or is copyrighted by someone else

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