Plog (Amazon's personalized blog)

[Yerkes, Susan]

I thought a plog was a plig made of wood.

Sorry. Off topic and out of line. It's been that sort of day.
  Susan Yerkes



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Did Amazon invent this word?


(AMAZON.COM)
What is a Plog?

The Plog(tm) Service provides a personalized blog for each Amazon.com
customer.
A blog is a straightforward and now widely adopted method of posting a
reverse
chronological diary on the Internet. Here's a list of some of the best
and
most popular blogs:


(TRADEMARKS)
Word Mark     PLOG
Goods and Services  IC 038. US 100 101 104. G & S: DELIVERY OF MESSAGES
BY
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SYSTEM, NAMELY ELECTRONIC
QUEUING
SERVICES; ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES AND DATA; PROVIDING
ON-LINE
FORUMS FOR TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES AMONG COMPUTER USERS CONCERNING A
WIDE VARIETY
OF TOPICS; PROVIDING ON-LINE ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARDS FOR TRANSMISSION
OF
MESSAGES AMONG COMPUTER USERS CONCERNING A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS
Mark Drawing Code   (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number   78201834
Filing Date January 9, 2003
Current Filing Basis    1B
Original Filing Basis   1B
Published for Opposition    June 1, 2004
Owner   (APPLICANT) Amazon.com, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE P. O. Box
81226
Seattle WASHINGTON 981081226
Type of Mark    SERVICE MARK
Register    PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE


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Re: OT - Some credit to republicans
... ll call, a plog of his daily activities. Plog = Blog + politics. A
live web cam in his/her office. Sort of like Cspan, 24/7. And ...
alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers - Dec 29, 2002 by Michael-NC - View
Thread (29 articles)






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