Why is it so difficult to find Smurf Websites on Google?

The word Smurf is subject to strict copyright laws and thus you cannot use the word “Smurf” in a domain name if the website is related to the smurf cartoon characters, nor can you use the cartoon smurf pictures to graphically illustrate your website.

Many people do not realise that Smurfs can still be obtained in the UK or that they are even still being made. When you put the word Smurfs into Google the highest ranking websites are fairly obscure, the Papa Smurf cartoon “Smurfs Lost Episode” being one of them. There are websites discussing whether Smurfs have communist tendencies, their socio-political themes and even the Sexual Adventures of the Smurfs!! With high ranking key words such as "Smurf Porn" then is it any wonder that the genuine Smurf Shops that are in existence are little heard of and only known to the more seasoned collectors?

Smurfs have been around for a long, long time and although no longer pop culture as such, there are many collectors out there who are keeping the Smurf collecting hobby alive. Rumours are abound of new smurf movies, smurf videos and smurf dvds, and we will watch with interest for any more definite signs of a Smurf revival. We like to think of the Smurfs as the Trading Cards of yesteryear, but we are inclined to think that the Smurfs will have the greater long-term staying power!

Update at July 2005: Definite plans for a Smurf Movie were announced.