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Google Developing Database Service

Posted by Zonk on from the step-four-profit dept.

QuantumT writes "Ars Technica has the details on the unannounced Google Base service that will allow anyone with a Google Account to post information and other types of data into a massive, Google-run database. Ars believes that the company is gearing up to take on eBay and Craiglist, which makes sense given the Google Payment service that is in development. Google has commented, saying, 'This is an early-stage test of a product that enables content owners to easily send their content to Google. Like our web crawl and the recently released Google Sitemaps program, we are working to provide content owners an easy way to give us access to their content.' There's a few screenshots as well."

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  1. Name suggestion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    G-Bay anyone?

    1. Re:Name suggestion by krewemaynard · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was thinking more along the lines of "Skynet." Just a suggestion...

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  2. Re:All your base by grasshoppa · · Score: 3, Funny

    (sorry, someone had to do it)

    No, no I don't think anybody had to do it. :)

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  3. Cripes! Holy diversity, Batman! by mister_llah · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is there anything computered-based out there that Google won't be doing in the future?

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    I can't wait for the Google fashion lines...

    Actually, I could see them trying to push for rollable LCD panel clothing... ... I digress... just know that in 10 years Google win own the whole mess.

    Everything. :)

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  4. Google this, google that! by ChrisGilliard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ars believes that the company is gearing up to take on eBay and Craiglist

    Ok, what else is google going to take over? People think they're going to take on Microsoft,Ebay,Craigslist,ISPs,..... The list goes on and on. I'd like to see Google take on the Oil companies next! Maybe they can offer free Gasoline.

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    1. Re:Google this, google that! by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe they can offer free Gasoline

      Googleen will be available in an ad-supported context, where you receive free Googleen in exchange for targeted advertisements displayed on your windshield. Of course, Googleen has been engineered by the top Ph.D. minds in the world, so not only will you get 100 miles per gallon, but the Googleen will also clean your engine, and proactively repair problems with your car.

    2. Re:Google this, google that! by ChrisGilliard · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ha, I like it. Googleen. How about Google Vision. Free glasses with targeted ads shot directly into your retinas based on gps tracking and their new image decifering software that can see what you're seeing and automatically sense the best ads to post based on statistical inferances about your environment.

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    3. Re:Google this, google that! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'd like to see Google take on the Oil companies next!

      You'll have to wait until after they've built up their military.

  5. Re:Baffling! by temojen · · Score: 2, Funny

    'cat /dev/urandom' to find out.

  6. Re:Baffling! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hope so. I've been looking for a place to store all the stuff my cat types.

  7. don't fall for the trick! by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    you give them your information to, ehem "database"

    and then they destroy it!

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  8. base by Blimundus · · Score: 1, Funny

    All your information belong to gBase

  9. Re:Google have taken their eyes off the ball by colonslash · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fewer flying chairs isn't the only difference between MS and Google.

  10. Total. Fucking. Chaos. by DysenteryInTheRanks · · Score: 5, Funny
    Congratulations, Google, you have solved the easiest part of classified ads, online auctions, and publishing: stuffing the information into distinct fields in a database.

    Now you just need to figure out how to marshall data into canonical fields for each major use scenario, mark those schemas prominently for easy reference, and police the system against abuse like spam, scams and plagarism.

    Judging by the state of your core search system, this will take anywhere from seven years to several centuries.

  11. Re:grammar check? by Sygnus · · Score: 2, Funny
    the fact that you did not link to the Wikipedia article on aybabtu means YOU sould turn in your geek card :)

    Hmmm... wikipedia, or the Jargon File...

    Yeah, Jargon File wins out in terms of geekosity.
    /me cuts up your geek card.

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  12. Google 50% by Bemmu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of the current latest 6 slashdot posts, 3 are about Google. I suggest a new simpler way of categorizing entries -- Google-related and non-Google-related.

  13. Re:Only one question... by Chunni+Babu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Use a blog.

  14. Re:Proposed New Slashdot Story Selection Algorithm by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

    PS: what's the deal with the 'lameness' filter? I couldn't get my properly formatted pseudocode past it.

    It had to make sure your post was sufficiently lame as to properly represent the Slashdot Standards of Quality(tm)