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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. All your base by Pinefresh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    are belong to google?

    (sorry, someone had to do it)

  2. I for one by TadZimas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Welcome our new datamongering google overlords. But seriously, is google starting to become big brother? I mean, in five years you will get on google to google the location of your nearest google pizzeria, order a google pizza, talk to your friends over Gmail or GVoIP, look at all the kids at GoogleOrphanage, then get your google pizza with a nice side dish of googlent-Green. Mmm Mmm good.

  3. MOD UP NON-Redundant Please - was 2nd post by billstewart · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey, mods, it was the *second* post, two minutes after the original article, and the First Post was a different joke (about naming it "G-Bay"). So it wasn't redundant - the later All Your Base posts were.

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  4. Erm. So. er... by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    All your Google Base are belong to us ?

    *hides*

  5. It has to be said by jchernia · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All your Base are belong to us -Google

  6. has to be said... by Larmal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    all your base are belong to google.

  7. Re:Google have taken their eyes off the ball by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and what exactly is the problem with google answers?

    Nothing. The parent poster has fallen into the typical Slashdot geek trap of thinking "if I don't use it, it must not be popular."

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  8. Or Maybe, Don't Speculate? by SeinJunkie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    See Google's Official Blog post:
    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/rumor-of-da y.html/

    If it's what Google says it is, I don't see why this is any more threatening or buzzworthy than Sitemaps is.