Another Google Tool To Take On PayPal?

An anonymous reader writes to mention a ZDNet post about another possible product in the grand Google vision. The product, Google Checkout, may be an attempt to go after PayPal. From the article: "Since we know Google is behind its registration, what is Google Checkout going to be? I think it will be a shopping cart system to help websites accept payment for their items online. The money site owners make will be deposited into a holding account at Google -- just like AdSense works. Isn't this starting to sound a lot like PayPal? Who knows, they could even offer a Google branded Mastercard "debit card" like PayPal's ATM/Debit Card -- after all, the domain googlemastercard.com is registered to Google too."

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You midunderstand

[Anonymous Coward]

Google Checkout is Google's new dating service. They let you check-out other singles in your area.

This Just In

[Anonymous Coward]

The janitor at Google bought a new mop. Someone post it to the slashdot frontpage.

Re:This Just In

[Anonymous Coward]

The janitor at Google bought a new mop.

Does it run Linux?

Re:This Just In

[Ohreally_factor]

All you need to know is that it wasn't an evil mop, and that the domain googlemops.com has not yet been registered.

Google Checkout?

[Freaky Spook]

Im sure it can't compete with the One-Click checkout :)

Somebody call ZDNet...

[mattmacf]

...and tell this blogger that googlewildspeculation.com is still available.

Re:Somebody call ZDNet...

[Grey Ninja]

I just sat here for 5 minutes thinking about that actually, after I read what you said. I sat here and thought that was a terrible idea for the first 2.4 minutes. Then I started to think about how awesome that would be, if it were real.

I mean, just imagine it. Google has a site that's based entirely upon wild speculation. Anyone can post any sort of speculation, be it meaningful or not. And the speculation could be searched entirely. If by some chance the speculation came true, then Google news could automatically search through the speculations for the relevant information. And then they could have ranking links below the story. Saying something like "This story was predicted by ____ web sites", with a link to the Google Wild Speculation search. And they could have rankings of all people who write speculation for the Google Wild Speculation site. So in that way, you could find out if perhaps you were psychic, or were really good at predicting the future. Pyschics on TV would be out of jobs when it was found out that they had a 0.0001% speculation rate on Google Wild Speculation.

Meanwhile, Google would find all the real psychics, and would hire them up. Then Google would have psychics to control our minds.

Yeah, that would be awesome. I should go code that right now.

Google acting like... Google.

[aquowf]

You must remember, this is google we are talking about. World domination isn't world domination unless you own a pay-pal like service.

Re:A big list of upcoming services

[aevan]

Googleporn.com - It's about time!

I thought we already had Google Images??

Of course they can

[Anonymous Coward]

Google will have Zero-Click Checkout. They know what you want to buy even before you do.

A Whole New Meaning

[Alethes]

Adds a whole new meaning to "I'm Feeling Lucky" now, doesn't it?

Re:A Whole New Meaning

[binkzz]

You call yours Lucky?

Re:A Whole New Meaning

[70Bang]

Or, as a guy in college said when a girl walked by, "I wouldn't kick that girl out of bed for eating crackers....would I, 'Crackers'?" (patting his crotch at the appropriate time.

Making such a mistake so early in his college career (first week of school) and earning the nickname of Crackers. When addressed as such, the ladies wanted to know the derivation and he always had to tap dance around it.

As a reasonably small (1'900 students), midwestern, non-denominational Christian university, there were a lot of sensitive ears and everyone knew everyone else. Should he have responded honestly to the wrong person, he might have found his social life a bit empty for some time.

(But it was still fun to watch him deal with the name across a couple of years)

You knew it was coming..

[Riden]

Using your internet connection to find a hot date through Google.com; $50/m Trying to impress her by dining at the fanciest restaurant in town; $350 Telling the waiter to "Stick it on your Google"... Priceless!

Re:Lack of integration with ebay will kill it

[suv4x4]

. I'd have to imagine the market for other person-to-person micropayments outside of online auctions isn't very large.

Yup, no micropayments outside eBay, no other countries than USA, no other language than English.

Re:Lack of integration with ebay will kill it

[whizzard]

I'd have to imagine the market for other person-to-person micropayments outside of online auctions isn't very large.

And that's why Google will unveil gbay next!

Suicide...

[ItsIllak]

Clearly a new site to allow people to leave suicide notes to their friends and family...

See the Fish!

Re:GoogleWiki

[dotoole]

What do you think the internet is?

Who are you?

[dwalsh]

"... It is a dog who has cash to spend."

Why are you posting anonymously, BadAnalogyGuy?