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Google. Current status. Discontinued. Google Base was a database provided by Google into which any user can add almost any type of content, such as text, images, and structured information in formats such as XML, PDF, Excel, RTF, or WordPerfect. As of September 2010, the product has been downgraded to Google Merchant Center.
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Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free. Examples of items you can find in Google...
- How Google Base Started Out in 2005
- Google Base in 2011 & Its More Successful Spin-Off
- What Happened to The Structured Content Dream?
- Google Base to Lose Its API
For those of you whose memories don’t go back as far as Web 2.0, Google Base is an online database that launched in November 2005. At that time it enabled you to upload any type of information, along with “attributes” that described it further. Early examples of Google Base content included reviews, events, products and jobs. Some – but far from al...
Fast forward five years to April 2011 and Google Basestill exists (and incidentally still labeled a “beta” product!), but it’s been scaled back in two big ways. Firstly, commercial product data has been separated out into a new Google property called Google Merchant Center, which launched in September 2009. Google Base is now restricted to “non-pro...
Looking at how Google Base evolved, one has to ask: was retail data the only valuable thing that came out of Google Base? Did the grand dream of all types of structured content never pan out? The main problem with structured content has always been that you can’t rely on people to upload reliable data for a variety of reasons ranging from motivatio...
In December last year, Google announcedthat it is deprecating the Google Base Data API and replacing it with two new APIs: the Content API for Shopping and the Search API for Shopping. The Google Base Data API will be “fully retired” on June 1, 2011. What this means for Google Base is unclear, but it’s obvious that Google is far more interested in ...
Jul 8, 2006 · Google is turning “lemons into lemonade” now by using Google Base as a magnet to acquire the world’s content for free, structure the cost-free content it obtains, and monetize it by serving ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Combining Google Base with Google Gears, we demonstrate how to create an application that can be used offline. After reading through this article, you will be more familiar with the Google...
Oct 26, 2005 · “Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free. “Examples of items you can find in Google Base: • Description of your party planning service. • Articles on current events from your website. • Listing of your used car for sale.
Google Base was a database provided by Google into which any user could add almost all types of content, such as text, images, and structured information in formats such as XML, PDF, Excel, RTF, or WordPerfect. As of September 2010, the product has been downgraded to Google Merchant Center.
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