October 25, 2005 Comments
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After speculation popped up yesterday about a new subdomain that had appeared on the Google site, it seems that a sight briefly appeared and then vanished again. It appears that the new Google Base program will be Google's attempt to open up a giant public database that allows folks to list everything from their high school term papers to their Elvis plate collection that's for sale.
Screen shots have been posted at Flickr by Dirson. A description of the service from one of the shots:
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
• Database of protein structures
According to Dirson's blog:
This new tool will be introduced during the 'Google Zeitgeist'05 Partner Forum' to be held today at Google HQ in California.
Google wants to become a meeting-point where users share their information, instead of crawling it with their robots by accessing webpages.
Props to Google Blogoscoped for spotting this.
Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.
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