Thursday, October 27, 2005
Search Engine Lowdown :: News: Google Base = Google Borg: "Resistance is Futile
Insert your own all your base are belong to us joke here. In all seriousness though, that's exactly what Google Base seeks to do: own all others. One Wing to rule them all! (...because the 'all your base' thing came from the game Zero Wing, and Tolkien’s one ring to rule them all ... um, yeah, not all the jokes can be winners, work with me here...)
According to Google’s official Blog, Google Base is a “way for content owners to submit their content to Google.” Analysts speculate that this is going to be a new aggregation of content that runs the gamut. I expect that we’ll see many, if not all, of the following:
* Individual items for sale
* Blogs
* Flight prices
* Auctions
* Job postings
* Real estate
* Uploads database
And you can guess that if Google wants you to submit it now, they’ll be spidering it all themselves in short-order.
What’s Old is New Again
Remember how, in the late 90s, everyone talked about the internet being a “global village”? If it feels like an outdated concept, then I hope you like nostalgia. Possibly soon to come: the new global village, complete with gated communities and spear-headed by Google Base..."
Insert your own all your base are belong to us joke here. In all seriousness though, that's exactly what Google Base seeks to do: own all others. One Wing to rule them all! (...because the 'all your base' thing came from the game Zero Wing, and Tolkien’s one ring to rule them all ... um, yeah, not all the jokes can be winners, work with me here...)
According to Google’s official Blog, Google Base is a “way for content owners to submit their content to Google.” Analysts speculate that this is going to be a new aggregation of content that runs the gamut. I expect that we’ll see many, if not all, of the following:
* Individual items for sale
* Blogs
* Flight prices
* Auctions
* Job postings
* Real estate
* Uploads database
And you can guess that if Google wants you to submit it now, they’ll be spidering it all themselves in short-order.
What’s Old is New Again
Remember how, in the late 90s, everyone talked about the internet being a “global village”? If it feels like an outdated concept, then I hope you like nostalgia. Possibly soon to come: the new global village, complete with gated communities and spear-headed by Google Base..."
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