base.google.com
 

It's down now.. someone on flickr upped a screenshot.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirson/55908013/

Wonder what craig thinks of this..

An online classified service being tested by Google set off intense speculation today after a Web site for the service was accidentally made public and discovered by a computer programmer on Monday.

The service, named Google Base, which was accessible at base.google.com, described itself as: "Google's database into which you can add all types of content. We'll host your content and make it searchable online for free."

As designed, the new service could automatically funnel listings on all kinds of subjects and display them as part of the company's sponsored ad links on the right hand side of pages displaying search results from Google queries.

Word of the new service, which would potentially compete with newspapers as well as with online classified services like those on eBay and Craig's List, drove eBay's stock down about 5 percent at various points during the day.

The Google Base page was discovered on Monday by a British programmer, Tony Ruscoe, who said he had created an automatic program to search for subdomains accessible at the Google.com Web site. Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., took down the test site and replaced the page with a "403" forbidden access response.

Google issued a statement suggesting that the purpose of the test site was to make it simpler for Google customers to post content on Google.

"We are testing new ways for content owners to easily send their content to Google," the company said. 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. We're continually exploring new opportunities to expand our offerings, but we don't have anything to announce at this time."

Google executives, who are the hosts of a conference for partners and advertisers, called Google Zeitgeist, would not comment.

EBay, the online auction company, based in San Jose, Calif., is currently a major Google advertiser. The potential of direct competition between the two Silicon Valley giants has been a subject of speculation for several years.

Entire industries, from publishing to telecommunications, have reacted nervously as Google has tested new advertising-subsidized services that compete directly in areas as diverse as voice communications and desktop PC applications.

Google has been tight-lipped about its strategies, saying little beyond that it tends to organize and make accessible all of the world's information. However, behind the scenes, the company has been stockpiling a powerful computing and communications system that has applications stretching beyond the Web search business.

All the financial channels were talking about this today. Its hard to fathom everything Google is attempting and succeeding with.

All your base are belong to us.

All your base are belong to us.
WG

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That's just scary how much google is growing ... and how much I like them ...

They will compete with the biggest compagnies out there and succeed ...

They already raped yahoo, hotmail and mapquest... They will do Google Wallet (paypal), a new web browser (mozilla and m$) and a bunch of other projects...

And GOD KNOWS what they are doing with the couple billions they raised from investors ... what about ... a free OS ?

Free, but with ads.

Big difference.

I doubt they would put ads on their OS. They'd just use it to compete with MS and push their own products (such as Gmail, Google Search, Google Talk etc) onto consumers.

It's hard to imagine a stock can take a serious hit and Wall Street can be buzzing over some sys admin neglecting to type 1 line of code into a DNS file!

Ah, the Internet Age....

look out craigslist

I would welcome a new OS. it sucks that the only way to get a computer without the M$ OS is to build it.

nothing wrong with free but with ads with me ...

especially since their ads are some of the most non-annoying and targetted ads I've seen... I even click them sometimes...

google is taking on way too many things at one time, someone will get hurt sooner or later :2 cents:

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lol. yeah a free OS just like their free e-mail. as long as you agree to let them insert content senstive ads into every part of the OS. chatting with your friends about buying a new tv? great! google can insert ads right into the chat box.

i honestly think goolge is trying to do too much. their search engine is not as good as it was previously. as much as i hate making the switch, MSN is producing much more relevant results with more frequant updates.

you were on to something until you mentioned msn..

I click them all the time. I make google at least $5/day.

Nothing wrong with their ads, I just don't think their products are free. You pay a price.

nice, Google is looking for world domination muahahaha

Yes, Google is taking on way too many projects. Can't believe no one has mentioned GoogleTalk their chat client bullshit. What could have been great is well lame. They could have created a new protocol and leveled the playing field in instant messaging but what happened? They installed a jabber server and slapped a logo on it. :mad:

Exactly, google should stick with search, adsense, adwords and mail.

msn, though packed with a lot of useless shit and no clean interface produces surprisingly relative results when compared to google. i also like them from a seo standpoint because my sites get indexed and updated daily instead of every few days or whenever google feels like it.

also, i've taken a look at their future ppc service and its lightyears ahead of googles old shitty adwords, which i still heavily rely on.

any publicity is good publicity. just by talking about google right now ensures its trademark establishment. they will kick ass soon, like it or not. and there is no such thing as doing too much, unless youre speaking for one person. you try all opportunities, you win some you lose some but you keep moving.

I can't wait for Google to launch that. I've been looking all over for somewhere to host my database of protein structures!

going public hasn't hurt google one bit

I'll bookmark that comment
Think "Yahoo"

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i agree in total! a way to go! ;)

The company is approaching a net worth of $100,000,000,000 they can do whatever the fuck they want

:1orglaugh you got one too? Damn I hope they will list both

looks sweet

Haven't you heard of their 70 20 10 bullshit? 70% of all their resources is directed towards their core business of web search and adwords/adsense. They might be doing alot of shit, but I don't think they are loosing focus of their core business at all. Personally I think their long term vision is a great one. Every now and than I notice a new way google has worked their features into the whole concept of search (whether it is news, maps, satellite, google video, google print - which is going to be great, etc). They seem to be building a very good and interactive interface to the entire web and beyond.

keep your info close to you

I hope they take on ebay next.

if you had MS as #1 competitor, what would you do?

Ugh ?!? What the fuck are you talking about ? I got pages indexed on msn like ... the 2nd day after I launched my site. For totally non irrevelent trraffic . All of the traffic I get from MSN is non revelant ...

Content sensitive ads, are the way to go ... only ads that aren't annoying. I honestly don't mind buying from an advertiser . I don't like getting bombarded with stuff I don't want to see on my screen

I actaully like their clients ;) not too bad at all

They are a 100 billion compagny now ... they gotta do something new and expend.

Yep, what did you expect :)

You beat me to it.

Google: I sale your used stuff.

I'm so fucking jealous of that company...
Christ... one algorithm has built allllll this wealth.

Why not $199,999,999,999

Does it always have to be zero? Think outside the box :pimp

I think there is just a bit more to it than coming up with an algorithm...

Why doesn't Google just buy M$ and become the true Evil Empire?