Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Google Base: All your base are belong to us

My favourite search giant just launched their long awaited Google Base. Some already call this an eBay-killer. I still expect eBay to sell off Skype and hope that Google will buy it from them. Maybe just wishful thinking, but insiders say that Google was rather pissed about eBay snatching it first. With backing from Google, Skype's future will be secured for eons. But then again, without it, Skype still has a bright future. Albeit that we'll need to wait for interoperability between all the new VoIP protocols - but that's another story.

There isn't a week that goes by without this index-crazed behemoth launching some other kick-ass service. They reinvent the way business is being done, having also just launched Google Analytics - no costs at all unless your site has 5+ million visits per week. This all at the expense of similar based companies, who charge their customers for these services.

Other services I expect sometime soon:

Google Calendar (sharable with other gmail account users)
Google Real Estate Finder (in conjunction with Google Maps)
Google Contacts (More in depth version of what Gmail has)
Google Universal Translator (Able to translate any language)
Google Office (Why install propriatory software when it can all be done on a site? - Like here)

Can you think of an others?

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