Google Confirms Testing New Service
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By Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb News
Google on Tuesday confirmed it is testing a new service called Google Base,
which could someday offer services that compete with EBay Inc.
The Google Base site was up for a short time Tuesday before it was taken
down. Some bloggers, however, managed to capture a screenshot.
A company spokeswoman confirmed that the Mountain View, Calif.-based,
search engine was testing a new service, but offered very few details.
"We are testing a new way for content owners to submit their content to
Google, which will complement existing methods such as Web crawl and the
Google Sitemaps program," she said in an email.
Google Sitemaps are tools the search engine offers to Web site operators to
help improve their coverage in the search engine's index.
In a description on the Google Base site, the company described the service
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," the site
said.
Among the items listed as examples of what could be submitted were used
cars, descriptions of a party planning service and a "database of protein
structures."
The service could put Google in competition with online auctioneer EBay
Inc., which recently bought a minority share of Craigslist Inc., a
classified listings site, observers say. EBay, based in San Jose, Calif.,
bought a 25 percent stake in San Francisco-based Craigslist, which covers a
wide range of categories from jobs and apartments to used cars and personals.
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