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Google Base update: Rate items and new interface

When "searching" on Google Base, you still see the old version of results, but browsing through items by clicking a category on the main page displays a newly designed results page that includes a "Map View". This is the same thing I discovered on October 29th after snooping through...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Base

Blog posts 2006-12-10

Google Base changes bulk upload dashboard

The bulk upload dashboard on Google Base went under the knife and got a new look, however I dont think its really an improvement at all. It almost looks like they took out everything good about the original dashboard and called it "new".The old dashboard had all the relevant...

Tags: Google Base, Google Inc., dashboard

Blog posts 2006-11-08

Google Base S2 added to robots.txt

Google just added a new disallow entry into their robots.txt file: "Disallow: /base/s2". This comes after talk that Google will be focusing on product searches before the end of the year.Could "s2" be "search2" -- the second generation of Google Base searching? Right now, visiting http://www.google.com/base/s2 gives us...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-09-27

Google Base focuses on usability

As the official Google Base Blog points out, users found it difficult to find the link to perform a bulk upload -- even though it was directly below where they ended up clicking. The two links were very close together, but choosing the appropriate path was still inconvenient.The reason...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-09-19

Google Base API released

Google Base shows off its new API to developers who may want to hook into the service through applications. As Philipp Lenssen says, "Google Base is starting to get interesting... with the API, it's certainly looking much more like an online database than before." I would agree with...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Base, API

Blog posts 2006-08-23

Google Base items get statistics

People who publish on Google Base are now able to see additional information about search impressions, clicks and page views for their items. Before today, users could only see a list of items they created with no bells and whistles.By looking at the statistics in my account, I can...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Base, search result, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-08-18

Attach more files to your Base items

Google has updated the uploader tool on Google Base, allowing users to associate more types of files with their items. Until today, uploading was restricted to images -- but now users have the option to upload PDF's, Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets and more. Ellen Beldner, a...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Google Base, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-08-04

Google Base finally adds rich text

In March I had a hunch, and in April I published a few javascript hacks revealing a feature that was launched today -- a rich text editor for Google Base. A toolbar was added to the product listing page that lets users describe their items with text formatting, links...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-07-21

Google Base replaces Froogle Merchant Center

Froogle Merchant Center is no longer -- it has been replaced by Google Base in what seems to be an attempt to merge the two data sources. This move isn't surprising as "products" exist in Google Base already. In the conference call today, Eric Schmidt mentioned that Google Base...

Tags: Google Inc., Froogle Merchant Center, Google Base

Blog posts 2006-05-31

Google Base Javascript hacks

Google is arming itself to take on eBay -- even if they don't admit to it. I spent some time with Google Base and confirmed a suspicion I had about a month ago. They are going to allow users to edit their Google Base items just like they...

Tags: Google Base, document.GetElementByID

Blog posts 2006-04-26

Google Base and Trogdor?

While looking at the source for base.google.com/base/processstep1offer, I found references to "trog" Trogdor -- the engine that lets users create webpages using Google Page Creator.Even though these references are in the source code, nowhere in Google Base can you create items with more than simple text. It is possible,...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Base

Blog posts 2006-03-12

Google Base for sellers

Google has announced they have selected a few sellers to try accepting payment for their Google Base items. The same payment system makes selling videos on Google Video, licenses for Google Earth, and items in the Google Store possible. Once available to all sellers, it could potentially be...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-02-24

Google Base: Preparing for the worst?

How can you explain something that "stores everything" and still make sense? Google has tried by offering a few examples and elaborating on them -- recipes, items for sale, etc. -- but for many people, that can only add to the confusion. You can describe Google Base, simply...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-11-16

Will Google Base have an API?

Most of Google's services have an API that allow developers to create their own applications around them. Will Google Base be any different? Why wouldn't application developers or webmasters fuse their applications with a robust, fault tolerant database with an infrastructure that would cost hundreds of thousands to...

Tags: Google Inc., API

Blog posts 2005-10-29

Google Base: What might Google be up to?

Since Google Base was discovered, there have been many guesses as to what it will be and do. Theories range anywhere from an eBay killer to an all encompassing "megabase" of useful and relevant information for any and all purposes. I would like to offer you my opinion as...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-10-28

What is Google Base?

From when the service was live, briefly, here is what Google says Google Base will be used for: 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...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Base

Blog posts 2005-10-25

Additional Resources

Google Earth to license new satellite imagery

Google has agreed to license imagery for their mapping products from a satellite due to launch on September 4th. This new satellite can take detailed imagery for an area the size of Delaware in one day. What does that mean? Well, you could get high resolution pan-sharpened...

Tags: Imagery, Google Inc., Google Earth, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-08-29

ROFLthing 2008

Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...

Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Google-Yahoo to Washington: We're moving forward.

I've been watching this battle for a couple of years now - this arm-wrestling match between the Washington suits and the Silicon Valley geeks to see which has more power. Tally one up for the geeks this week, who basically told Washington, "Yeah, you really don't matter." ...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Washington, Yahoo! Inc., Government, Corporate Law, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Top search engines in July 2008

Core Search Entity Jun-08 Jul-08 Growth, MTM Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% NA Google Sites 61.5% 61.9% 0.4 Yahoo! Sites 20.9% 20.5% -0.4 Microsoft Sites 9.2% 8.9% -0.3 Ask Network 4.3% 4.5% 0.2 AOL LLC 4.1% 4.2% 0.1...

Tags: Search Engine, Site, Search, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-29