Google Base

[revsorg]

I'm still trying to get my head around this... any thoughts anyone?

http://base.google.com/base/step1offer

[Brian Turner]

I think it's supposed to be Google's thrust into online advertising, as well as content creation that it controls.

I have problems seeing this in a positive light, though - Google want to control the world's information, and this is simply a tool for doing it. Personally, I'd prefer to use other services, which have less emphasis on enriching Google.

2 cynical cents.

[sarahk]

I've been messing with GoogleBase and using a bulk upload tool.

It appears to be seriously flawed with documentation not matching requirements. I'll be interested when they can handle my merchant account though.

In the meantime there seems to be a conflict with google versus gooblebase versus froogle.

[Brian Turner]

I've considered setting up a few Google Base accounts, but I hear that Google is pretty active in deleting them??

[sarahk]

I hope so too given Jeremy's transcript on his blog [details]

Really you should only have one account, why would you need more (ethically)? Instead you should be able to manage content for your clients and have it respect things like "author".

[Brian Turner]

I'm thinking more of registering client accounts - give them a presence and get a feel for Google Base as a marketplace. Certainly not planning an adult run - not my business scene.

[SomeoneAwful]

Seems just like a regular directory to me, except Google style of course. I just submitted a site to it, I don't expect to get many hits from it, but it can't hurt listing it, right?