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Google to Offer Giant Web Database
By Nate Mook, BetaNews
October 25, 2005, 2:17 PM
Let the "All your base" jokes begin. Google is preparing to unveil a new service that will serve as a giant Web database for miscellaneous content submitted by users. Called Google Base, the site will host all types of items and make them searchable through the use of "attributes," or tags.
Google says examples of items that could be added include a description of your party planning service, listing of your used car for sale or a database of protein structures. Standard Google searches, including Froogle, could even include Google Base items if their relevance is high. Google is expected to launch the service today at its invite-only Zeitgeist conference.
http://base.google.com
However the site won't load for me. I'm getting an "Internal Server Error".
Whoa, this is bigger than I thought, I just went to the CNN Technology Homepage (http://www.cnn.com/TECH/) and was greeted with a BIG google sign and this story: