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US Internet search king Google dabbling with online database service
0 Comments | AFP, October, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — US Internet search goliath Google is testing a database service that would put it into competition with one of its big advertisers: eBay, the company confirmed.
Online blogs buzzed with word of Google's motives after some Internet users a day earlier found a test service called Google Base that handled online classified advertising. The site was down on Tuesday.
"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," Eileen Rodriguez of Google said in an email response to AFP.
Google Base would allow people to list items wanted or offered for sale in an online-classified forum similar to those provided by eBay and...
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