Google is Shutting Down; Google Video, Google Notebook, Catalog Search, Jaiku and DodgeBall
According to ReadWriteWeb; Google is Shutting Down; Google Video, Google Notebook, Catalog Search, Jaiku and DodgeBall. Here is the article; “A number of Google services just announced that they are about to shut down. The Google Video team announced that it will shut down uploads in a few months, while the Google Notebook team announced that it is stopping development (the service will continue to function, however). According to Danny Sullivan, Google is also closing Jaiku, a Twitter-like micro-blogging service that was bought by Google before it even launched, but which has lingered in invite-only mode ever since. Google Catalog search, which made shopping catalogs searchable, will also be closed soon.
Update: Google will release the Jaiku code under the open source Apache license, so that other organizations can pick up where the Google team left off. It is not clear if current users will be able to transfer their accounts.
Another, relatively unknown project that is being closed now, is the Mashup Editor, which was based on the Google App Engine, and never left a very limited, private beta.
Will You Miss These Services?
That Google would shut down Google Video is not exactly a surprise, given that Google’s own YouTube is far more popular. Google’s Catalog Search will probably only be missed by very few users. We are, however, sad to see Google Notebook (one of our favorite Firefox addons), Jaiku, and Dodgeball go. These services had a lot of potential – and a lot of it remained untapped as Jaiku and Dodgeball remained almost unchanged after they were acquired by Google.
However, the current economic climate is probably making even a highly profitable company like Google focus on its core assets. None of the services that are being closed now had a lot of users and probably brought in very little to no revenue. “ Rest and Source
Give Up Internet‘s Note: Google Video was waste of bandwith for Google, absolutely it’s not a surprise but what will happen to existing videos? Especially long-lenght videos. Will Google move those videos to Youtube? If yes, Youtube’s Video Length will be upgraded?
