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Google Giveth, and Taketh Away: Google Video, Notebook, Catalog Search, and Dodgeball to Shut Down
ReadWriteWeb — ... , 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. ...

Goodbye Google Notebook, Dodgeball and Google Video Uploads. Big Changes for Jaiku, It’s Going Open Source.
The Next Web — ... code under the Apache License. In a post about the decision, vice president of Engineery Vic Gundotra says: “we’re excited about developers using this proven code as a starting point in creating a freely available and federated, open source microblogging platform.” Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineLand has highlighted the official posts: Turning Down Uploads at Google Video Farewell, Google Catalog Search Stopping development on Google Notebook ...

Google Axes Dodgeball, Jaiku, Video and More
TechCrunch — ... beta) is being replaced by App Engine. (Click here for Google’s post on Jaiku, Dodgeball, and its Mashup Editor). Google Notebook will continue to function for current users, but will no longer accept new ones. However, existing users won’t be able to use the browser extension, which makes the service significantly less useful. Among Google’s suggestions for replacements are SearchWiki, Google Docs, Tasks (Gmail), and Google Bookmarks. Catalog Search was meant to demonstrate Optical Character Recognition, and fit the bill ...

Google Also Is Closing Any Number of Other Projects...
John Battelle's Searchblog — ... , and Google Catalog, and ... I am not keeping track. But this is the evidence of Sergey's comment months ago that Google was doing too much... ...

Google killing Jaiku, Dodgeball, Notebook, other projects
Webware.com — ... , it's being shuffled off with the farewell, "It was a great experiment." And which company doesn't have its product catalogs online already these days? Not needed. See the Inside Google Book Search blog. ...

Google Feels the Squeeze, Shuts Down Services
Technologizer — ... ignore the state of the U.S. economy. Well, no. In a series of blog posts tonight, the company announced a series of cutbacks to services it operates. Taken individually, they’re not a huge whoop, but it’s startling to see them all come down at once. Here’s the damage: Dodgeball , a Twitter-like service that Google bought in 2005 before there was a Twitter, will fold; Google Catalog Search , which put the contents of printed catalogs–hey, they still exist?–online, is going bye-bye ; Google Mashup Editor , which is still in private beta, won’t ever ...

Google’s new years revolution: Six products slashed or maimed
VentureBeat — ... any new features. Instead, Google uses the Official Google Notebook Blog (yes, they have a lot of blogs and yes, this one will probably be discontinued as well) to point everyone to Search Wiki, Google Docs, the newly launched Tasks feature in Gmail and Google Bookmarks. Google Catalog Search And finally, one of the dumbest products I think Google has ever come up with, Google Catalog Search, is being shut down, according to the Inside Google Book Search blog. Catalog Search did exactly what it sounds ...

Google to begin denying Google Video uploads
TG Daily - All News — Mountain View (CA) - Google is looking to trim the fat from its global operations. The company will be looking for ways to replace or close non-performing or lesser-performing areas of its business. The first to go? Google Video , Google Catalog Search and Google Notebook . The changes were derived from information found on Google's blogs. Google will not be shutting down these services. Existing users don't need to worry about whether or not their content will be lost, or whether they'll be able to use those services tomorrow. The only changes visible will ...

Google bid farewell to Catalog Search, Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball & Jaiku and more
D' Technology Weblog — ... , Google is now bidding it a farewell to bring more and more types of offline information such as magazines, newspapers and of course, books, online. ...

Google bid farewell to Catalog Search
D' Technology Weblog — ... , Google is now bidding it a farewell to bring more and more types of offline information such as magazines, newspapers and of course, books, online. ...

Google Kills Off Several Products
Google Blogoscoped — ... by now, tough. “[W]e’re bidding it a fond farewell” Google says, stating they want to focus efforts “to bring more and more types of offline information such as magazines, newspapers and of course, books, online.” ...

Google grows up; Restructuring tweaks signal end of adolescence
Between the Lines — ... googmgt1.png Although some folks ( Techmeme ) will view these changes as bad news it appears Google is maturing. And that’s a good thing. Another good thing: The myth of Google is going away. Who really bought that Google is invincible line of thinking? Google as recession proof? Not quite. Google as all things to everyone? Not really. Google is human. Google is shuttering projects that don’t work. So long Dodgeball, Mashup Editor Notebook , Catalog Search and Google Video uploads . Contract activity is being curtailed and ...

Google Kills Services: Notebook, Dodgeball, Others Gone
Today @ PC World — ... clone, will become a part of Google Apps while Dodgeball, the mobile social networking will be discontinued. None of these two services were wildly popular, but at least Google Apps users will soon have Jaiku as a built-in microblogging platform to enjoy. On a larger scale, this means that Twitter will only have one competitor left - FriendFeed, which funnily enough was founded by former Google employees. Farewell, Google Catalog Search [image] Catalog Search, the predecessor of Google's controversial Book Search, will also be closing down, as the product wasn't really that ...

Google Axes Unpopular Applications
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... actively develop the Jaiku codebase, the service itself will live on thanks to a dedicated and passionate volunteer team of Googlers.” Other applications that didn’t make the cut include the Mashup Editor, currently in limited private beta, and Google Catalog Search, an application that that makes it possible to search the full text of product catalogs. “In recent years, Catalog Search hasn't been as popular as some of our other products,” product manager Punit Soni explained in a blog post . “So tomorrow, we're bidding it a fond farewell and focusing our efforts to bring ...

Google Kills A Bunch Of Products That Made It No Money (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... almost three years now. Lots of New York tech scene people will be sad to see Dodgeball die. CNET's Caroline McCarthy's reaction to the news was typical of that set: "A bunch of us were out last night when we saw the reports and we almost started to cry." Says The Business Sheet's Caroline Waxler, "no!!!" SearchEngineLand collected all of Google's announcements on the news: Turning Down Uploads at Google Video Farewell, Google Catalog Search Stopping development on Google Notebook ...

Google Shuts Down Services, Cuts Jobs
WebProNews Feed — ... Google Catalog Search just wasn't popular enough to keep around, but the Book Search Team leaves it behind with fond memories . "Catalogs helped us better understand and refine the technology we use today to scan and make the full text of books available online," says Product Manager Punit Soni. "We also learned more about how users read scanned documents online, and how to best present this type of information to them." Mashup Editor is another one that never really got off the ground. It is still only available in limited testing. Google ...

Google Shutting Down Some Smaller Services
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... posts yesterday, Google (GOOG) disclosed that is shutting down some of its smaller Web products. The news came on the same day that Google announced the layoff of 100 recruiters. As the blog Search Engine Land notes, Google has announced they’re closing or ceasing development of a variety of products to keep efforts focused on other products with greater usage. These include an end to video uploads to Google Video, closure of Google Catalog Search, Google Notebook, Dodgeball, the microblogging service Jaiku and ...

Google Bids Fond Farewell To Some Apps
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... shortly," Gundotra wrote. Google is also pulling the plug on its eight-year-old Catalog Search, the precursor to Google Book Search. Writing on the Google Book Search Blog , Punit Soni, product manager, waxes poetic about days in a small closet, scanning catalogs, noting that Catalog Search taught the company a lot and made getting Book Search off the ground much easier. Still, it was never a popular program, and Google is pulling the plug. "So tomorrow, we're bidding it a fond farewell and focusing our efforts to bring more and more types of offline information such as ...

Google Bids Fond Farewell To Some Apps
The Channel Wire — ... shortly," Gundotra wrote. Google is also pulling the plug on its eight-year-old Catalog Search, the precursor to Google Book Search. Writing on the Google Book Search Blog , Punit Soni, product manager, waxes poetic about days in a small closet, scanning catalogs, noting that Catalog Search taught the company a lot and made getting Book Search off the ground much easier. Still, it was never a popular program, and Google is pulling the plug. "So tomorrow, we're bidding it a fond farewell and focusing our efforts to bring more and more types of offline information such as ...

Google Pulls Plug on Video Uploads
Contentinople: — ... , which was in beta. The company will end development of its Jaiku micro-blogging service, but that tool will live on as an open source project that runs on the Google Apps Engine. Other casualties included projects like Google Catalog Search and ...

Google dumps a ‘variety of products’
p2pnet news — ... usage,”" says SearchEngineLand. “These include an end to video uploads to Google Video, closure of Google Catalog Search, Google Notebook, Dodgeball, the microblogging service Jaiku and the Google Mashup Editor,” it says. The company has, “written officially about the closures and changes in these posts,” says the story, to wit »»» Turning Down Uploads at Google Video Farewell, Google Catalog Search Stopping development on Google ...

Google winnows some losers
GMSV — ... , a collection of scanned-in product catalogs. Launched in 2001, the service never really caught on, but did help the company refine the technology it is using for ...

Google To Focus On Core Services By Shutting Off Video Uploads, Notebook, Dodgeball, Jaiku, and Mashup Editor
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — ... Google Catalog Search blog post written by Punit Soni: “In recent years, Catalog Search hasn’t been as popular as some of our other products. So tomorrow [January 15, 2009], we’re bidding it a fond farewell and focusing our efforts to bring more and more types of offline information such as magazines, newspapers and of course, books, online.”  Google Catalog Search started in 2001 using OCR to search text of product catelogs, magazines, newspapers, etc. ...

Weekly Wrapup: Google Product Purge, Jailbroken iPhones, Enterprise RSS, And More...
ReadWriteWeb — ... , 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. ...

Google Q1 Earnings : Expanding Google AdWords Network will Save GOOG
Search Engine Journal — ... In January of this year, the second week of this quarter, Google started trimming the fat and getting rid of the products which it had launched or acquired which were not used, not profitable, and not representing a proactive direction at Google. These products include Google Catalog Search which Google used for exploring OCR technology ages ago and which it obviously doesn’t need now, ...