Google Base is a new online database for ANYTHING! It’s been off and on all day. Not formally announced but plenty of web discussion.
Some examples from the site while it was up include:
1. Course Schedules
2. Events and Activities
3. Housing
4. Jobs
5. News and Articles
6. People Profiles
7. Products
8. Reference Articles
9. Reviews
10. Services
11. Travel
12. Vehicles
13. Wanted Ads
More information:
Ebay Strategies
Arstechnica
Google Blogosoped
Search Engine Watch
Techcrunch
UPDATE: ‘Official’ word from Google
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Seems like quite a logical step for Google since classified advertising is a fairly large part of the e-commerce market that they haven’t yet explored. And a company as big as Google has a ready-made market for virtually any online service they start, so it shouldn’t be too much or a risk for them.
Must be quite a worry for eBay though. It can’t be too good for them which ever way you look at it.