Monday, March 23, 2009

Product Google Discontinued

* Answers

Question and answer service, allowing users to pay researchers to answer questions. Google announced the closing of service on November 28, 2006. All past discussions have been publicly archived. Visit Google Answers

* Browser Sync
Saved browser settings for backup and use on other installations of Mozilla Firefox.
You recommended use FoxMarks or Mozilla Weave .

* Deskbar
Bar on your desktop with a minibrowser built into it. It was discontinued when a very similar feature was added to Google desktop. Some people preferred Google deskbar for its ability to add custom searching and the mini-browser so you wouldn't have to open an actual window. The last release, version 9.95, had a .NET plugin.

* Free Search
Free code to embed either web search or site search into another website. Discontinued in favour of Google Co-op's Custom Search Engine.

* Hello

Allowed users to send images across the Internet and publish them to blogs. It's application in Picasa .

* Joga Bonito
Soccer community site, similar to services such as MySpace, in that each member had a profile, and could join groups based on shared interests. The service allowed a user to meet other fans, create games and clubs, access athletes from Nike, and watch and upload video clips and photos.

* Lively (Windows XP/Vista)

3D animated chat program launched on July 9, 2008 and closed December 31, 2008.

* Local
Local listings service, before it was integrated with mapping. The merged service was then called Google Local, which was further renamed to Google Maps due to popular demand.

* Music Trends
Music ranking of the songs played with iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player and Yahoo Music. Trends were generated by Google Talk's "share your music status" feature.

* Personalized Search
Search results personalization, now fully merged with Google Accounts and Web History.

* Public Service Search
Non-commercial organization service, which included free SiteSearch, traffic reports and unlimited search queries. Discontinued in February 2007 and re-directed to Google Co-op.

* Related Links
Script that places units for related Web content, including pages, searches and videos, on the owner's Website, through embedded code. Discontinued in July 2007.

* SearchMash
Search engine that means to "test innovative user interfaces." Among its features are the ability to display image results on the same page as web results, feedback about features, and continuous scrolling results. Aside from its privacy policy and terms of service, there is no Google branding on the site. Discontinued November 2008.

* Spreadsheets
Spreadsheet management application, before it was integrated with Writely to form Google Docs & Spreadsheets. It was announced on 6 June 2006.

* Video Player (Mac OS X/Windows 2000/XP)
Standalone desktop application that allowed you to view videos from Google Video.

* Voice Search
Automated voice system for searching the Web using the telephone. Now called Google Voice Local Search, it is currently integrated on the Google Mobile web site.

* Writely
Web-based word processor created by software company Upstartle, who were acquired by Google on March 9, 2006. On October 10, 2006, Writely was merged into Google Docs & Spreadsheets.

* Google X


Re-designed Google search homepage, using a Mac OS style interface. It appeared in Google Labs, but was removed the following day for undisclosed reasons.

* Jaiku
Jaiku is mobile micro blogging and presence service. (Discontinued January 2009)

* Dodgeball
Social networking site built specifically for use on mobile phones. Users text their location to the service, which then notifies them of crushes, friends, friends' friends and interesting venues nearby. (Discontinued January 2009)

* Catalogs
Search engine for over 6,600 print catalogs, which are acquired through Optical character recognition. (Discontinued January 2009)

* Google Notebook

View and add notes to your Google Notebook. (Discontinued January 2009)
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