[finders] Google Base

[finders at findability.org]

November 22, 2005: Google Base

http://www.findability.org/archives/000074.php

Google Base is a general purpose metadata registry and cataloging service
that allows users to create records that describe digital and physical
objects. Google may use this metadata to create stand-alone services like
eBay and craigslist and/or to enhance Google's regular search results with
guided navigation.

Or maybe not. It's actually quite difficult to define. Right now, it's chock
full of porn, spam, and information architecture. In all this confusion, I'm
hoping to get rich quick by selling this chair. The ability to tag physical
objects is certainly interesting. If nothing else, Google Base brings us one
step closer to UFOs.