Færslur Þriðjudaginn 25. október 2005

Kl. 21:21: Google Google Google 

In July 26, 2002, Paul Ford wrote a short piece of near-future science-fiction titled August 2009: How Google beat Amazon and Ebay to the Semantic Web

"So how did Google become the world's single largest marketplace? Well, the short answer is 'the Semantic Web'"

[...]

"Asking people to simply throw it [their semantic web data] on a server seemed like chaos - so enter Google Marketplace Manager [...]. The Marketplace Manager, or MM, looked like a regular spreadsheet and allowed you to list information about yourself, what you wanted to sell, what you wanted to buy, and so forth. MM was essentially an 'logical statement editor,' disguised as a spreadsheet. [...] MM saved RDF-formatted files to the server of their choice - and sent a “ping” to Google which told the search engine to update their index."

Now, fast-forward to today: "The New Google Blog" reports in Google Base, the Spirit of Our Times:

"Google's just launched 'Google Base', a service to insert and share all types of content: events, housing, jobs, products, second-hand vehicles, ... (view image). The information will be included in the main Google search index and other Google products like Froogle and Google Local."

Interesting!

In other news: Google just launched a new version of their infamous Google Web-Accelerator:

• 37 Signals: GWA is back with a vengeance: "I can not fathom that Google would not merely repeat the mistake from round 1, but actually tweak the offering to increase the chances and scope of hurt"
• Ian Bricking: Google at it again

You heard it here last: 'Google is the new Xerox...IBM...Microsoft.

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