THE AMAZING GOOGLE 'gods' are at it again....the buzz that Google got by letting some of us goggle it's new Google Base is awesome...what's Google Base you ask -- well it just may be anything you want it to be, searchable and possibly linkable to Google Talk and more. Some blogs believe that Google Base (evidently in test-phase now) might rival Craig's List and Ebay auctions...
click on screenshot to see 'sample' of Google Base page promoting recipe for Glazed Chicken etc.
According to the NY TIMES: The Google Base page was discovered on Monday by a British programmer, Tony Ruscoe, who said he had created an automatic program to search for subdomains accessible at the Google.com Web site. Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., took down the test site and replaced the page with a "403" forbidden access response.
THE NY TIMES goes on to explain it's version of what it is:
The service, named Google Base, which was accessible at base.google.com, described itself as: "Google's database into which you can add all types of content. We'll host your content and make it searchable online for free."
As designed, the new service could automatically funnel listings on all kinds of subjects and display them as part of the company's sponsored ad links on the right hand side of pages displaying search results from Google queries.
Word of the new service, which would potentially compete with newspapers as well as with online classified services like those on eBay and Craig's List, drove eBay's stock down about 5 percent at various points during the day.
GOOGLE BLOGOSCOPE: 
The best source I found for info on Google Base was the Google Blogoscope which says in it's about section: You are reading Google Blogoscoped, covering Google, the search engine world, online research, and other related (and unrelated) topics. My name is Philipp Lenssen and I run this blog. Link here to Google Blogoscope and Other screenshots show sample pages, including an entry for a Thai Glazed Chicken Lettuce Wrap recipe.
ZD NET SAYS:How Google Talk could integrate with Google Base by Russell Shaw clicks through to another ZD Net story talk is swirling about Google Base that says in bold face that: In a move that could put Google in competition with eBay, the search giant is testing a new service that would allow people to post and make searchable any type of content, a Google spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.
FLEAMARKET???Google tests flea market feature
"Google's just launched 'Google Base,' a service to insert and share all types
of content: events, housing, jobs, products, second-hand vehicles,"
a blogger called "Dirson" wrote on New Google Blog.
REPLACE EBAY ?? I don't think so not this week or this holiday season
Whatever Google Base is -- it's looking pretty kewl....and that's what is so amazing
about the Google gods -- even when they are supposed to be at Google Zeitgeist
--where a gaggle of googlers are goggling new Google 'gotcha's' -- they still find time
to create another sensation....Meanwhile, want to do some bidding-- head
over to my Ebay auctions -- my account name is joycecom
Do a search by seller and you'll see me and you still have time to bid on a
Carson Daly LAST CALL CAP.....before Google Basecamp makes it Ebay's last call.
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