JBMoney
10-26-05, 07:38 PM
Business Week (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc20051027_587849.htm) - It's not enough that Google seems to be taking on everyone from Microsoft and Yahoo! to Verizon and the world's book publishers. Now, it looks like the search giant has its sights set on tearing into another cast of corporations: online marketplace eBay, the funky classified-ad site Craigslist, the entire newspaper industry, and maybe more.
Google's already outsize ambitions appeared to balloon even bigger on Oct. 25 with the news that it's apparently testing something called Google Base. The test site, spotted by sharp-eyed Web surfers in Europe, indicate that Google aims to solicit people to post all manner of content on its site. But what got people's attention were the specific examples, such as classified-ad listings for real estate. - Whole Story (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc20051027_587849.htm)
Google's already outsize ambitions appeared to balloon even bigger on Oct. 25 with the news that it's apparently testing something called Google Base. The test site, spotted by sharp-eyed Web surfers in Europe, indicate that Google aims to solicit people to post all manner of content on its site. But what got people's attention were the specific examples, such as classified-ad listings for real estate. - Whole Story (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc20051027_587849.htm)