Google Base is a place where you can add all types of information that Google will host and make searchable online. You can describe any item you post with attributes, which will help people find it when they search Google Base. In fact, based on the relevance of your items, they may also be included in the main Google search index and other Google products like Froogle and Google Local. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ This looks like it is in beta and was just recently announced. In a nutshell, it strikes me as a fascinating but flawed attempt to get users to help Google by providing the company with information, rather than having the company's search engine spiders trawl for it. Google Base breaks the pattern of other recent product releases from the company. It's not a straightforward information service, like Google Maps or Gmail; rather, it's a way for the company to obtain whatever information users want to provide. Furthermore, unlike those other Google products, which were clearly better than existing offerings, Google Base seems to be a solution in need of a problem, at least from the user's point of view. I think it's unlikely that people will respond to it they way they have to other offerings from Google. The purpose of Google Base, launched on November 16, is to allow registered Google users to upload any kind of information they like to the company's servers, where it will be available for other registered users to search. Baby photos, recipes, used car ads, doctoral theses -- whatever you want others to find, you can upload into Google Base. foo
