Google have launched their "universal database" service, called Google Base. The service is semi-open now. I am yet to be able to access it, but according to people that can use it, this is what Google promise:

Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free.

Examples of items you can find in Google Base:

• Description of your party planning service
• Articles on current events from your website
• Listing of your used car for sale
• Database of protein structures

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.

This is clever. Google aims to make all information in the world best organized. Who else better than the owner of data to tell Google what kind of data they are having, and exactly how to organize it?

And the name of it… I think everyone would agree that All Your Base Are Belong To Google…

More screenshots can be found here.

I wish they would release an API for this. If they don’t, maybe we can implement ours! libgooglebase! Woo! 

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