Google Print Goes Live

Google Print, the controversial Google project to scan the world's libraries and make them available online, went live today in a limited version. Currently only non-copyright protected books are available.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information, but much of that information isn't yet online. Google Print aims to get it there by putting book content where you can find it most easily – right in your Google search results.

All your Base are belong to Google

Google is working on a project called "Google Base" which apparently allows people to post items in a style similar to an auction or classifed ad site. The specifics are hush-hush with Google only confirming that the project exists, is named Google Base and is not yet ready for alpha or beta release.

A screenshot is here and some more discussion related to the screenshot here.

More screenshots and this quote come from here:

“Post your items on Google.

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.”

Google Dances Again

Google is going through a periodic update of backlinks and Page Ranks. For those with websites this could mean traffic fluctuations over the next day or two as things sort themselves out. For those who've been treating the Google the way it likes to be treated, it will most likely mean some extra traffic over the next couple of months until Google Dances Again.

For more information on what this all means in terms even those with minds clouded by Googleholism can understand, visit the ProBlogger, Darren Rowse, and see what he has to say on it.