I examine the launch of Google Music Search and the Home Page API, noting how Google is positioning itself as a Web 2.0 host alongside Blogger and Google Base, effectively bypassing conventional web hosting models.
Google Music Search and the Home Page API. With the home page API, Google Base, and Blogger, looks like Google has bypassed conventional web hosting and become a Web 2.0 host.
I'm highlighting the release of the Google Beta API and encouraging developers to build new tools with it. I wish I had the time to experiment with these search services myself right now.
I’ve checked out the launch of Google Co-op, which enables deep content search and sharing, and Google Trends, a tool for analyzing search volume patterns over time, much like a customizable Google Zeitgeist.
I highlight the upcoming Google Feed API and explore rumors of Google Purchases entering the video rental and micropayments space. I also share a detailed map of Google's various strategic company acquisitions during this period.
I explore a resource for searching Google searches, a meta-search technique to discover specialized Google tools. It helps find niche search services and hidden features within the Google ecosystem that standard web queries might miss.
I examine Google’s transition into becoming a domain registrar, highlighting its potential to offer site hosting and Blogger integration. This move suggests a significant expansion of Google’s ecosystem into core web infrastructure during the early 2000s.