Google Labs
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| languages | German, 11 more |
| operator | Google Inc. ( more ) |
| Registration | No |
| On-line | 2006 (currently closed on October 17th, 2011) |
| http://www.googlelabs.com/ | |
Google Labs was a collection of services from Google Inc. that were still in beta .
These were, for example, new search functions, browser plug-ins or personalized web services. As a rule, new services were initially only available in English, which, if successful, were later localized and transferred to the official service overview page. There they usually stayed in beta for some time. Services that were not rated as successful were discontinued after a while.
On July 20, 2011, the official Google Blog announced the discontinuation of Google Labs. Existing experiments were integrated into other projects or are being discontinued , such as Google Code Search . The reason given was to want to bundle forces on fewer projects in the future. Experimental functions of other services such as Gmail are just as unaffected as applications for the Android mobile operating system that are already available in the Google Play Store .
On October 17, 2011, Google Labs was closed because Google wanted to concentrate on the social network Google+ , which has now also been closed .
Sample projects
- Google Code Search
- In October 2006 a code search was set up with which publicly available source texts can be searched for any expression. Programmers who want to provide their code can upload it using an online form. The search is available in German.
- Google Firefox Extensions
- As part of the partnership with Mozilla , Google developed the Google Browser Sync and Google Notebook extensions for the Firefox browser.
- Google Sets
- Identify alternative search terms. For this purpose, terms were entered into a form and Sets printed related terms. Google Sets has existed since 2002 and was the oldest Labs feature to have that status. The service was discontinued in September 2011.
- Google Insights for Search
- Insights for Search shows trends in the search volume and the geographic origin of any search query. The service has been available since August 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bill Coughran: More wood behind fewer arrows. In: Official Google Blog. Google Inc., July 20, 2011, accessed July 20, 2011 .
- ↑ heise.de: Google+ in focus: Buzz and other services are shut down , news from October 15, 2011
- ↑ Google Code Search makes life easy for hackers. In: derStandard.at. derStandard.at GmbH, December 19, 2006, accessed April 4, 2011 .
- ↑ Google Code Search. Google Inc., accessed April 9, 2011 .
- ↑ Oliver Lau: Code search with Google. In: heise online. Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, October 5, 2006, accessed on April 9, 2011 .
- ↑ Firefox Extensions. Google Inc., archived from the original on August 30, 2008 ; Retrieved April 28, 2007 .
- ↑ Google Sets. (No longer available online.) Google Inc., archived from the original on June 12, 2006 ; accessed on April 9, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Google Sets Will Be Shut Down. Inofficial blog "Google Operating System", accessed on January 1, 2012 (English).
- ^ Trevor Claiborne: Announcing Google Insights for Search. In: Inside AdWords. Google Inc., August 5, 2005, accessed April 9, 2011 .
