Google Fails More Times Than It Succeeds, 200 Google Products that failed

  • Google Refine: 2010 – 2012

Killed almost 8 years ago, Google Refine was a standalone desktop application for data cleanup and transformation to other formats. It was almost 2 years old.

  • Sparrow: 2011 – 2012

Killed almost 8 years ago, Sparrow was an email client for OS X and iOS. Google acquired and then killed it. It was over 1 year old.

  • Google Insights for Search: 2008 – 2012

Killed almost 8 years ago, Google Insights for Search was a service used to provide data about terms people searched in Google and was merged into Google Trends. It was about 4 years old.

  • Postini: 1999 – 2012

Killed almost 8 years ago, Postini was an e-mail, Web security, and archiving service that filtered e-mail spam and malware (before it was delivered to a client’s mail server), e-mail archiving. It was about 13 years old.


  • Google Video: 2005 – 2012

Killed about 8 years ago, Google Video was a free video hosting service from Google, similar to YouTube, that allowed video clips to be hosted on Google servers and embedded on to other websites. It was over 7 years old.

  • Meebo: 2005 – 2012

Killed about 8 years ago, Meebo was a browser-based instant messaging application which supported multiple IM services. It was almost 7 years old.

  • Needlebase: 2011 – 2012

Killed about 8 years ago, Needlebase was a point-and-click tool for extracting, sorting and visualizing data from across pages around the web. It was about 1 year old.

  • Knol: 2008 – 2012

Killed over 8 years ago, Knol was a Google project that aimed to include user-written articles on a range of topics. It was almost 4 years old.

  • Google Wave: 2009 – 2012

Killed over 8 years ago, Google Wave was an online communication and collaborative real-time editor tool. It was over 2 years old.

  • Google Flu Vaccine Finder: 2009 – 2012

Killed over 8 years ago, Google Flu Vaccine Finder was a maps mash-up that showed nearby vaccination places across the United States. It was over 2 years old.

 




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