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

  • Google Fast Flip: 2009 – 2011

Killed almost 9 years ago, Google Fast Flip was an online news aggregator, something of a high tech microfiche. It was almost 2 years old.

  • Google Dictionary: 2009 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Dictionary was a standalone online dictionary service. It was over 1 year old.

  • Google Labs: 2002 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Labs was a technology playground used by Google to demonstrate and test new projects. It was about 9 years old.

  • Google Rebang: 2007 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Rebang was a Zeitgeist-like service centered on providing service to a Chinese audience. It was incorporated into Google Labs as of late 2010, and later discontinued along with its parent project. It was over 4 years old.

  • Google Directory: 2000 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Directory was an Internet website directory organized into 14 main categories that allowed users to explore the web. It was over 11 years old.


  • Google Image Swirl: 2009 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Image Swirl was an enhancement to the image search tool that came out of Google Labs. It built on top of image search by grouping images with similar visual and semantic qualities. It was over 1 year old.

  • Google Real-Time Search: 2009 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Real-Time Search provided live search results from Twitter, Facebook, and news websites. It was over 1 year old.

  • Google Script Converter: 2009 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Script Converter was an online transliteration tool for transliteration (script conversion) between Hindi, Romanagari and various other scripts. It’s ended because Google shut down Google Labs and all associated projects. It was over 1 year old.

  • Google Sets: 2002 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Sets generates a list of items when users enter a few examples. For example, entering “Green, Purple, Red” emits the list “Green, Purple, Red, Blue, Black, White, Yellow, Orange, Brown”. It was about 9 years old.

  • Google Specialized Search: 1997 – 2011

Killed about 9 years ago, Google Specialized Search allowed users to search across a limited index of the web for specialised topics like Linux, Microsoft, and ‘Uncle Sam.’ It was over 13 years old.

  • Google Hotpot: 2010 – 2011

Killed over 9 years ago, Google Hotpot was a local recommendation engine that allowed people to rate restaurants, hotels, etc. and share them with friends. It was 5 months old.

 




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