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

  • Gizmo5: 2009 – 2011

Killed over 9 years ago, Gizmo5 was a VOIP communications network and a proprietary freeware soft phone for that network. It was over 1 year old.

  • Real Estate On Google Maps: 2009 – 2011

Killed over 9 years ago, Real Estate on Google Maps enabled users to find places for sale or rent in an area they were interested in. It was over 1 year old.

  • fflick: 2010 – 2011

Killed over 9 years ago, fflick was a review, information, and news website that used information from aggregated Tweets to rate movies as positive or negative. It was 6 months old.

  • Google Base: 2005 – 2010

Killed over 9 years ago, Google Base was a database provided by Google into which any user can add almost any type of content, such as text, images, and structured information. It was about 5 years old.


  • GOOG-411: 2007 – 2010

Killed almost 10 years ago, GOOG-411 (or Google Voice Local Search) was a telephone service that provided a speech-recognition-based business directory search. It was over 3 years old.

  • BumpTop: 2008 – 2010

Killed over 10 years ago, BumpTop was a skeuomorphic desktop environment app that simulates the normal behavior and physical properties of a real-world desk and enhances it with automatic tools to organize its contents. It was about 2 years old.

  • Google SearchWiki: 2008 – 2010

Killed over 10 years ago, SearchWiki was a Google Search feature which allowed logged-in users to annotate and re-order search results. It was over 1 year old.

  • Marratech e-meetings: 1998 – 2010

Killed over 10 years ago, Marratech was a Swedish company that made software for e-meetings (e.g., web conferencing, videoconferencing). It was about 11 years old.

  • Google Web APIs: 2002 – 2009

Killed over 10 years ago, The Google Web APIs were a free SOAP service for doing Google searches so that developers could use the results in almost any way they wanted. It was over 7 years old.

  • Google Ride Finder: 2005 – 2009

Killed almost 11 years ago, Google Ride Finder was a service that used GPS data to pinpoint and map the location of taxis, limos, and shuttle vehicles available for hire in 10 U.S. metro areas. It was over 4 years old.

 



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