I was doing some research the other night and found “Google Base” (Beta). Here is what they say:

“Google Base is a place to which you can eas­ily sub­mit all types of online and offline con­tent, which we’ll host and make search­able online.”

I also found this:

This is a quote of what Danny Sul­li­van said back in Novem­ber 2005

“Google Base is a way for Google to let any­one upload infor­ma­tion to Google about any­thing. That’s the mas­ter plan. Exactly how that mas­ter plan will unfold isn’t clear. Maybe there won’t be any par­tic­u­lar date types that are uploaded. Maybe it really will turn into a great place for those with clas­si­fied list­ings that will lead to a ded­i­cated spin-off ser­vice. The over­all goal seems to be put this tool out there and see what peo­ple make of it.”

Inter­st­ing and very top­i­cal in my opin­ion. I went to Web Pro World to see what oth­ers thought or knew. Read more here:

http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?p=343679#343679

So, now that I’ve dis­pensed with niceties, it’s time to get back down to busi­ness and give you the harsh news about what you are going to need to do to sur­vive “out here” in the near future.

You’ve likely heard the expres­sion “Web 2″, being used all over the place, and maybe searched and found sev­eral dif­fer­ent def­i­n­i­tions. I’ll go over sev­eral and give you an overview of what they mean to you. This could vary slightly depend­ing on what you do out there, a mar­keter sell­ing prod­ucts, a coach sell­ing ser­vices, or an affil­i­ate mar­keter sell­ing other peo­ples prod­ucts are some examples.

One thing you can be sure of is that you will have to get used to the idea that “web developers/web design­ers” are going to be on your pay­roll. The strin­gent stan­dards needed to deliver rich media con­tent and multi-platform deliv­ery (I-Pod’s, tele­phones) in addi­tion to “good ole vanilla”* web­sites are going to leave the ‘hands on’ built by me type small oper­a­tions in the dust… Hey that’s good news for devel­op­ers like me/us — but can we even keep up? Guess what we do in our spare time!

*Not sure what we mean by this? Stay tuned!

Jan