Google graveyard "Google Graveyard" that enumerates Google's failed work and disappeared service, how many do you remember?

It is Google that seems to have entered an unbeatable area now, but there are still failures even for a huge enterprise with such geniuses gathered. In the immediate future, "Google Wave" has encountered a sorrow that development is stopped, not only this but also various other services are in fact collapsed. Yes, it is not unbeaten with Google.

So, since there are many things you should learn from failure rather than success, let's see an example where Google failed.

Details are as below.
Google Flops & amp; Failures - The Failed Google Graveyard | WordStream


First of all, 2005 "GoogleX". It was a Mac OS X style pageClosed in just one day from the appearanceIt was done.


Next is a price comparison shopping site "Google Catalogs" specialized in mail-order catalog which existed from 2002 to 2009 It is a thing to scan and publish the actual catalog, but it became extinct if it noticed. However, OCR technology at this time is utilized in "Google Book Search".


Download speed acceleration tool which was provided from 2005 to 2008Google Web AcceleratorI could speed up the display of the page using Google's cache, but I had to say good by reasons such as security and the load on Google's server.


"Google Video Player" which was offered for Windows and Mac versions from 2005 to 2007 is a player software that can play movie files with the extension * .gvi and * .gvp, and it is linked with "Google Video" This software also disappeared due to Google Video which was already used as a result of the acquisition of YouTube and integrated.


"Google Answers" which was operated from 2002 to 2006 is a paid input search service. Even in GIGAZINE in the pastWhy can Google lose with services that can not be "fully automated"?"I am writing it as an article.


From 2009 to 2010, collaboration service like document editing + chat "Google WaveWe decided to stop development. Reason"Various use cases showed the possibilities of this technology and made it possible for third parties to develop tools and robots. Also, I gained a lot of fans, but I was not accepted by users as much as I expected"apparently.


It existed from 2008 to 2010 "Google Search Wiki"You can edit Google search results pages for yourself as if it were a wiki. Originally it may be that you wanted to make use of this result on the search page, but it was torn down.


"It was executed between 2006 and 2009"Google Audio Ads"Is an advertisement service that allows radio commercials to flow at radio stations throughout the United States. I thought that I could effectively use the vacant space of the radio CM, but the reality was not sweet.


Google acquired a mobile SNS service "Dodgeball", which was originally a separate company, operated from 2005 to 2009, but when two people who are both founder and operator are complaining and retire,Publish photos with lower thumb on the netAnd it states that not all services acquired by Google will make you happy like YouTube.


From 2007 to 2009 Google was developing "Jaiku"Is a service like Twitter, also one of the services Google acquired. A mini blog rather than. Functionally I was above Twitter, but I could not win, the development stopped as it was and it was made open source.


It was from 2006 to 2009 that this "Google Notebook"Although it was a service that could scrap information on the net, new user registration has been suspended, and only users currently in use are able to continue using it.


From 2006 to 2008 "Google Page CreatorThere was also a thing called.Review also at GIGAZINEI did it, but it was quite nice. It is closed and now we create websites and wikis "Google Sites"Has become.


In addition, the possibility of closing next is highGoogle BuzzIt seems, but ... what will happen ... ....