Google Base, Google latest innovation, is testing a new searchable database service, which will expand the company's reach into online classifieds and into the territory of Internet auctioneer eBay.
Google spokeswoman Eileen Rodriguez noted that the company was testing a new way for content owners to submit their content to Google, which would complement Google's search features.
The service would let internet users submit information about a wide range of personal items, free of charge, to a publicly searchable database maintained by Google.
In a description on the Google Base site, the company described the service as "Google's database into which you can add all types of content."
Among the items listed as examples of what could be submitted were used cars, descriptions of a party planning service and a "database of protein structures."
By allowing sellers to individually hawk items they want to get rid of without charging a fee, Google Base could pose a direct challenge to eBay, whose business is founded on the millions of listings it attracts from sellers.
Will this help shoppers shopping online. We have to wait and see.
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