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Google is a great Internet company. What a company like this cannot do is stick to a single product and bet on it. With so many changes happening on the internet every day, it's easy for a twist to take a company out of business in a matter of days or weeks. For this, the big Internet companies invest every day in new products, buying other companies and all kinds of actions that allow them to continue growing.
But, like its competitors, it is not always successful and many times it is necessary to close services to make way for new or remove blemishes from the road.When a service or product is not giving the expected performance, it is closed. This is the case of Hangouts, which is about to close, or even Google Plus, which will give way to a better life in the coming weeks.
Killed by Google shows you all the products that the big G closed or is about to close
This fantastic website, Killed by Google, allows you to see at a single glance all the products, services and applications that the big G has been shutting downin its path. On this website you will find everything from the closure of Google Deskbar back in 2006 to the upcoming closure of services such as Google Fusion Tablets that will take place in December of this year.
Taking advantage of the application, we would like to remind you of some of the closures that we have found most tragic and that users are still crying today:
- Google's URL shortener – Which will be shutting down this month.
- Chromebook Pixel – A high quality laptop that was discontinued in 2017.
- Picasa – Closed in 2015.
- Google Reader – It dates from 2013 but many say that no one has filled the void that this RSS aggregator has created. Feedly took a big hit.
- Google Talk – Also closed in 2013, perfect for communication.
- Google Answers – Created to compete with Yahoo but with a quick failure, in only 4 years of life. Closed in 2006.
Surely more than one has been important to you. It is also possible that many products are not even known, since on many occasions some have not even been known among mortals and in others, the services were intended for developers You can take a look, the web is very cool.
