Google Products and Services Discontinued in 2012
Google Notebook – Online notetaking and web-clipping application. The tool permitted users to clip text, images, and links from pages while browsing, save them online, access them from any computer, and share them with others. Data was exported to Google Docs and the service has been shut down as of July 2012.
Google Apps Standard Edition – Free. On December 6, 2012, Google discontinued the Google apps standard edition, which was previously downgraded with features like maximum 10 users.
Google Code Search – Search engine for programming code found on the Internet. Shut down on January 15, 2012.
Google Health – allows a user to store, manage and share all of his/her health and wellness information in one central place. Development ceased June 24, 2011; accessible until January 1, 2012; data available for download until January 1, 2013.
Google Website Optimizer – was a free website testing and optimization tool, allows a user to increase the value of his/her existing websites and traffic. Discontinued on August 1, 2012.
TV Ads – Method to place advertising on TV networks. Launched in 2007, the product was discontinued on August 30, 2012, with all remaining active campaigns ending December 16, 2012.
Google Friend Connect – an online service that allowed website and blog owners to add social features to their websites. Discontinued on March 1, 2012, and replaced by Google+'s pages and off-site Page badges.
Google Insights for Search – Google Insights for Search was a service by Google similar to Google Trends, providing insights into the search terms people have been entering into the Google search engine. Google Insights for Search has been discontinued since September 27, 2012 by Google and Now Google Insights has merged in Google Trends.
Knol – service that enabled subject experts and other users to write authoritative articles related to various topics. Content were not accessible after October 1, 2012.
Google Wave – Online communication and Collaborative real-time editor tool using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Development ceased on August 4, 2010. This product support is no longer available (turned off completely on April 30, 2012 by Google).
Picnik – online photo editor. Most features and effects have been moved to the Google+ photo manager. Closed on April 19, 2012.
Jaiku – Jaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter.
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