Google Base was a database provided by Google into which any user can add almost any type of content, such as text, images, and structured information. Launched October 25, 2005; shut down December 17, 2010 — it lived 5 years. One of 6 Google products killed in 2010. Google Base was a database provided by Google which allowed users to add content such as text, images, and structured information in formats such as XML, PDF, Excel, RTF, or WordPerfect. Google Base was launched in 2005 and downgraded to Google Merchant Center in September 2010. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).