That's why I think twice before embracing some Google Product.
Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
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#92this is why i'm not completely 100% with google photos. i'm ready to spend the monthly fees to store all my pictures in its original resolution, use google photos to manage/search my photos. except i don't want to commit to using it and then finding out google doesn't want to support it and just dumps it. same thing with google voice. i use it but i've never committed to using it as my main phone number. maybe it's a…
What would happen if they wanted to sunset Voice? There's a large bank of phone numbers people migrated in there. I'm guessing they could spin out Grand Central again as its own business?
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#93I wonder if it would be worth the money for Google to keep services like this one running, just so that people (especially enterprise customers) don't lose faith in Google's competency with regard to long-term product support. Although if you ask around here, you'd probably not find much faith for them to save.
I honestly don't think people outside the HN echo chamber care that much.
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#94What is so hard technically about site search that there doesn't exist open-source solutions for people to run on their own sites or rent for a small fee?
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stucked in time: http://www.excite.com/
and yet it has a ranking of 8,689 with huge traffic uptick since Jan 17 as per Alexa today .... does that mean people still use it regularly?
Very much so. In a world where Google is watching everyone and Yahoo is getting relentlessly attacked, why not go back to the old standby?
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#97This actually is making me fairly frustrating. Me and my team were literally just finishing the GSS integration and all of the sudden the only option google is suggesting is "will automatically convert to Custom Search Engine (CSE). Custom Search Engine is an ads-supported product "
Per the Google's statement: "On April 1, 2017, Google will discontinue sales of the Google Site Search. All new purchases and renewals must take place before this date. The product will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018."
If I were you and you really had already finished the Google Search dev work you referenced, I would pay for service as soon as possible for the duration up until April 1, 2018. Use the service, see how user users are really using it, then use what you've learned to plan for the future.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#98I wonder if it would be worth the money for Google to keep services like this one running, just so that people (especially enterprise customers) don't lose faith in Google's competency with regard to long-term product support. Although if you ask around here, you'd probably not find much faith for them to save.
I honestly don't think people outside the HN echo chamber care that much.
Problem is, people on HN are making decisions and building tools and startups. If everyone loses faith in Google, we'll stop using their platforms and tools which translates to loss of money.
The only example I can give is at my day job, I built a backup system that uses Azure blob storage because I actually trust Microsoft more than Google.
I wonder how many other people have a "anyone but Google" approach? It's not just cancelling services, it's the churn in APIs; they seem to be less stable than products from almost any other company.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#99I wonder if it would be worth the money for Google to keep services like this one running, just so that people (especially enterprise customers) don't lose faith in Google's competency with regard to long-term product support. Although if you ask around here, you'd probably not find much faith for them to save.
There's more than a year of notice, and there's still a solution that provides substantially the same service. Long term can't mean forever, especially for services that can't support themselves.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stucked in time: http://www.excite.com/
and yet it has a ranking of 8,689 with huge traffic uptick since Jan 17 as per Alexa today .... does that mean people still use it regularly?
Check the ' Top Concert Tickets' section and performers. Seems mainly for people wanting to stay in a former era, which is not bad as they get something they find useful. Also a fair bit about Home Security, Medical and Nursing, Online Schools and Criminal Justice. I think they have an audience.