Google Quits Digitizing Old Newspapers
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Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin claim they originally set out on a mission to organize and archive the worlds information, but even for Google this is a nearly insurmountable task. Ultimately it comes down to making choices, what’s important, and what’s not. You can read into this news as much as you like, but apparently Google has deemed newspapers are no longer important, and is shutting down the archiving project they began back in 2008.
Starting today they will no longer scan and save future editions, effectively ending a service that included over 2000 international publications, some of which went back almost 250 years. Reports show that the archive was largely unused, and ultimately newspapers going forward are archived in the modern day webpages that most people use today.
Oddly enough Google chose to end the service on the day the world was supposed to end. I won’t spoil the ending if you’re still holding out for the movie.
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Zoandar
May 23, 2011 at 7:58am
Since most of today's newspapers aren't fit to line a bird cage, I think the lack of interest in the archive tells the whole story.
Holly Golightly
May 22, 2011 at 10:22pm
On no, what a shame. To be honest with you, I did not know this service from Google even existed. They should have notified more people about it. I wonder if those archives are still accessible? I would love to know what happened on my birthday.
Joji
May 22, 2011 at 4:05pm
Everyone knows the world doesn't end like that. It's not possible. Only the fools would think the end of the world is declared on May 21st. Heck, some even paid hundred of dollars to scammy companies to protect their pets. Pffttt...
Since Google quits archiving newspapers, who's going to do it now? No one?
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