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Google cuts off new Page Creators
By Larry Hendrick | February 24, 2006
This is one thing that drives me crazy about Google. They launch a new product, label it “beta” and cap the exposure. There is nothing wrong with controlling the “beta” tests. Most companies do a limited roll out of a new product, and after the kinks are worked out, offer it to the public.
Not Google! They launch all their products to the public as “beta” products. It seems that in their eyes, this covers them if it breaks, or doesn’t perform up to expectations.
Is this the way to run a company? Well, they are worth billions …
Google cuts off new Page Creators | News.blog | CNET News.com
Google said on Friday it has stopped accepting new sign-ups for its free Page Creator Web site creation and hosting service after launching it one day earlier. “We decided in advance to limit the number of page sign-ups in order to provide users with an optimal publishing experience,” the company said in a statement. “Due to extraordinary demand, we recently reached that limit so we have temporarily paused additional sign-ups. We expect to offer sign-ups again very soon.
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