Google Base is coming soon, apparently. From the screenshot, it seems like some sort of Craigslist knock-off. It makes a lot of sense, but I mostly can't wait to see how they implement it. Will it be generalizable to non-items? To more general information storage and retrieval? Let's wait and see! {via}
[UPDATE: In a completely unprecedented move, Google has publicly commented on this—even if rather obliquely. I'm not sure what to make of that. From the Google Blogoscoped entry, it sounds a lot more robust than a comparison with Google Sitemaps would warrant.]
