[adwf]

Yeah I've said that for years. Google have a serious tendency to just announce products, push them out the door and then forget they ever existed.

Then 3 years later we hear about them being closed down (due to lack of traction) and they get a whole load of bad press from all the people who actually did use it.

Any new product, even at a large company, should be thought of like a startup - in constant need of marketing.

[maverick2]

True, May be Google is still stuck in old ways of Internet. When early adopters drove the adaption. But Internet, specially Web has become too mainstream and there is a lot of noise. So being dependent on just early adopters might not cut it. It needs to have a Growth-Hacker type mindset.