Google Sets Shutting Down

[omgyams]

Google Sets Will Be Shut Down

Of all the useless crap Google is shutting down, this is one tool that I've actually gotten a lot of value out of :485:

Anyone use good/better alternatives to Google Sets?

 

[larrybn]

Google Squared was also good. I don't understand their reasoning.

 

[ZenGlen]

I've been seeing this question popup in almost every SEO community I participate in. "Are there any good alternatives to Google Sets?"

Well, I'd feel like a hero if I had arrived at the answer on my own, but a fellow named Ben discovered that you can use a simple Google Docs spreadsheet to pull data from Google sets.

I thought it was so useful that I wrote a blog post about it with instructions:
I've been seeing this question popup in almost every SEO community I participate in. "Are there any good alternatives to Google Sets?" Well, I'd feel like a hero if I had arrived at the answer on my own, but a fellow named Ben discovered that you can use a simple Google Docs spreadsheet to pull data from Google sets. I thought it was so useful that I wrote a blog post about it with instructions:

Google Sets Alternative: No Clone, Replacement, or API Hack Needed. Just Google Docs.

 

[-God-]

They've decided to stop wasting resources on "cool" projects and decided to focus on shit that makes money.

I think someone at Google recently got bought a book about the pareto principle... Although in Google's case it's 99/1.

 

[Hammi]

Google is set to announce a new product that is coming out of their googleX research program before the end of the year. I have a feeling they are gearing the company up for that.