For months now, the retirement of Google Reader has been in the headlines. Finding alternatives, managing existing feeds and data and wondering why does Google throw such uncontrollable volleys, are things that have been bothering every web user. If you are an online business or blogger, the questions are more like a heartburn.

But what can we users do than merely accept. To share an interesting fact, since 2006, Google has dispensed with as many as 10 of its premium products and services. Surprisingly, it still continues to be the favorite search engine globally.

How does Google manage this? Can other business manage such feats?

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO at Google is known for his powerful statement "We celebrate our failures". Well that's makes it clear.

Products and services are dispensible. It is keeping the wheel of innovation going that keeps a particular firm/enterprise in the limelight. So far as phasing out one's products is concerned, it reflects the astuteness of a company that understands the market stream. On a personal note, as a blogging business, the forceful death of RSS feeds, was a setback for us. However it is vital to pick up the pieces and find viable alternatives.

As they say "Life goes on", so does business. Google has been the champion of technological success for as long as we can recount. Today we celebrate the death of another great Google idea.

Here is a fascinating and informative infographic compiled by Wordstream, detailing products of the Google Past.


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