I finally got to try out Google Base and it does seem to be an interesting experience. It reminds me a lot of del.icio.us.
Of course, it's missing key functionality like web feeds and a proper
API, but if I was told to build the next version of del.icio.us it
would probably look a bit like Google Base. The three key improvements to
del.icio.us being
- Supporting more item types beyond "favorite link". This means
supporting metadata fields beyond title, link and description.
- Allowing users to define their own fields
- Adding much better search capabilities
This definitely looks like an experiment by Google to see what people
do with the service which might explain it's unpolished look. It's not
clear how people will end up using it but I'm sure they will since its
the latest new thing from Google.