Shortest Google Beta Ever?
Well, I’m sure this has to be a new record! Google has closed Google Pages to new registrations already. Since Stu was the first to report this to me at 11 a.m., and I first noticed Pages at around 2 a.m., that would mean a nine-hour beta. Wow. Either Google had a very specific number of people they wanted for this, or the word-of-mouth network is extremely good. Sorry for those of you that didn’t get in, but I did warn you…
Page Creator is actually open to all, although I always worry, so sign up fast in case Google closes the beta eventually.
UPDATE: As pointed out by rr in the comments, Google has issued a statement as to why new signups have been closed. The reasons are understandable and basic, that this was always their intent.
We decided in advance to limit the number of page sign-ups in order to provide users with an optimal publishing experience. Due to extraordinary demand, we recently reached that limit so we have temporarily paused additional sign-ups. We expect to offer sign-ups again very soon. Users may check the Google Page Creator website regularly for updates or submit their email address to a wait list and we will contact them when we have the capacity to support additional users.
Clap. Clap. ClapClap. ClapClapClap. ClapClapClapClapClapClap.
If you couldn’t tell, that was one of those slow, building applause things.
Hey Google, can we try this again some other time? You don’t treat us like undeserving idiots, you give us information, explain things to us, be transparent, and we’ll appreciate it, and you for it. If Google is supposed to be this young, friendly, not like everybody else company, well, then it needs to start treating its users better than all those other companies as well.
With every experience, people are understanding there is a big difference between the myth of Google and the reality of doing business with them or being one of their customers. I hope someone at Google doesn’t like that kind of corporate image, and that those people are winning, and that this is an attempt at .
Bravisimo!
I got in, though I’m unimpressed. I tried uploading my radio show files, and it just kept going and going without uploading in hours. No message or status of any kind to let me know how it was doing.
Comment by Jason Schramm | February 23, 2006
They made the decision in advance to limit sign ups. See press release http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/pagecreator.html
Comment by rr | February 23, 2006
They should have launched with the capacity to support all the users. Especially for Google, not scaling is just lame.
Comment by Greg Linden | February 23, 2006
I don’t think it’s everything intended. I created an account very early, and when I log in, there is a special page icon which says “maximum of 100 pages reached”. I have created only one. So, we don’t know the entire story…
Comment by Mike | February 24, 2006
Hmm, I understand that google-bashing is in season but Google Labs page says the following:
“Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren’t quite ready for prime time. Your feedback can help us improve them. Please play with these prototypes and send your comments directly to the Googlers who developed them.”
Which part do you not agree with?
Comment by Yoda | February 24, 2006
It seems that Google would realize that there would be a huge influx of users the 1st few days. Many of the people who joined probably messed around for a couple of minutes and that was it.
Luckily I attached it to my google account and went off on a roadtrip so even though it’s closed I can still access it b/c I signed up right away.
But then again so did all of the slashdot crowd and the delicious crowd.
Comment by Scott | February 24, 2006
[…] Nathan se “guasea” de que Pages ha sido la beta más corta de Google abierta al público. […]
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I got in, it is still under development and i think it is a good start for google. if people hve problems they should not complain they should tell google so theyc can fix it. thats what i think. i was sent an invitation from google recently and i have not gtten around to using it however i tried to uplead a few large files to test and it worked perfectly (i’m in china so that’s, like, really really good)
Comment by unknown | April 9, 2006