Google’s services have long made it easier for everyone who asks inquiries online to get information on the internet. Google Search, Gmail, Maps, Chrome, YouTube, and Android are all well-known services. Google’s website has an estimated 172 million unique visitors each month, which allows them to advertise its products. It is difficult to imagine how a large business with so many resources might fail

 

1. Orkut.

[2004 – 2014]

Orkut was the name of one of the first social media sites, named for its creator Orkut Büyükkökten. Before Facebook even existed, it was released. The ability to sign up for an account, add friends, share activities, photographs, or videos, send private messages, etc., were among the services that were made available to users. It also provided several cutting-edge features for the time, such as the option to personalize themes, make “crush lists,” and grade your friends.

Various factors contributed to Orkut’s failure. The majority of them could be summed up in one word: Facebook users all over the world quickly embraced it. Orkut, on the other hand, had a much smaller user base. Facebook has also improved significantly over time. It had privacy settings, a self-updating News Feed, and was easy to use and reliable—features that Orkut did not have. It also never updated to accommodate the demand for mobile-friendly websites Taking into account these factors, the shutdown was not all that unexpected.

 

2. Google+.

[2011 – 2019]

With Google+, the company made a fourth attempt to create a social network to rival Facebook and Twitter. Google+ was similar to other social networking platforms in many ways, but it also had several distinctive characteristics. There was also “Circles,” a drag-and-drop feature that allowed users to arrange their friends into different groups. Then they could decide which content to share with each Circle based on things like whether it was related to a hobby or a career, whether it was solely for friends or was also meant for family, and many more. Users have the option of setting items to be shared publicly with everyone.

Google announced in 2018 its decision to discontinue Google+ Due to “low use and problems related to sustaining a successful platform that matches customers’ expectations. The Workspace version, however, continued to be used and later evolved into Google Currents. The huge data breach they had uncovered earlier that year served as the deciding factor. It was found that about 500K accounts were made available to other app developers.

 

3. Google Play Music.

[2011 – 2020]

Google Play Music, which initially only allowed users to play and store music, later caught up with popular trends, such as cloud streaming. Users could upload their music to the cloud and enjoy it from any device. They could also purchase music from the Google Play store’s music section. It was essentially a combination of the old MP3 player, Spotify, and iTunes as offered by Google.

When Google released the app’s beta version in May 2011 and its final form six months later, Apple already had the upper hand. Users were able to store anything on their accounts, including music they had downloaded from the store or uploaded to the cloud.

 

4. Nexus Q.

[2012 – 2013]

Customers may stream services like Google Play Music, YouTube, and Google Play Movies and TV to their TVs via their home entertainment system using the Nexus Q, an Android-based digital media player.

Apple TV had already offered most of the features Nexus offered at a far lower price.

 

5. Google Glass.

[2013 – 2015]

Users could perform a variety of tasks while using this wearable, which had the appearance of an optical head-mounted display. Its uses include checking their messages, seeing photographs, and conducting web searches.

The design of Google Glass was first criticized. Many disliked the weighty frame in particular.

 

6. Knol.

[2008 – 2012]

Launched in 2008, Knol users could publish articles on a range of topics. The intention was to dethrone Wikipedia as a primary source of knowledge

It contained several major design flaws that increased the likelihood of spam, poor writing, and plagiarism. Knol was not able to compete with Wikipedia or even most other blogs on the market.

 

7. Google Buzz.

[2010 – 2011]

Google Buzz appears to be the internet giant’s first attempt to compete with Facebook and Twitter.

Buzz was heavily criticized right away for having major privacy concerns. These problems were made worse by the “no setup needed” approach, which meant that many people who had not intentionally signed up for Buzz also encountered them.

A lawsuit resulting from the privacy dispute cost the dominant search engine $8.5 million. But more crucially, it seriously hurt the Buzz brand’s reputation.

 

8. Google Wave.

[2010 – 2012]

Google Wave was an innovative product for the tech giant at the time of its launch. As the number of remote workers rose, it was the first platform to offer a single workspace and collaboration tools during the COVID epidemic. Google’s Wave project was an attempt to bring together email, group chat, and document collaboration on one cutting-edge platform.

The majority of customers were confused about how to utilize the product because of the lack of emphasis on it.

 

9. Google Ride Finder.

[2007 – 2009]

Google attempted to develop Ride Finder in 2007, an online service like Uber. By integrating it with Google Maps, users might use it to find a taxi, that is close by.

Consumers preferred the conventional means of phoning a taxi company as mobile service was unpopular back in 2007.

 

10. Google Health.

[2008 – 2012]

The purpose of Google Health was to provide users with a centralized area to obtain and store all of their health-related data, including medications, test results, and other medical records.

It did not offer any solutions to the problems customers faced. A major problem in Google Health was that doctors were not included in the whole system and that there was no effective way for insurance companies to share data. On January 1, 2012, Google stopped supporting the health feature.