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Google June 28: Countdown to GBuy revolution, or to latest Google test, beta, invite...

Grandiose projections were made for a host of recent Google “killer
Written by Donna Bogatin, Contributor

One Canadian company’s stock analyst outperform call on Google, supported by a “revolutionary” assessment of a so far non-existent, but long rumored, Google online payment system, aka eBay PayPal “killer,” has sparked another round of Google prognostics with talk of Google “brilliance” and its “game-changer” moves.

Similar projections were made for a host of recent Google “killer” product launches including Google Base, or Craigslist killer, and Google Spreadsheets, or Microsoft Excel killer. Sometimes, pictures are worth a thousand words:

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Google Spreadsheet, limited test by invite
(invite on sale for $0.99 at eBay)

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Microsoft Excel, used by millions world wide, now $229

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Google Base Beta (?)

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Craigslist, 200 cities worldwide, 10 million unique visitors monthly

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