Google to Allow Uploads to Searchable Database

An ambitious new Google Inc. service will let anyone upload most anything to a publicly searchable database, potentially laying the groundwork for a push by the Internet juggernaut into classified advertising.

The venture, Google Base, could also signal grander ambitions for the king of online search-related advertising.

Expected to be available today, Google Base has the potential to make instantly available a vast sea of content including -- but not limited to -- recipes, job listings, photos, DNA sequences, real estate listings and individual stand-alone databases.

Normally, it takes Web “crawlers” days or weeks to scour the Web and feed Mountain View, Calif.-based Google’s main search engine with updated information. This tool will make locating anything that’s been uploaded nearly instantaneous, provided it finds users willing to supply the information.