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John Battelle’s Searchblog: Google Funds Gadgets

This could be the beginnings of a new cottage industry, like search engine optimization was when it emerged a few years ago:

“Today, Google announced a new pilot initiative called Google Gadget Ventures aimed at bootstrapping an economic ecosystem around gadgets. Since the launch of Google Gadgets more than a year ago, we’ve seen an increasing opportunity for individuals and companies to build successful businesses around this technology and are piloting this program to help support additional growth.”