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Google Lively is shutting down
Published 11/20/2008 by Raph at Raph's Website
Google Kills Lively, says TechCrunch, and speculates that it is because it never drove sufficient traffic. Lively did get moderately bad reviews around the Net when it launched, but even the traffic that TechCrunch shows on its graph would be a respectable daily user number, if the product could monetize. Google’s statement is here. …we’ve also always accepted that when you take these kinds of risks not every bet is going to pay off. That’s why, despite all the virtual high fives and creative ...

Well That Was Quick
Published 11/20/2008 by Greg L at Terra Nova
... So in 2009, Google Lively will be Google Dead-As-A-Doornaily.  We never got too excited about Lively's current form around here.  I was always confused about how it aligned with Google's core business.  Still it's too bad to see the big G moving out of this space and admitting defeat.   More news via Google ...

Google Lively To Shut Down In December
Published 11/20/2008 by research@gdmag.com (mathewk) at Worlds In Motion
... , Google's Lively allows users to embed virtual rooms inside web pages, decorate them with graphic objects, and create avatars to interact with friends inside the rooms. "We launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways," reads a post on Google's official blog. ...

Google Not So "Lively" After All
Published 11/20/2008 by Suzie Ford at WarCry Network : Latest News
Proving that a game world can die faster than Hellgate: London, Google announced today that it's closing the door on it's "virtual space" called Lively. Lively had opened its doors in July. Check out the why of this decision below. In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it's the best way to create groundbreaking products that make a difference to people's lives. But we've also always ...

End of life for Google's Lively
Published 11/20/2008 by Tateru Nino at Massively
... public on July 9 this year -- will remain up, and the images of the rooms preserved, but the rooms themselves will no longer be active. This seems to also end Google's plans to leverage Lively as a games-platform. It isn't clear at... Continue reading End of life for Google's Lively End of life for Google's Lively originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.   Read | Permalink | Email this |  ...

Google Lively? Not So Much…
Published 11/20/2008 by Scott at Pumping Irony
Just five months after the announcement of Lively, Google is pulling the plug on their virtual worlds software. We will shut down Lively on December 31, 2008. Embedded rooms in blogs and other web pages will continue to show an image, but users will no longer be able to enter Lively rooms and interact. The Official Google Blog has an entry on the shutdown as well. In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. ...

Well then…
Published 11/20/2008 by Darren at The Common Sense Gamer
…looks like I got my answer: I shouldn’t care. Google. OS….go for an OS!! D out.

Not Really All That Lively
Published 11/20/2008 by Scott Jennings at Broken Toys
... As seen on Raph Koster’s site, Google Lively is shutting its doors next month. It has been a tough decision, but we want to ensure that we prioritize our resources and focus more on our core search, ads and apps business.        ...

Google's Lively is Dead - Requiem to be Announced Soon
Published 11/21/2008 by SLHerald at Second Life Herald
... Reports of Lively’s death turn out not to have been exaggerated after all. After the fanfare, hoop-la, bell and whistles of the Second Life killer’s opening, Google have just announced that Lively is dead. Well, if not death, in the terminal stages and destined to limp on flaccidly until the end of the year. ...