public search service

Five long months after the Gmail Plus incident, Google has finally made the decision to permanently shut down the Public Service Search that they have been offering for many years. You will be redirected to Custom Search Service when you visit the site.

Just as exactly what I have predicted late last year, Public Service Search is the next service Google will be shutting down after Google Answers and the SOAP API, and to be replace by the Custom Search Engine. Oh my god, I think like a Google executive. :)

Au revoir, Google Public Service Search. You have been here, and you always will.

UPDATE: Goes official.