Google sporadically opened base.google.com Wednesday afternoon. It's a do-it-yourself online database to which people can submit, evidently, just about anything.

Is a classifieds offering the next big thing from Google?

The site, which the company says is just a tester, lets users submit information to be stored in Google Base, which the Web page describes as "Google's database into which you can add all types of content. We'll host your content and make it searchable online for free."

The search giant is soliciting items from "description of your party planning service" to "articles on current events from your website" to "listing of your used car for sale." It even lists a "database of protein structures."

Users can describe the item by filling in a series of forms; they can upload or link to pictures, and provide an address or telephone number.

The site says that items may be included in the main Google search index and other Google products like Froogle and Google Local.

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