Google Ending Newspaper Archive Project

Posted on May 20, 2011

The Atlantic reports that Google is ending its ambitious quest to provide an archive of printed newspapers. The archive currently contains scanned pages from 2,000 newspapers.

Search Engine Land obtained a statement from Google that it won't be adding and new features or functionality to the service. Google also is "no longer accepting new microfilm or digital files for processing." Google says it wants to focus on other project, such as a subscription service tool called Google One Pass.

The Archvies was a cool and historical service that will definitely be missed.