Google Scholar Is Doomed

by Hannah Shelley

Have you ever wandered through the Google Graveyard? It's a sobering place. Row after row of digital tombstones marking products that millions of people once relied on daily. Google Reader (2005-2013), beloved by internet users everywhere as the premier RSS/Atom feed subscription service. Google Notebook (2006-2011), the early research organisation tool. At the time of publishing, 297 products rest in this graveyard, each representing someone's essential workflow that simply... stopped working one day.

I fear your beloved Google Scholar is heading straight for this graveyard, and academia is not prepared.

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