I think it’s official now, no industry no matter how strong is recession proof. As the job market continues to shrink, so does the reach of Google. It was announced last week that Google was suspending the hiring of around 100 recruits. Then, Google shutdown three of its offices across the world; Texas, Norway, and Sweden.

What’s even bigger news that those two bits of information is that Google is axing six of their services. Dodgeball, Google Catalog Search, Google Mashup Editor, Google Notebook, and Jaiku, along with uploading options on Google Video will all be discontinued. Granted, none of these services were the most used on Google but show the company is still needing to make cutbacks.

The Google Video decision makes sense, considering YouTube is owned by Google. What’s the point of keeping a service around that’s a direct competitor of something else you already own?

[via: Information Week]

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