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Google Labs, the showcase of experiments (2002–2011)

On Labs, anyone could try early versions of services Google engineers were building. On July 20, 2011 Google announced the site's closure, as part of Larry Page's push to focus the company on fewer projects.

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2002

Google Labs

Experiment · Labs and experiments · Discontinued

sources · timeline 2000–2004

Interpretive reconstruction · Classic serif Early-2000s conventions: white background, small sans-serif text, dense blue links. Does not reproduce any Google page.

Dates

  • 2002 Launch · uncertain date [1]
  • July 20, 2011 End · exact date [2]

What the sources say

ClaimRecordConfidenceSources
Year created 2002, per an encyclopedia, with no cited source 4 · Unconfirmed [1] map (encyclopedia)
Closure announcement July 20, 2011 3 · Secondary source [2] secondary

What the confidence levels mean

Historical captures

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Sources

  1. Google Labs — Wikipedia. Source map (encyclopedia) · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
  2. Google Labs shutting down — AFP — Phys.org, July 20, 2011. Source secondary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive

What still needs documenting

  • Opening date of labs.google.com
  • First experiments published
  • Official closure post

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How to cite

"Google Labs, the showcase of experiments (2002–2011)", Google Museum (GD), https://gd.eurisko.com.br/museu/en/collection/google-labs/, CC BY 4.0. Reviewed on November 2, 2026.

ID: google-labs · Reviewed on November 2, 2026