Google is shutting down the service it held to help those who were having trouble getting around on Google. The service called Helpouts will be shut down on April 20th, 2015 – According to an official statement from the company. That statement came in form of a blog post, which reads, “The Helpouts community includes some engaged and loyal contributors, but unfortunately, it hasn’t grown at the pace we had expected.” The service didn’t even launch that long ago, but clearly Google has other plans – as it lived on a relatively short leash.
Google Helpouts wasn’t that loaded with features – as the service only offered one-on-one help to do certain things. Whether a user was trying to figure out how something functioned on Google, or the rest of the web – or whether they were looking to take guitar lessons via the Internet – Google Helpouts was there for users. That being said though, as Google pointed out, it really wasn’t something as widely known or widely used. In fact, the marketing on Google Helpouts was something that remained a mystery right up to the end of its service. While it still has a couple months remaining online – undoubtedly content will fall off even further now that the end is officially dated.
Google Helpouts wasn’t that loaded with features – as the service only offered one-on-one help to do certain things. Whether a user was trying to figure out how something functioned on Google, or the rest of the web – or whether they were looking to take guitar lessons via the Internet – Google Helpouts was there for users. That being said though, as Google pointed out, it really wasn’t something as widely known or widely used. In fact, the marketing on Google Helpouts was something that remained a mystery right up to the end of its service. While it still has a couple months remaining online – undoubtedly content will fall off even further now that the end is officially dated.
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http://www.inferse.com/22721/google-to-chunk-out-helpouts-video-chat-service-on-april-20/
