<s>
Google	B-Application
Catalogs	I-Application
was	O
a	O
shopping	O
application	O
for	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
August	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Catalogs	I-Application
delivered	O
virtual	O
catalogs	O
to	O
users	O
from	O
merchants	O
like	O
Nordstrom	O
,	O
L.L.	O
</s>
<s>
Merchants	O
were	O
added	O
through	O
a	O
process	O
by	O
which	O
they	O
submitted	O
a	O
form	O
with	O
information	O
and	O
a	O
sample	O
of	O
their	O
catalog	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
’s	O
editorial	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
intent	O
to	O
discontinue	O
the	O
iPad	O
app	O
effective	O
August	O
2013	O
and	O
eventually	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
project	O
entirely	O
in	O
August	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Catalog	O
search	O
was	O
first	O
conceptualized	O
in	O
December	O
,	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
search	O
function	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
free	O
Google	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Catalog	O
search	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
digitization	O
project	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
as	O
thousands	O
of	O
merchant	O
catalogs	O
were	O
scanned	O
and	O
made	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
ended	O
this	O
service	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
in	O
January	O
,	O
2009	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
Catalog	O
Search	O
has	O
n’t	O
been	O
as	O
popular	O
as	O
some	O
of	O
our	O
other	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
Google	B-Application
Catalogs	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
official	O
blog	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
immediately	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
created	O
a	O
short	O
video	O
as	O
an	O
overview	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
made	O
Google	B-Application
Catalogs	I-Application
available	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
user	O
was	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
product	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
search	O
function	O
that	O
showed	O
all	O
the	O
products	O
related	O
to	O
the	B-Application
keyword	I-Application
that	O
the	O
user	O
types	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
stages	O
of	O
this	O
Google	B-Application
product	O
,	O
users	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
send	O
product	O
information	O
and	O
images	O
they	O
find	O
on	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
any	O
person	O
with	O
an	O
email	O
address	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
they	O
have	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
collages	O
of	O
their	O
favorite	O
products	O
across	O
catalogs	O
on	O
their	O
Android	O
powered	O
tablets	B-Device
or	O
iPads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Catalogs	I-Application
was	O
once	O
accessible	O
on	O
desktops	O
,	O
Android	O
,	O
and	O
iOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Catalogs	I-Application
did	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
pay	O
to	O
search	O
through	O
the	O
collection	O
of	O
catalogs	O
that	O
are	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
did	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
have	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
Gmail	O
account	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
sign-in	O
and	O
save	O
their	O
favorite	O
catalogs	O
in	O
the	O
mobile/tablet	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
