Everybody's site? database? store?

Want to put the new baby's photo on the Web so all the distant relatives can ooh and ah? Or care to post that scrumptious recipe for leftover turkey so that we all can simply print it out? Or perhaps your child will post her university course schedule so you know when *not* to call on her cellphone? Well, now you don't even need a Web site or blog to do these things. You can put info or photos or sell goods on the Web for free and for everyone in the world to see at a new service called Google Base, basically Google's new global database or classifieds, maybe (though postings need to be in English, Google says). Certainly there are qualifications: no pirated material, no promotion of violence, no gambling, hacking, or weapons or drugs sales, and no child pornography or "non-consensual material" (which means consensual explicit content isn't ruled out, for parents concerned about kids' exposure to that). Here are the San Jose Mercury News and CNET on this development.