'''Google Co-op''' is a service provided by [[Google]] which allows experts to create a list of sites about a particular topic and users to subscribe to these lists. When a user subscribes to links and labels provided by a Google Co-op contributor this information is incorporated into that user's web search results when they search for a related topic.
'''Google Co-op''' is a service launched by [[Google]] on [[May 10]], [[2006]] which consists of two major components. These are: (1) Subscribed Links, and: (2) Topics.
Google launched the service on [[May 10]], [[2006]].
'''Subscribed Links''' require site owners to setup Google Co-op feed files, using XML format, and promote them to their site visitors. Users can sign up for these feeds, after which these users will see the information from these feeds on top of the search results when they search on related terms within Google. For the user, it guarantees that sources of content will show up in Google whenever sites they trust have the information they are looking for.
For site owners, initially the primary benefit is to convert visitors into repeat visitors. Over time, successful feeds get added to the Google Co-op directory which provides site owners with additional marketing exposure and traffic.
'''Topics''' is Google's move into the world of tagging. With Google Topics, subject matter experts can label sites across the web to help better identify the content of the site. As with subscribed links, users need to subscribe to the editors of the Topic to benefit from their labels.
