Hits != money -- it's a huge time/energy/money sink that has no viable business model, you can't expect even a company with deep pockets like Google's to keep i

Hits != money -- it's a huge time/energy/money sink that has no viable business model, you can't expect even a company with deep pockets like Google's to keep it alive forever... The other thing is most of the people who developed this product have left Google - so maintaining a rapidly ageing code base is tough...