Why Won't Google Video Just Die?

Posted by procyon on Saturday July 26, 2008 @10:13AM
from the blog.wired.com dept.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/07/the-fate-of-goo.html

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by motoko on Saturday July 26, 2008 @10:24AM (#257543)

Probably because the costs of building it are sunk, and it fills nitches in the online video space that complements YouTube and keeps out competitors.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by awt on Saturday July 26, 2008 @11:04AM (#257562)

Google video is great. Tons of documentaries.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by mynameishere on Saturday July 26, 2008 @11:54AM (#257586)

Uh, because it's superior. And:

http://video.yahoo.com/ http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us

etc

Search engines are simply always going to have video components. It's not going away ever.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by artaak on Saturday July 26, 2008 @11:38AM (#257580)

It just target different audience. There is no need for it to be "like Youtube" or just disappear. It serves completely different purpose as documentaries (mentioned here), conference talks and etc.

Personally, I find it at least as useful as Youtube if not more.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by william42 on Saturday July 26, 2008 @01:13PM (#257631)

One thing I like about Google Video is that you can download the files.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by quickpost on Saturday July 26, 2008 @02:27PM (#257676)

You can download the files from any of the video sites... it just takes a bit more effort.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by aswanson on Saturday July 26, 2008 @12:54PM (#257620)

A better SNR than the others.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by gojomo on Saturday July 26, 2008 @04:36PM (#257753)

Silly question, Wired. Would you ask why NBC keeps the Sci-Fi Channel alive under that name, or why Disney/ABC keeps ESPN alive under that name?

It's branding. "Google Video" has a certain meaning to viewers, and "YouTube" has a different meaning.

Even if they get the same backends, it would make sense to have more serious and educational videos on "Google Video", while music, entertainment and amateur videos live on "YouTube".

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by xlnt on Saturday July 26, 2008 @11:45AM (#257583)

The article says youtube vids are capped at 10min, but

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EsEYpJMYIIw

30min vid

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by froo on Saturday July 26, 2008 @12:26PM (#257604)

I dont want to burst your bubble or sound like a smartass, but just want to clarify this. That video is 30 minutes long, because it is hosted on one of the older accounts before the policy was changed - signing up for any new accounts limits you in the limit and size of the videos you can upload (1gb and 10mins respectively).

So in this regard the article is correct.

http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer...

Personal note: I suspect Google introduced this policy to ensure that Google Video is not rendered obsolete.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by staticshock on Saturday July 26, 2008 @02:04PM (#257660)

are you sure that google introduced this limit? as far as i know, youtube had this limit quite a long time before being acquired.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by hhm on Saturday July 26, 2008 @07:34PM (#257853)

Yes, YouTube had that limit long before the acquisition.

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Re:Why Won't Google Video Just Die? by xlnt on Saturday July 26, 2008 @12:32PM (#257608)

so the limit doesn't apply to old accounts, even if they post stuff today. thanks. don't see why that'd be bubble bursting or anything. i wanted to know.

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