Google Buys Youtube for 1.65 Billion
posted by joemawlma 1 year 12 months ago • 138 views
In case you didn't hear.

Somehow I'm not suprised. Of course this will have no impact on the VS community. I just wanted to share the news of google becoming one step closer to taking over the world.

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html

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I posted this last week with an article on YouTube in Forbes:


The Google Industrial Complex

http://www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2006/1016/108.html


written by dotdude  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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Wow! So what do you think this will mean? Do you think eventually they will merge all the youtube content into Google Video? Or keep a separate but equal system.


written by dag  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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I imagine they will go like flickr or anything else. They will move the backend storage and bandwidth into the googleindustrialcomplex. And keep the frontend and userbase. maybe tweak the interface. I do wonder with the size limit of YT vs. GV... I also wonder if they will let GV linger instead of competing. I imagine searching and rankings on youtube might finally work better.

I also feel like youtube will be google's version of myspace.


written by joedirt  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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Interesting take on the purchase from Mark Cuban: "I Still Think Google is Crazy"
http://www.blogmaverick.com/2006/10/09/i-still-think-google-is-crazy/

The gist is that Google is going to be swamped with lawsuits now because of all YouTube's copyright infringements.


written by dag  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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Similar, but much shorter analysis, here.
http://fence.blogspot.com/2006/10/bubble-2.html


written by Krupo  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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A YouTube video message from Chad and Steve, founders of YouTube, on Google Acquisition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCVxQ_3Ejkg from http://digg.com/tech_news/A_Message_From_Chad_and_Steve_founders_of_YouTube_on_Google_acquisition ... Not going to submit this.


written by ant  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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http://www.google.com/trends?q=youtube%2C+google+video
The Real Reason Google bought YouTube. Interesting Graph, shows the growth of YouTube compared to Google Video - gosh they were absolutely smoking them.


written by dag  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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http://www.google.com/trends?q=youtube%2C+google+video%2C+myspace
I think this shows the other reason. The only way to catch MySpace is with YouTube.


written by joedirt  | 1 year 12 months ago | CH
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