Comments on: YouTube’s quiet evolution into the heart of Google

By: docskinheadboy

docskinheadboy — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:30:35 +0000

Lost all my playlists. Thanks Google :-(

By: paul martin

paul martin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:54:24 +0000

Yes I agree. For all the number of suggested videos there seem to be fewer worth watching made more annoying by some peculiar featured ones. I feel that this is not peculiar to YouTube as interesting TV is a distant memory – the extra channels result in a particular voice where it seems that the same program is broadcast thereon continuously. This channel identity requirement maybe inherited from analog radio where when you sweep the frequencies for an alternative you know instantly which one you have alighted on from the cadence of the channel. Maybe this is an economic inevitability albeit contrary to the one of the laws of Thermodynamics

By: Nick Burger

Nick Burger — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:45:40 +0000

Who wouldn’t want to get in the heart of google, but even better would be to get on top of it. If you’re interested check out http://seomixture.com. It worked for me and it’ll work for you too.

By: Jack N Fran Farrell

Jack N Fran Farrell — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:33:30 +0000

How much of the value added by YouTube is in the scenery, the audio, the video, the beat, the cleverness of the lyrics, the memorable moves or jingles. Google by analyzing a billion clicks is in a position where it could take apart a scrubbing bubbles commercial from start to where the dirt floats down the drain.

The golden age of Madison Avenue is about to start.

By: jnffarrell1

jnffarrell1 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:28:18 +0000

The golden age of Madison Avenue is about to start.

By: Kevin Horne

Kevin Horne — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:21:29 +0000

Questions about whether or not Google was losing money with YouTube….All of that has changed as YouTube has grown up. Sure, Google still isn’t breaking out how much it exactly is making with YouTube…”

So how do you reconcile your third statement with the second one. If GOOG doesn’t give a segment P&L for YouTube, how do you conclude “all of that has changed” (with emphasis on the “all” word)…. ???

By: 186k

186k — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:13:49 +0000

I am sure you’re right that it’s growing in importance for Google but don’t you think their actual user interface has got worse. I think it’s something to do with the push to personalise the experience

When I am logged into google and hence youtube I get this really lame list of “because you watched this you’ll like this” type videos. When I watch one ultimate fail video doesn’t mean I want to watch all of them. Also if you actually pick a few niche channels then your start screen is full of the niche crap. The only way I get to see something more like the old youtube is log out of google and set the country to worldwide. This then gives me the more familiar youtube with all the most popular vids

I think in their drive to personalise they end up cutting users off from the whole worlds video that Youtube is famous for