Comments on: AT&T Gives Video Search a Try (You Can, Too)

By: Keith Cruickshank

Keith Cruickshank — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:03:54 +0000

I suppose I have a larger question. Why do we need to aggregate content into one master player environment? Do content creators really want to be subordinated to a larger brand like AT&T? I don’t think so and I don’t really see the value add in the long run. Viewers will find content that is relevant and means something to them. And they’ll want to play it in their own environment, perhaps a customizable browser where they can tag or bookmark their favorite “shows” (Oh we already have that – it’s called a web browser.) Then the show creators will come up with the player interface that suites their content and message. YouTube happened for reasons that will never repeat, and user-generated-content has had it’s day in the sun (it won’t disappear, but it’s not the end-game). Mark my words, this whole gambit to be a super “aggregator” – the next YouTube, will fail.

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Divvio Details Master Plan « NewTeeVee — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:15:17 +0000

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By: Harlan Talbot

Harlan Talbot — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:43:56 +0000

This is not ready for beta. The app is buggy, the results don’t include relevant metadata (how long is a clip for example?, no descriptions), the advertising.com servers are slow…and when I tried to ‘log in’ with the user/pass you provided I was told it wasn’t valid. It’s not that I feel like I need to find a ‘video search engine’ it’s just that reading about it here give is some credibility, i tried it and even if I could remember the URL (remember WebCrawler…no…hmmm?) after this kind of user experience I don’t think I’d come back. Rather than let your technology drive your product development efforts, why not work with consumers to identify and unmet goal and define a product that serves that market instead of launching something that really doesn’t do much for anyone.

By: Frank Sinton

Frank Sinton — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:59:22 +0000

We’ve moved away from a fancy search results page.

1) We found that users just want the result, and be able to quickly refine the results>

2) Once they do this, the “watch this page” link at the top of the search results gives them a full screen interface to watch the videos.

3) While watching, there is a “link” link that enables the user to go to the original video’s source page and comment, share, etc.

http://www.mefeedia.com/query.php?q=newteevee

With this interface, the search utility is fast, watching is easy, and sharing, commenting, etc. can then be done at the source site.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:18:50 +0000

I agree about the results being in a weird place, and I don't like how the page snaps you to the location. But I like the idea of taking an AJAX start-page approach where you could move them to your liking.

By: editechial

editechial — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:56:49 +0000

Very poor experience all the way around. Search results were not any better than if I simply used VEOH or even Youtube. The layout was also not executed well, does ATT really need to have $.25-$.50 CPM banner ads that clutter the user experience. Also, several of the videos I searched for came up as "file not available"

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:54:34 +0000

At first glance, the UI for this doesn't seem very good. The search is at the top of the page but the results appear in the bottom right. What's up with that?