Comments on: Google Video Transitions to Video Search

By: NewTeeVee Google Video, Now a Search Engine «

NewTeeVee Google Video, Now a Search Engine « — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:52:57 +0000

[...] sites across the web, using an interface similar to its image search engine. This follows up on an announcement to this effect from January, after Google admitted defeat in the video-sharing space to YouTube and [...]

By: A look ahead at Google Video and YouTube

A look ahead at Google Video and YouTube — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:39:35 +0000

[...] respective strengths while keeping both companies independent from each other. Google video will transition to become a search engine for video all over the net, no matter where it’s hosted, and YouTube [...]

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geoff — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:03:58 +0000

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By: Google Video Helps Up YouTube Traffic 18.5% » D’ Technology Weblog — Technology, Blogging, Gadgets, Fashion, Life Style.

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:16:28 +0000

[…] Hitwise’s Bill Tancer reports YouTube is already seeing the benefit of parent Google indexing it into its Google Video search last Thursday. Week to week, YouTube’s market share of U.S. internet visits rose to .64 percent from .54 percent, an increase of 18.5 percent. […]

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NewTeeVee » Google Video Helps Up YouTube Traffic 18.5% — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:21:07 +0000

By: Every Bit You Make » Blog Archive » google transistions

Every Bit You Make » Blog Archive » google transistions — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:20:24 +0000

[…] from NewTeeVee A lingering question since Google’s acquisition of YouTube has been what the parent company will do with its own video product, which it effectively announced was not good enough back in October2. Posted by daniel Filed in Uncategorized […]

By: Media Cool Hunting » Blog Archive » A look ahead at Google Video and YouTube

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:43:00 +0000

[…] Since Google bought YouTube a few months ago it hasn’t been clear how the two companies would work together. This last thursday Google announced, (Digg), how Google Video and YouTube would continue to play to their respective strengths while keeping both companies independent from each other. Google video will transition to become a search engine for video all over the net, no matter where it’s hosted, and YouTube will keep on hosting and experimenting with people generated video under their own brand name. […]

By: Digital Tech News

Digital Tech News — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:09:17 +0000

YouTube Videos added to Google Video Search Index…

Even before Google's acquisition of YouTube last November, Google search results included links to content hosted on YouTube, but now you can search Google Video for videos from YouTube, and the results appear in the Google Video search index as…

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:52:55 +0000

You're right, improving site search on YouTube would be great. I am making a distinction between search within a controlled space and search everywhere. If the two ideas become the same thing, that's what I find less interesting.

By: Anna Sebestyen

Anna Sebestyen — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:47:24 +0000

Liz, thanks for your clarification, but I still do not get it. :)

“the high proportion of video on YouTube/Google makes the concept of video search less interesting.” Quite on the contrary. Lots of stuff (video) makes the concept of (video) search crucial/competitive advantage. Especially in growing competition.

If YouTube was cloned, and equipped with an excellent search algorithm, it would take away those millions of eyeballs in the long run from the present YouTube. In a better site’ e.g. I could a, see the best quality Colbert report, b, of the exact date I am looking for, c, in a mobile version, d, and in the original version (not a home video response), e, in black and white (if at all) etc. to mention but a few problems Google needs to deal with.

On Google Video and YouTube: check these keywords: colbert, -report, -stephen, -steven I still get results with Stephen Colbert, although I pretended to search for ‘any other colbert but the guy from s.c. report’ because the system is not good enough. The negative search was only able to filter what the accompanying text is, and not the video. It is still not 100% performance, not clever enough. It did not recognize a cultural product of ’s.c. report’ - yet (!).

And yes, Google will start crawling for video. No assumption: explicitly stated intention by Google VP Product Management, Salar Kamangar. Should have done so a lot earlier, in fact.

And it is also true in a way that G and Yt are ‘one company’, but maybe it’s more precise to say that G has decided to launch two kinds of video services: G Video (self developed) and Yt (buy-up), and they will be both in competition for users’ eyeballs, and in complementary relationship regarding users’ intentions and advertiser’s preferences.

(I don’t know if we are still talking at cross purposes. :) Help me to understand better what you mean.)