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Swedish Video Site Trouncing YouTube

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-various-definitions-of-trounce dept.

paulraps writes "Why should a video that's funny in Shanghai be funny in Stockholm? That's the explanation for why Bubblare.se, a Swedish competitor to YouTube, is getting around 30 times as many viewers for its Scandinavian video clips as the American market leader. 'Local beats global,' in this market, says managing director Oskar Kalmaru." Luckily for YouTube, the local YouTube-like site around here is YouTube itself.

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  1. The amount of utter crap on Youtube by malsdavis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Given the amount of crap on Youtube I think he has a point!

    From my many, many hours spent wasting time on youtube I would honestly declare that at least half the clips on Youtube must be of chubby American wanna-be-famous kids looking like idiots while they dance around infront of their webcam to pop songs.

  2. Nice misleading headline by Have+Blue · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, DVDs are kicking the crap out of YouTube*.



    *inside my house

  3. Translation by digitalhermit · · Score: 3, Funny

    My Swedish is not very good, but here are some translations of some of the phrases to help you navigate:
    Hem - Home
    Logga In - Log in
    Mest Sedda - Most viewed
    Populära filmklipp - Popular film clips
    Zappa Fram Klipp - Film Clips from (Frank) Zappa - he's big in Sweden
    Pepsi Girl - Pepsi Girl
    Titta Pa Filmklipp - Filmclip of Papa's tits
    Ladda Up - Lather Up

  4. It's hard to imagine by DoorFrame · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jeez, why aren't Swedish videos like this one more popular worldwide? I don't know, I just can't figure it out.

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  5. Predicatably... by Gorimek · · Score: 2, Funny

    The site is Slashdotted by American nerds hoping to see naked Swedes.

    Say what you will about youtube, they do have rock solid servers.