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Google Video Becomes Search-Only, YouTube Holds Content

Posted by Zonk on from the one-falls-while-the-other-rises dept.

Bangor writes "Google is planning to turn Google Video into a search index of all the world's available video online. The change will see YouTube becoming Google's only platform for user-generated video and premium content sales, and Google said that YouTube content would be immediately added to the Google Video search index. The company plans to expand that to eventually include all video online. From the article: 'The company said that they 'envision most user-generated and premium video content being hosted on YouTube,' which clearly suggests that the Google Video storefront will eventually give way to YouTube.'"

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  1. Head hurt by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can someone please translate this all into non-marketdroid-speak?

    3PO?! Get over here! Translate this. Then hit me in the head with a lead pipe so I can understand it.

    1. Re:Head hurt by bwalling · · Score: 3, Funny
      Can someone please translate this all into non-marketdroid-speak?

      You will now be able to find porn clips on Google Video as easily as you can find porn images on Google Images.
  2. Predictions by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. This will save everyone from having to upload their boobie and accident videos twice - go look at the top 100 some time, that's all it is.

    2. People that create the content (videos) still won't get paid, much like Google News, etc.

    3. Google will replace their search in a year to one big button "I'm feeling lucky"... which will show a boobie video.

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