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YouTube Passes Yahoo As #2 Search Engine

Posted by timothy on from the your-safe-search-is-showing dept.

Dekortage writes "According to the latest ComScore rankings, YouTube's search traffic for August surpassed Yahoo's. The latter dropped roughly 5% in traffic from July. Among other things, this means that Google now owns both of the top two search engines. AdAge further speculates on Google's experimental 'promoted videos' cost-per-click advertising on YouTube, suggesting the obvious: more money."

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  1. Not a search engine by Lost+Race · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Youtube is not a search engine. It is a video hosting site.

  2. Re:Without porn?!? HOW??? by krakround · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "I'm inclined to doubt this. Youtube doesn't host any porn. That's easily 70% of the internet right there.

    You mean to tell me that people are now more interested in videos of people getting hit in the nuts and TV clips that are not SNL or daily show than they are in sex? LIES!"

    Please don't suggest this. I wake up every day pretending that I don't live in "Idiocracy" and you are making harder and harder to maintain that illusion.

  3. Re:Without porn?!? HOW??? by cong06 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love how you got modded "Informative" lol