DISQUS

Mike A · 3 years ago

It's all back on. Time to invest in video people! There are other groundbreaking comanies (i.e. inCircles (see link), Tremmor etc) that are desitined for the same (if not greater) payoffs in the next few years. Video is just TV for heavens sake - it aint going away

James · 3 years ago

www.video.sh
www.mtv.sh

Video Share site for cooperation.

Miss Cellania · 3 years ago

I had wondered how YouTube was going to make money, and how they were going to pay for all that bandwidth. I guess they can pay their bills now! What a life.. a billion dollars AND you get to keep your job!

Eric Jackson · 3 years ago

This is less about YouTube and much more about where Google is going. It is their Second Act. Good for them to step beyond Search and control this important user community. I have more analysis here: http://breakoutperformance.blogspot.com/2006/10... Thanks, Eric

William Jolitz · 3 years ago

Glad to see "The Google Test" validated once again. Enjoyed writing that one, Matt. Timing couldn't be better, and timing is everything.

The naysayers will whine about what a lousy deal it is and whimper about copyright. But it's the right move for Google and YouTube. Google now jumps to the pole position in video.

What's next? Not more portals - that deal's done. Look to accelerants to feed the flames - not underfunded YouTube wannabes. Like I said in the article, "As the rush to grab more consumer content surges, tools and services to make this material better, faster, cheaper become valuable. Rapid content generation services like blogs for text stories and services for video content accelerate and lower new content creation costs and time, supplying the pipe at a fraction of the cost of traditional approaches."

William Jolitz.
http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2006/09...

wizardofcrowds · 3 years ago

YouTube.com is located in San Mateo but not in San Bruno.

phily phuck · 2 years ago

soon every damn social networking type site will be owned by the elite. and people think its just about money.......its about influence of people.

sure money is a factor but what would you do if you belong to a "club" that wants to monitor and control society at large. myspace was bought for $520 million my Rupert Murdoch.

i guess they are the only ones in the position to buy these gems. the same families that controlled the lands in feudal times, seriously. money is the root of most evil.

George · 2 years ago

Good site! I'll stay reading! Keep improving!

dudesnow · 1 year ago

nooo i dont want it to be bought youtubes deleating channles for it!!!!!!!!!1and i just got mine!

wafsafsad · 2 months ago

You idiots, stop making youtube comments. Go die. I have the right to say the previouse sentence.