Author Topic: How many of you use YouTube? (Read 833 times)

Debonair · « **Reply #15 on:** October 22, 2006, 12:43:16 AM »

i hope im smarter about $ that the google d00ds too, but i wouldn't bet on it:rofl

Nilsen · « **Reply #16 on:** October 28, 2006, 11:22:16 AM »

It wont be long before google makes a healthy profit on youtube.. im willing to bet my reputation as a mime artits on it.

All those ads they can put discretly or in your face there will generate a ton of money for em.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #17 on:** October 28, 2006, 11:43:20 AM »

That's probably the plan.. But news about different copyright owners forcing Google to drop thier material off YouTube are coming in daily.

I mean, how much stuff will there be left to see after all illegal stuff is sorted out?

stantond · « **Reply #18 on:** October 28, 2006, 11:54:09 AM »

How does google make money? How does yahoo make money? Are they more than search engines, or does having search engine technology give them some way to make money?

I have never understood search engine companies.

Regards,

Malta

Nilsen · « **Reply #19 on:** October 28, 2006, 12:09:51 PM »

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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
That's probably the plan.. But news about different copyright owners forcing Google to drop thier material off YouTube are coming in daily.

I mean, how much stuff will there be left to see after all illegal stuff is sorted out?

It will prolly go back to what it was mostly about in the beginning... sharing your own home made videos.

Nilsen · « **Reply #20 on:** October 28, 2006, 12:13:17 PM »

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Originally posted by stantond
How does google make money? How does yahoo make money? Are they more than search engines, or does having search engine technology give them some way to make money?

I have never understood search engine companies.

Regards,

Malta

Its all about payed ads.. and even if they get very litte per viewer they have millions of them every day.. that gets you alot of money. The search engines also get a huge chunk of their money from showing some search results further up on the list than those who does not pay them. Type in any common word/product type or whatever in google and you can be sure that the top 10 or more sites have payed to get listed up there.

rpm · « **Reply #21 on:** October 28, 2006, 01:01:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Waffle BAS
the only time I used you tube was when people posted links to videos there from this message board...

Same here.
You have to look at the details of this deal. Google may have bought YouTube to get the technology like EA did when they bought AW or when Yahoo bought Broadcast.com.

scottydawg · « **Reply #22 on:** October 28, 2006, 02:41:55 PM »

I think it was a colossal mistake. You can see how where it is heading, with Comedy Central making them pull all their copyrighted clips. They are very exposed legally now, and stnad to lose a lot of their current user base by having copyrighted material pulled off the site.

Ad-driven revenue models are nearly impossible to pull off on the web these days. The bandwidth and disk space alone for a site like YouTube probably eat up a considerable amount of money, however Google has been buying the crap out of dark fiber for a couple of years, so that might not be much of an issue.

I think it was a bad move, but hey what do I know.

Nilsen · « **Reply #23 on:** October 28, 2006, 02:57:56 PM »

Google will prolly end up owning a big chunk of infrastructure aswell soon. As you said they already have some.

scottydawg · « **Reply #24 on:** October 28, 2006, 02:59:14 PM »

They've got infrastructure like you wouldn't believe.

Some tinfoil hatters were speculating last year they were going to try and make their own internet.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #25 on:** November 02, 2006, 01:28:37 PM »

Is that a flushing sound I hear? Utube sues Youtube for trademark infingement

BluKitty · « **Reply #26 on:** November 02, 2006, 06:32:54 PM »

I use youtube to find movies of Piano preformances. Many of them can be almost impossible to find otherwise. You can find a few on google video too , but not nearly as many.

I think on demand searchable video databases are the future... Google might not have made a bad move in the long run.

I get On-demand TV on my phone these days.

Tac · « **Reply #27 on:** November 04, 2006, 11:21:58 PM »

Youtube is the only source for anime that does not reach the US.

They take it away and ill be very very sad

1K3 · « **Reply #28 on:** November 04, 2006, 11:46:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Tac
Youtube is the only source for anime that does not reach the US.

They take it away and ill be very very sad

I've uploaded some animes episodes on Gootube such as Ranma 1/2 and
Macross: The Movie (Macross the movie is sick! Unreleased to the US:(. Certified old-school, anime at its zenith imo) and none of them are removed yet:p . I guess Gootube doesnt bother removing old-school-classics such as the ones mentioned above:D

Do you happen to watch Death Note? This is the most anticipated anime for fall '06. The plot is... (for the lack of better word...) twisted:t. (it's that good! No BS)

tikky · « **Reply #29 on:** November 06, 2006, 01:46:47 PM »

Thx for uploading the Macross movie. You're right, it's certified old school!

I also checked out your Ranma, it's a wee-bit peverted but very funny:D