Comments on: YouTube’s “Yahoo-Like” Homepage Makeover: More Ads, Professional Content

By: Peter Coffin

Peter Coffin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:23:59 +0000

Know yourself.

By: jischinger

jischinger — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:53:39 +0000

I haven’t been paying much attention to the front page – when did sony/crackle take over?

Is there a joint ownership venture in the making? hmm….

I watched a full length movie for the first time on you tube.
Drac KU la; Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, yea!

The resolution was better on my VCR than on You Tube – but maybe that’s what crackle provided? You Tube has a long way to go to catch up to Hulu, but I’m thinking it might be a bandwidth decision.

You Tube is stuck with user generated stuff, no matter what they do they’re branded, for life, and it would be worse for Google if they tried to appeal to the Hulu market through You Tube; better to buy Hulu, the like or start a new venture.

According to what I read Google’s not even close to breaking even with You Tube, but Google has so much money, like Rev Sun Yung Moon who owns and has never made a profit on the Washington Times, who cares! It’s control that counts. Money means little to these guys. When you corner the market it’s a game of chess.

Anyways, what was this thread about again? User content?
If so, sell short, the shorter the better. Your 3 min is down, like the economy, to 1:30.

Honestly, unless it’s serious and important business 45 seconds is about all the time I have right now.

Why? There’s too much stuff to watch. Everyone is downsizing and consolidating and as they say, art imitates life. No time to relax and be thoughtful, time to be edgy and il-tempered.Go with the flow, it’s smartass season. Reinvent yourself.

By: NutCheese

NutCheese — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:11:36 +0000

Jenn’s dog took a dump on my floor.

By: Emily (ChateauOfADoubt)

Emily (ChateauOfADoubt) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:10:17 +0000

I’ve always wondered about the different lists and pages that seem to be buried if not gone entirely. All of the resources one had for making themselves known on YouTube seem to be, more or less, a thing of the past.

Yet, I’m always nostalgic for the things of the past that I didn’t have the opportunity to experience. Oh well.

By: Paul Rodenburg

Paul Rodenburg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:32:27 +0000

I totally agree with you about the “related videos” being the biggest driver. At least in my experience. Now if only I could get those awesome youtube editors to like me too.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:31:16 +0000

Wow, this is like your sixth blog post today. Mix it up a little and make some more videos.

Do you happen to know how much it costs to get that huge video banner ad on the homepage?