Google is a verb. Nobody looks at you strangely if you say “I Googled it.” I believe I started hearing Google used as a verb almost exactly two years ago, although I’m sure it was around for much longer. So MarquisdeJolie posts the following… will we be saying “I YouTubed a Video” in a few…
Well I never expected to be anonymous on the web. But I also didn’t expect to be targeted by this Google Adsense advertisement. Hmmm. $1000 a month to blog about my sexual dysfunction? Now there’s some interesting reading.
In a recent analyst call, Disney-ABC Television president framed content piracy as a competitor. Disney has always had the most fierce content attorneys, so this is a surprising quote. Via an arstechnica article I found in Adriana’s furl. “So we understand piracy now as a business model,” said Anne Sweeney, the president of Disney-ABC Television…
Now that Google gulped YouTube, the obvious next acquisition target is Metacafe. It’s the highest independent site on the top 10 lists, and I would predict it’s purchased by a paranoid media player by the end of the year, but certainly no later than end of Q1 2007. ReelPopBlog has a nice review of Metacafe,…
Here’s a brilliant sneak preview of the future plans for the YouTube homepage. Watch for a GoogleFox ad you might otherwise miss. I love this parody. It requires and understanding of this Google/YouTube partnership, a “pattern recognition” of similar “mergers,” terrific graphics abilities and sharp humor. Kudos to YouTube’s “Zun.”
An anonymous source sent me this confidential “YouTube Research by Google” video that was meant for internal use only by Google. I think it’s worth the legal risk of posting, because it gives us insights into what due diligence Google conducted before buying YouTube. Google’s board apparently commissioned ethnographic research of the YouTube community —…
Here’s a YouTube video from Ken Goldstein in which he announces Google’s decision to provide video creators 5 cents worth of stock for every video viewed before the October sale of YouTube by Google. It takes the fun out of it to know it’s a hoax, but you may want to view it anyway. And…
While Google/YouTube may change the dynamic of video search, it’s still hopelessly frustrating to find a video online. Wall Street Journal writer Jessica Vascellaro wrote a nice article on video search today. I liked it not just because it was the first time I’ve been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. The article shows that companies have made significant efforts…
Can you believe this guy? He’s writing an article about 10 newsworthy events that aren’t related to Google/YouTube. Is it just me or does Steve look like Brad Pitt?
Final thought today on the YouTube purchase by Google. This morning I had the pleasure of listening to Grant McCracken speak about ethnology (see his blog for a definition). He cited an example to show the importance of well-conducted consumer research — the Quaker/Oats Snapple aquisition. BOOM- what a great anaology for today! Not only is…