Google Video: Not Ready for Prime Time Yet

Iria · Aug 20, 2006, 01:48 AM

Source: TechNewsWorld
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The list of Web sites serving up an array of video services is getting longer all the time. Most are a clearinghouse for countless short clips, ranging from the humorous to informative to downright odd. Some provide tools for uploading and sharing. Others are online video stores. Some, including Google Video, are a combination of all three.

This site from search giant Google is still in the testing phase, so the features and content are likely to change in coming months. But Google is putting enough emphasis on the site -- nudging aside Froogle on its main page to make room for the video search tool -- that it seemed worthy of inclusion in our series on Web video sites. My early take: Google Video is a decidedly mixed bag. The site is chock full of those funny and often bizarre videos you find zipping around the Net. It also has material for sale from CBS and the National Basketball Assn., but overall, it's limited and less than spectacular.

Aug 20, 2006, 01:48 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Google Video: Not Ready for Prime Time Yet Source: TechNewsWorld ________ The list of Web sites serving up an array of video services is getting longer all the time. Most are a clearinghouse for countless short clips, ranging from the humorous to informative to downright odd. Some provide tools for uploading and sharing. Others are online video stores. Some, including Google Video, are a combination of all three. This site from search giant Google is still in the testing phase, so the features and content are likely to change in coming months. But Google is putting enough emphasis on the site -- nudging aside Froogle on its main page to make room for the video search tool -- that it seemed worthy of inclusion in our series on Web video sites. My early take: Google Video is a decidedly mixed bag. The site is chock full of those funny and often bizarre videos you find zipping around the Net. It also has material for sale from CBS and the National Basketball Assn., but overall, it's limited and less than spectacular.