Google Video Redesign (Still Not a Search Engine)


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Bobby Tulsiani | April 21, 2008, 02:46 PM

Hello all! As this is my first blog post with JupiterResearch, I thought I would take the opportunity to introduce myself. I am an analyst covering Internet Video and the media industry, and will be writing our research on topics ranging from the Internet Television Value Chain to DVRs. Please do reach out if you have any topics or trends that you think Jupiter should be focusing on.

On to the video news of the day, I was interested to read about the Google Video redesign on NewTeeVee. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the team at MSN Video should be blushing. The ability to watch a video and simultaneously search was a big part of the MSN Video redesign last year.

Beyond all the other new and innovative features, what I found most interesting was the search engine still does a poor job of crawling the web’s videos. A search for “Spurs Suns NBA” still would not return any results from Saturday’s game. A search on Truveo still seems your best bet for finding relevant video.



 
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