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shmokes:
It's what Google does, man. Look at what they're doing with Google Calendar, Google Docs, etc. Now the Google phone is coming and it's going to have seamless integration with all that (presumably it'll have seamless integration with YouTube too). Same with Google Maps. They buy the Keyhole Earth software thing, change it from super expensive to super free, overlay GIS maps of streets, etc., and it's all free. Everybody uses it, and pretty soon commercial applications just grow organically out of it and they start raking in shitloads of money. Often I look at the way things work out and think . . . jesus, did they plan for that to happen or do they just get lucky? By the way, Google bought Sketchup a couple years ago, and at first I thought the acquisition made no sense at all. But I've decided that I think they plan to start modeling the world in 3D, which they will then add to Google Maps. Every building, etc.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: mountain on November 06, 2007, 06:25:38 pm ---My guess is they are banking on the exposure. The youtube logo is conveniently displayed on the bottom right.
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If there is one name that doesn't need additional exposure right now, it's youtube.
shmokes is probably right... it's just their business plan. And look at their market cap. Clearly I am not understanding their vision and just as clearly it's working.
shardian:
This should add a whole new dimension to the cheesecake thread. >:D :cheers:
Donkey_Kong:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 07, 2007, 07:50:51 am ---
--- Quote from: mountain on November 06, 2007, 06:25:38 pm ---My guess is they are banking on the exposure. The youtube logo is conveniently displayed on the bottom right.
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If there is one name that doesn't need additional exposure right now, it's youtube.
shmokes is probably right... it's just their business plan. And look at their market cap. Clearly I am not understanding their vision and just as clearly it's working.
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Scroll up to Saint's original post... See the video screen? See the big 'play icon' symbol in the center of the video image? Click anywhere but the 'play icon'.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 06, 2007, 04:02:32 pm ---
I wonder what they get from that... I guess it's less bandwidth than everyone just linking to their pages, but then again, at least that gets users onto their site. This is just serving up content to anyone anywhere with little in return.
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in the end, theyll get nothing. well see how many 'facebooks' and 'youtubes' are around after the next major recession ;)
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