> Been meaning to ask you what you thought of the new google video. I think its getting a little better, but its still far from good. Remember though, this is a very new direction for Goog. This is their first real attempt at e-commerce. This is also the first Google Search product that only searches Google's resources... expect similar from Google Base. This is a very interesting shift in strategy for Goog since all other search products are defined by their usefulness in their ability to link outbound from Google.
Right now I think the Google Video Store interface needs a lot of work. It is also drastically lacking in terms of mainstream content. Let's compare, Apple started their video store with Desperate Housewives, Lost, and videos from U2 and Madonna. Google started theirs with CSI (okay), old Charlie Rose episodes, and old Brady Bunch episodes. Perhaps the thought of non-mainstream content providers setting their own price for download is attractive... we'll have to wait and see. But I'm told that the purchased videos from Google (I haven't attempted yet) only play in a special Google Video player and are not interoperable with any other media players. To me, this makes the value of their video offering significantly less... I'd be buying something that's designed to be broken (thank you DRM). Now, if I bought something that I could burn to a DVD (fair use if just fo me), shift to my TV somehow, put on my iPod or PSP, etc, then that would be of value. But here's the deal. Google has the luxury of time. They'll get better. They have a history of doing this. Starting with an initial crappy offering and then improving as they go. They've got enough money and engineering talent to see it through. So I guess we just have to wait and see. I agree with you though, I don't see this as being of much real use to videobloggers. -Josh On 1/15/06, Michael Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy Josh, > > Been meaning to ask you what you thought of the new google video. It > seems to be moving in the right direction. It's still of no practical > use to vloggers since you can't enclose a link to a video, but it's > no longer quite the media trap it once was, and the potential for > anyone to sell videos through it means it could be very accessible > and long tail... not just a marketplace for hollywood content. > > More below. > > > > > On Jan 15, 2006, at 1:11 AM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: > > > > apparently the videos you can purchase through Google Video Store > > aren't made to be played in common media players. Here's a hack to > > download AVI versions of the videos: > > http://www.querocarromogi.com/videogoogle/ > > I'm not sure about "pay only' videos... very interested to hear more, > but for free videos if you choose download for ipod or PSP you get a > portable standard format mp4 you can take anywhere or do anything with. > > Anyone else try purchasing content through google video? > > -Mike > > > -Josh > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
