Did Google Pay Too Much for YouTube?
The landmark announcement on October 9 that Google would aquire Youtube for $1.6bn in stock has rocked the internet video world. Predictably there has been alot of discussion about the deal - ALOT - but how does one decide if they paid too much..?!? When the rumors started swirling around, thanks to a post on TechCrunch, we came across this cool little app., according to it’s calculation indeed Google seems to have paid about 6x more than it should have. Then again everyone thought Microsoft paid way too much for Hotmail back in the day.. but now the companies book value shows it to be worth several times more.
Time will tell but this much is clear now; internet video has finally hit main-stream and we are def. in the early stages of bubble 2.0 so best cash-out while you still can. Wonder how long it will take to incorporate other product into the GooTube platform.. 
Sorry for the post lag - we needed some offline rehab time to ‘breathe’
- Also of interest - so says the machine:
Google to Combine AdSense with YouTube
And so the "Aha Hammer" finally drops.. Google has admitted it will integrate the YouTube platform their AdSense unit in order to raise awareness and revenues for themselves all players going forward. "Video units" will display two different kinds of advertising, both pegged to the content of the site and theVideoSift: Digg’s for YouTube and Google Video
We’ve all seen lots of YouTube and Google Video portal type content but now - and lets face it folks it was only a matter of time - here’s a a Digg like collaborative community driven site for trolling up the video on the web; check it out atMSN and Time Warner Winning Web Video Ads
Microsoft Corp.’s MSN has a strong position in Web video ads, ahead of Google and Time Warner’s AOL and behind only Yahoo, in contrast to its almost non-existent market share in the pay-per-click and banner ad market. MSN spent heavily in recent years to acquire Internet rights to programming fromGoogle Trials Video Adsense
Using its nearly ubiquitous AdSense network, Google is going to start delivering video ads from The Wall Street Journal, Life/Style Television and others to a small group of sites that choose to test the new program. Like their standard text ads, the video ones will be determined contextually. Of course,YouTube’s New Ad Model(s)
YouTube has created a new advertising concept called participatory video ads. Each day at YouTube's home page, one video ad will be featured. It will rise and fall based on its own entertainment merits, judged by users. The participatory video ad, which visitors must click on to view, is oneHBO Special - Hacking Democracy
Since America 'votes' today we thought this was a timely post.. via Google video. (Run-time 1hr 21mins)Google Buys Web Video Conferencing Technology
"To clarify.. we acquired Marratech's software, not the company." According to this article on Mercury News: "As a company, we thrive on casual interactions and spontaneous collaboration," Douglas Merrill, Google's vice president of engineering, wrote in the blog post. "So we're excited about acquiring Marratech's video conferencing software, which will enableGoogle Video Link to the Scene
Has this ever happened to you? You’re watching this documentary on monkeys and then halfway through, this monkey does the funniest thing ever. So of course, you want nothing more than to share this hilarious monkey moment with your friends. Now, on Google Video, doing just that is easier than
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