YouGoogle Assimilates the Networks

Official Google Blog: A look ahead at Google Video and YouTube

Starting today, YouTube video results will appear in the Google Video search index: when you click on YouTube thumbnails, you will be taken to YouTube.com to experience the videos. Over time, Google Video will become even more comprehensive as it evolves into a service where you can search for the world’s online video content, irrespective of where it may be hosted.

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Over time, Google Video will become even more comprehensive as it evolves into a service where you can search for the world’s online video content, irrespective of where it may be hosted.

What this means: YouGoogle is going to assimilate the networks. Let them put their content on their own servers and charge what they want. If they want Google users to find them, they’ll give Google a cut.

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