Comments on: Youtube’s Desperation http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/ the mark cuban weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: inwithit http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-56574 inwithit Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:57:42 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-56574 i have a basement basketball league. if any wants to join say yeah. you must have 2 48 inch backboards with any hoops and three to five people. if you dont have a basement and perfer a gym then thas okay. i have a basement basketball league. if any wants to join say yeah. you must have 2 48 inch backboards with any hoops and three to five people. if you dont have a basement and perfer a gym then thas okay.

]]> By: markcuban http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-56031 markcuban Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:27:14 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-56031 <strong>From MC> you might want to look at the DMCA again. If they look for anything and review the videos at all, they have to look for everything m</strong> From MC>
you might want to look at the DMCA again. If they look for anything and review the videos at all, they have to look for everything

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]]> By: bill ross http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-56013 bill ross Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:13:28 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-56013 Mark, The law is clear: It is up to the copyright holder to prove a violation of copyright and notify the violator. It is not YouTube's responsibility to search every video for copyrighted content. I think the better question is why the search on YouTube is AWFUL! And GOOG owns it! I think it is normal for GOOG to try and find a way to profit from YouTube. You cannot just put up a text ad. Mark,
The law is clear: It is up to the copyright holder to prove a violation of copyright and notify the violator. It is not YouTube’s responsibility to search every video for copyrighted content.

I think the better question is why the search on YouTube is AWFUL! And GOOG owns it!

I think it is normal for GOOG to try and find a way to profit from YouTube. You cannot just put up a text ad.

]]> By: Justin Connolly http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-55822 Justin Connolly Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:14:36 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-55822 You Tube doesn't have to morph into two websites. the big value of You Tube is as the first place you go to search for a video they want to see, b/c to date, it's still the most likely to have whatever you want to watch. you can spend five minutes looking on Hulu for a SNL clip that you can find on You Tube in one search. so you suffer the lower quality for the convenience. all that ad experimentation definitely sucks, but three years out I see You Tube as the place to go for all video:cheap, UGC stuff will still broadcast cheap and cheerful without ads, and professional content will broadcast at higher quality with ads. You Tube doesn’t have to morph into two websites. the big value of You Tube is as the first place you go to search for a video they want to see, b/c to date, it’s still the most likely to have whatever you want to watch. you can spend five minutes looking on Hulu for a SNL clip that you can find on You Tube in one search. so you suffer the lower quality for the convenience.

all that ad experimentation definitely sucks, but three years out I see You Tube as the place to go for all video:cheap, UGC stuff will still broadcast cheap and cheerful without ads, and professional content will broadcast at higher quality with ads.

]]> By: slowblogger http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-55702 slowblogger Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:44:55 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-55702 I wrote a blog post inspired by this. Google needs to think about more direct monetization. http://www.slowblogger.com/2008/12/how-i-would-monetize-youtube.html I wrote a blog post inspired by this. Google needs to think about more direct monetization.
http://www.slowblogger.com/2008/12/how-i-would-monetize-youtube.html

]]> By: Shafeen Charania http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-55682 Shafeen Charania Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:35:01 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-55682 Youtube definitely appears to be on the defensive. I wonder if they are also facing the fact that there is an additional dynamic - that long-tail content will attract a diminishing number of advertisers. Because Google and other crawlers are far-reaching, the more precise your search gets, the more likely you are to quickly find what you're looking for. The long tail world by definition is a huge collection of precisely-defined categories. As a property, if I can be found anyway, I will be less inclined to maintain my ad spend once I've achieved critical mass. I wrote about this idea here: http://interacc.typepad.com/synthesis/2008/12/long-tail-advertising.html. If this is a reasonable thesis, then Youtube's future looks even more grim... Youtube definitely appears to be on the defensive. I wonder if they are also facing the fact that there is an additional dynamic – that long-tail content will attract a diminishing number of advertisers.

Because Google and other crawlers are far-reaching, the more precise your search gets, the more likely you are to quickly find what you’re looking for. The long tail world by definition is a huge collection of precisely-defined categories. As a property, if I can be found anyway, I will be less inclined to maintain my ad spend once I’ve achieved critical mass. I wrote about this idea here: http://interacc.typepad.com/synthesis/2008/12/long-tail-advertising.html.

If this is a reasonable thesis, then Youtube’s future looks even more grim…

]]> By: More YouTube Data : Beyond Search http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-55639 More YouTube Data : Beyond Search Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:02:21 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-55639 [...] Cuban, blog maverick, wrote “YouTube’s Desperation.” You can read the article here. Mr. Cuban wrote a thoughtful analysis of the challenges YouTube presents to Google’s [...] [...] Cuban, blog maverick, wrote “YouTube’s Desperation.” You can read the article here. Mr. Cuban wrote a thoughtful analysis of the challenges YouTube presents to Google’s [...]

]]> By: dfmediainc http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-55637 dfmediainc Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:20:44 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-55637 I like the changes being made at YouTube, I would like to see them further integrate "professional" content, and I believe they are on the right track. Beyond this I believe YouTube is a very important tool for the common man, too bad if it steps on the toes of elitest gatekeepers. I like the changes being made at YouTube, I would like to see them further integrate
“professional” content, and I believe they are on the right track.

Beyond this I believe YouTube is a very important tool for the common man, too bad if it steps on the toes of elitest gatekeepers.

]]> By: econ365 http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-55634 econ365 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:42:00 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-55634 Youtube just booked 100mm+ visitors and 5.4B+ videos viewed in October. I do not think that monetizing will be a problem if those numbers continue; Regardless of how they do it. Youtube just booked 100mm+ visitors and 5.4B+ videos viewed in October. I do not think that monetizing will be a problem if those numbers continue; Regardless of how they do it.

]]> By: HDYT - High Def You Tube? :: Tom Altman’s Wedia Conversation http://blogmaverick.com/2008/12/05/youtubes-desperation/#comment-55626 HDYT - High Def You Tube? :: Tom Altman’s Wedia Conversation Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:52:03 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=907#comment-55626 [...] was all spurred when I read blogmaverick’s post called “Youtube’s Desperation” Where does that leave Youtube ? Actually in a far better place. Two websites. One of which [...] [...] was all spurred when I read blogmaverick’s post called “Youtube’s Desperation” Where does that leave Youtube ? Actually in a far better place. Two websites. One of which [...]

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