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Top 12 Google Labs experiments: Written on Fri, 02/11/11 - 7:29pm; Take thousands of the world's most brilliant engineers and tell them to spend 20% of their time on whatever takes their fancy. Then give them a home for the results. That playground exists at Google Labs. (function() {
YouTube Tops Google's IPv6 Agenda: Written on Fri, 11/20/09 - 6:59pm; Google's IPv6 development team has built support for next-generation Internet standards into the Chrome operating system and the Android platform for mobile devices. Now the team has set its sights on YouTube, which is its top priority.
Google launches YouTube site to teach citizens how to become journalists: Written on Mon, 06/29/09 - 5:54pm; One of the more interesting phenomena created by the Internet is citizen journalism. And no where is it more apparent than on YouTube where anyone can upload a video documenting just about anything. To that end, Google has launched a site called YouTube Reporter' Center which hopes to train average citizens...
Hulu may get Disney, but YouTube helps deliver babies: Written on Mon, 05/04/09 - 11:11am; As YouTube and Hulu continue to fight for online viewers' hearts and minds, YouTube is banking that users--and advertisers--will see that it has its priorities straight. After all, what's more important in the grand scheme of things, offering full-length Disney movies and shows online like Hulu or...
Hulu continues to nip at YouTube's heels: Written on Thu, 04/30/09 - 11:24am; Google and YouTube are still far and away the biggest purveyors of online videos, garnering a whopping 40.9% of overall market share in March, according to new research by comScore. But Hulu is making big gains fast, posting a 20% uptick in unique visitors (although it still claims just 2.6% of the total...
Google adds nation-building to its resume: Written on Tue, 04/21/09 - 9:48am; As if tracking the flu, nursing the planet's climate and fighting terrorism weren't enough, Google is now offering its expertise to Iraq in order to help that beleaguered country move a bit closer to democracy. Is there nothing Google can't do?
Google beats estimates, for now: Written on Fri, 04/17/09 - 10:30am; Like most everything Google, its reported Q1 results had a good side and a bad side--and the initial stock market reaction to its report reflected that reality. On the good side, Google beat analyst estimates to post an 8.9% increase in net income. On the bad side, it reported its first-ever sequential...
YouTube skirts Korean user ID law: Written on Mon, 04/13/09 - 8:53am; Maybe anonymity isn't all it's made out to be online, but YouTube Korea is actively supporting its users' aura of anonymity nonetheless. Rather than support a new law that requires users contributing to YouTube first provide their real name and national ID card number, YouTube Korea has instead disabled...
YouTube, Hulu vie for premium Disney content: Written on Tue, 03/31/09 - 9:51am; When it comes to showing TV clips, sports highlights and other short-form video content, Disney's decided YouTube is the way to go, and it signed a deal this week to do just that. But the question is far more murky when it comes to full-length episodes and other long-form content.
Google aims for easier, bigger video ad buys: Written on Fri, 03/27/09 - 12:45pm; Now that viewers can watch their favorite shows on TV, online via Hulu.com and various network-sponsored sites, or even on YouTube, Google thinks it's time advertisers had similar flexibility. According to the Wall St. Journal, Google is testing a new technology that will let advertisers more easily...
Report: YouTube, Universal building Internet-age MTV: Written on Thu, 03/05/09 - 8:42am; Once again, Google is trying to generate some real cash from YouTube. This time, it's reportedly teaming up with the nation's largest recording company, Universal Music, to build a premium music video site that aims to attract high-end advertisers that may have shied away from low-brow YouTube in the...
YouTube now offers video downloads: Written on Tue, 01/20/09 - 10:22am; Regular viewers of Barack Obama's weekly address on YouTube noticed something new this time around. Right below the video was a new feature: Click to download. Seems Google has decided to add a download option to a select subset of YouTube videos, beginning with those on the ChangeDotGov YouTube channel.
Google revs Apps revenue-generating engine: Written on Wed, 01/14/09 - 9:40am; A big hit against Google has always been that it's just a one-trick-pony. It receives nearly all its revenue (some say 99%) from search advertising, reaping very little from its myriad other promising businesses, like Apps and YouTube.
Top 5 Google Subnet predictions for 2009: Written on Wed, 12/31/08 - 9:47am; As 2008 comes to a close, the bloggers of Google Subnet put aside the champagne (for just a minute) to look ahead to 2009 and what it may bring for all things Google. Here are our top five predictions for Google in the coming year. 1. Android: No bang, no whimper
Google AdSense policy curtails free speech: Written on Wed, 12/17/08 - 9:40am; Or so says CNET's Chris Soghoian. Turns out Google censored a political ad Soghoian tried to run via AdSense because it used "AT&T" in the text, violating Google's policy on trademarks. And while Google's policy is clearly stated, the rule effectively squelches any ad-based attempt to hold corporations...
YouTube adds the symphony, removes the porn: Written on Thu, 12/04/08 - 9:37am
YouTube adds local video search: Written on Tue, 11/18/08 - 11:03am; Wondering what your town is uploading to YouTube? Google just launched a new location-based search feature for the video site, based on Gears and the new GeoLocation API, that shows you every video uploaded within a certain distance of your actual location. The new feature is based on Gears and...
YouTube tries yet another ad format: Written on Thu, 11/13/08 - 10:15am; Google has been searching for a way to make money from YouTube ever since it bought the company for a cool $1.6 billion in 2006, but it has yet to stumble upon the right formula. So far, it offers quick video ads before and during YouTube videos, as well as text-based search ads alongside YouTube search...
YouTube still searching for money-making formula: Written on Tue, 10/14/08 - 9:31am; YouTube is a lot like the current U.S. economy. The powers that be are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at it in an effort to make it work. Last week, it was the idea of making YouTube an e-commerce destination by adding click-to-buy. This week, it's adding full-length TV shows sprinkled with...
Google tries yet another way to monetize YouTube: Written on Wed, 10/08/08 - 8:47am; Google is still experimenting with ways to make money off of YouTube. So far, the company has tried text ads, pre-roll ads, and leveraging its Video ID content monitoring to spur more ad buys. Now it's taking a different tack--making YouTube a launching pad for e-commerce.

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