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Google Video (Beta) Upload Program launches

Long Tail of video? Meet Google: Google just launched their Video Upload Program.

It's crazy to think that searches on Google Video will now include random people's own video and hopefully you won't be limited by what you can search for and they highlight the good stuff. I suspect the main Google Video site will look less like google.com and more like Google News someday, as they showcase video of all types.

I just tried it out, uploading a few short movies I took on my digital camera. Here's what the uploader looks like when finished:

And here's what my uploaded videos currently look like, while sitting in limbo:

The coolest part is that you can even charge for downloads/viewings of video. I can't wait to see what comes out of this, perhaps Google was trying to one-up companies in the bittorrent and IP-based TV space before they could even get going.

by Matt Haughey April 13, 2005 in News

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