YouTube is morphing into a popular search engine and a new entry point into the Web.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/business/media/18ping.html?ref=technology

by mercurio • 18 years ago

12 6 18 years ago

I'm very impressed that YouTube has gotten to this point, but this is a great example of how the net evolves in unexpected ways.

Amazingly, YouTube is the number two search site after Google - http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39777/113/

7.6 billion for Google and 2.6 billion for YouTube as of last August.

brandnewlow• 18 years ago

So which company's PR team planted this, Blinkx or AdaptiveBlue.com?

My money's on AdaptiveBlue

josefresco• 18 years ago

THANK you. Fluff pieces like this in big media make me sick.

known• 18 years ago

I hear and I forget. I SEE and I REMEMBER. I do and I understand. -- Confucius

robg• 18 years ago

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

-- Ben Franklin

ttam• 18 years ago

I've heard of this kind of usage before, and it caught me totally by surprise. Google must be loving this. It's no longer a funny/music/weird video portal, it's now a place where people go to find information and knowledge (even more since they moved googletalks into youtube).

YouTube is morphing into a popular search engine and a new entry point into the Web.

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