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- Eastlygod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29Youtube will be 'one place to go' for video's as much as Google is 'one place to go' for search engines.
It's the only one the general public have heard of, so most of the general public will go there. Simple as that. - TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25"YouTube Won't Rule Online Video Much Longer, Says Diller"
Thats what they said about Google as a search engine... - LiveFastDieOld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22If I knew it was that easy to hijack the online market, I would've been working harder on my Digg ripoff. I have you right where I want you, Rose.
- Gryph1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11abid786,
The difference is AOL was a commercial, and overpriced internet provider. People wanted cheaper alternatives. They also locked you into their crappy software.
The comparison does not work in this case at all. - DiggChainey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I agree.. Sites like http://Metacafe.com, http://Dailymotion.com , and http://XoinKs.com have been around for quite some time and all have strong traffic, demographics, and niches.. I could name a thousand more sites just like them.
- Szandor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Video or it didn't happen.
- Godel, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13If Barry Diller says so, then it must be true.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8This guy doesn't understand that YouTube is NOT about the technology, but about the traffic it receives. It's the most visited page, therefore most content goes there (because most people can see it there).
Google tried to knock down YouTube, too. But they failed and took the other way: Taking over YouTube.
Haven't there been people that meant MySpace to be dead, soon?
There's no way YouTube will NOT rule online video. Especially with their plans to give publisher a share of their revenues will bring people like Ze Frank and other "quality content providers" that moved to smaller platforms, back to YouTube, as there they can have a much bigger audience and through that, they can make more money.
It's not that difficult to understand. - MrSolutions, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Video sharing sites were around before YouTube and YouTube has had a strong hold of about 35% of the market (combined with Google video that is over 50%).
Just because there are other sites which do the same thing doesn't mean that everyone will ditch YouTube. - ThePug, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10It hasn't been the only "tool" for a long time. I think the major media companies should just make their own websites that have the same concept as YouTube, so that they don't have to bitch because nothing they don't want will posted on there.
- FrankieB078, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8And I agree as well. There are a lot of times where I want to see videos that YouTube might not host, BUT, YouTube does dominate most of my time when I peruse video websites. The reason I go to YouTube is because I enjoy a lot of the user created stuff on there rather than the diluted network clips that they post on there.
- russellnation, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It does have the whole name recognition thing going for it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If Youtube allowed porn, it would completely dominate the market.
- BryanJK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5...what does *Apple TV* have to do with online video sharing?
- infectbda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I agree with this point completely. While I think other video services will open up, and they may take good chunks of market share, Youtube will be exactly like what Google is to the search market - a leader.
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3thats what pornotube is for. (the site is crap though, mostly cause of crappy content, lack of content, and too much taking advantage of spamming and ad trickery by the video posters)
- MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This article is retarded. Auction sites are a dime a dozen, but I don't see Ebay going anywhere.
- amalik49, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21994: "No one will ever use another search engine because Webcrawler rocks." 1995: Lycos; 1996: Altavista and Excite; 1997: Dogpile and AskJeeves; 1998: Google; 2000-2: The Internet dies for a while; 2004: Yahoo Search; 2006: Half a billion vertical search engines, etc, ad infinitum
18 months ago no one had heard of YouTube. All Diller's saying (in his convoluted, Old Media way) is that something will displace them at some point. This is not prophetic, but just a fact of life.
And Metacafe's traffic is ass. Something like 2% market share. - jcaino, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4you could say that about digg...
- SimonGray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm sad that Google bought Youtube, Their player software was so much better than Youtube's yet the links on Google Video searches now go straight to Youtube :-(
- Szandor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4[fleeing from a barrage of assorted fruit]
- Leadman584, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I prefer Stage 6 from Divx, as a major player of the future. Those with the bandwidth, are treated to a growing number of HD offerings. The company has hardware deals with every major set top manufacturer (even Sony). Even standard resolution content is 640x480 or better. With a Divx certified player, you download the videos of choice, burn to DVD, and drop it in the player.
I don't work there, wish.
Oh, and check out Diggnation in Divx. See if you like that better than the podcast version. - drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Youtube is ok even though I like liveleak better but someone needs to kick Myspace in the nuts
- cr125er, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3After all the Daily Show and Colbert Report clips were taken down, youtube doesn't rule anything in my book anymore.
- DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OK, I give up. What is a "Barry Diller"? Is it some special kind of loser that just doesn't get it, or is it a blogger that got itself, plus it's other three faked accounts, plus its mother to digg this?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The best Colbert Report worth watching over and over was the "Morning Musume on Colbert Report". I still smile every time I watch his imitation
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1MetaCafe seems to be the popular alternative to YouTube, but:
I just checked, metacafe's player still sucks 100% CPU for me. Must be my combination of security stuffs. Most likely Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall is the cause, but I'll do without metacafe before giving up Kerio!!! - jcs_goog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah right on Mr. Ask, just like your Ask.com will soom topple Google. Here's YouTube's stats:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.youtube.com - SP420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Diller, whose company posted an 85% drop in net income yesterday"
He's just pissed off because his sites can't catch up to YouTube. And it's true, there's a wide plethora of sites just like YouTube that have a large user and video base. But, I think YouTube is going to be the flagship video site for a while, especially with Google behind the scenes. - computerdude33, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have to agree. I believe that there will be specialized video sharing services targeted toward different market. For instance, I often use GameTrailers.com, which has a user video program targeted toward gamers. If there was an Apple-targeted video service, I would use that too.
- bariswheel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4here's the problem with aol:
it sucked. - alteratti, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4well, YouTube hasn't been the only place to go "since it started"
they already had some video sharing sites around in 2005
and it rose to rule all
Diller needs to do some research before he opens his mouth.
this is just another "prediction"
wait 4 more years, and YouTube will be more powerful than anyone would've even thought of
(that's not a prediction, but reality)
have you ever seen a website as popular as YouTube, just "not lasting for long"
"Those tools are going to be everywhere, he predicts"
as if thats still waiting to happen.
they *are* already there, and everybody knows it. - MrSunshine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the future, everybody will be able to upload videos from someone else without their consent and slander them.
- mvopsu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This coming from the programming genius who green-lighted "The Secret Diaries of Desmond Pfeiffer", "Homeboys in Outer Space", and "Shasta McNasty" for UPN.
I'm shocked that an executive at a competing company would be "down" on Youtube... Hey! did you hear the news? The president of Pepsi thinks that Coke will crumble in the future! - 4NDr01D, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1quit talking crap and do something
everytime I read something about Killer App
I'm never impressed
when I hear kids at the coffee shop talking about _______
(YouTube or Myspace) then you know something has reached critcal mass - zmigliozzi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1im sure apple said something like that about microsoft as well.
- aliengoods, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2While its true the tools will be everywhere, SO WHAT? The tools for online photos, as well as the bandwidth, are everywhere now, and the only thing that is slowing Flickr down is Yahoo and the way they're handling 'integration'. For video, bandwidth is vital, so its going to take a player with some major cash to compete. Right now, I don't see any on the horizon.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1liveleak is far better than youtube
- bobothn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Just a myspace will not stay popular because their are plenty of other sites out their or AIM will die off because it is a horrid chat agent and people will stop using windows because linux is as good and free. Oh wait no because people don't care witch site is the best the only thing they care about is what their friends use.
- superpixel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1well, it's Diller's job to say this-- what else is he going to do for his stockholders? say YouTube wins and we're all just going home? No, like the blogosphere, there's plenty of room for everyone. Almost. Still, as we found in bubble 1.0 and we're finding now (in the non-bubble web world), being a leader and getting a large base counts for quite a bit. MySpace is dreck, but it enjoys a comfortable lead-- and will continue because "most people don't know any better." Let's face it, the average user finds something they like, which works reasonably well for them (Hotmail), and they stick with it, no matter how "cool" new stuff is. Basic business as usual...
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1From what I've seen YouTube is the only decently working video site. I block ALL ActiveX! And almost all video sites, other than YouTube use ActiveX. That's right, I refuse to use Google Videos because it requires unblocking ActiveX! There have been a couple other video sites that don't use the unneeded ActiveX, but most of them have serious problems with their players. Take metacafe or whatever it was, with its 100% CPU bug in it's player.
I would trust Google to run their ActiveX, but I wouldn't give any other video site the opportunity, as they probably install malware with their ActiveX.
To sum it up, allowing ActiveX is giving a site the key to your computer, and I don't trust these video sites that much. When business is bad, they turn to malware. It's bad enough you must allow flash a and java script to run a video. People should be more aware of what client side operations sites are pushing them to allow.
On another note: Just say NO to sites that needlessly require client side scripts! (java script/vb script) - jackbauer007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this guy is a fool...the same way google won't rule all the search engines?...it is clear google is the best search engine ..it is clear youtube is here to stay and is to remain on top
- raid517, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But you see the thing is we like YouTube... In the same way we like Google. Somehow in it's simplicity it has won our affections.
However - and I know this sounds a surprising thing to say - Yahoo are also doing some pretty neat stuff recently.
I would never have previously given any credence to Yahoo at all. But I find myself admiring a lot of the work they are doing more and more - not just in Video, which still isn't as useful as Google video, or Youtube - but in lot's of other areas - and particularly in a lot of their web 2.0 work.
Anyway I can't see anyone displacing YouTube any time soon - unless the MPAA and other TV studios find a way to cripple it and shut it down. - benzete, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have to disagree. It's all about who got there first, or at least whose exposure made them seem like the biggest. I don't know if that made sense, but basically look at MySpace. Any computer savvy person will say that the site is a piece of crap, but look at how long they've been around and how long they've been at #1, even though there's many alternatives that have better websites etc. People hate change. Most of those people don't know or don't care about alternatives.
- ZooyorQ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The problem is that Youtube and the likes all use user submitted content, if you're a user submitting content you're going to submit it to a site that has the largest userbase...
I wish that wasn't the case because I'd love to see threadless knocked off its block and replaced by a company who does something similar but doesn't churn out "witty" unicorn and mustard/ketchup bottle pun shirts. - webwatch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I tend to agree with Mr. Diller. Google search engine has a secret sauce that other search engines don't seem to have. YouTube is just the current most popular video hosting/sharing site. How long will it be before some of YouTube clones out there catch up with YouTube. Already some sites do a better job of serving niche interests.
A comprehensive list of various video sites can be found here - http://webvideowatch.com - omfgitsronlolz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I dont think youtube will be going anywhere. The ease of browsing that site cannot be duplicated.
- morsosky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1i definetly am not as enthused about visiting youtube as I was about 6 months ago; things have changed for the worse on the site but I do think if they start offering revenue sharing that will change things big time for the better in terms of original, creative content.
- Jeffler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hey, Michael Malone, by your theory, Netscape should pound the ***** out of digg within 3 months?
Please, just shut up. - abid786, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7though i dont agree with you, AOL was also (once) the 'one and only place to go' for Internet. How the times have changed...
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