King of Video Sharing? YouTube ?
Nathan Weinberg at Inside Google is claiming that YouTube has moved ahead of Google Video in terms of popularity. I totally agree. But it’s not just Google – these guys have moved ahead of everybody! This week, I caught a roundup of the “Flickrs of video” – here’s the list:
–Clipshack
–VSocial
–Grouper
–GoogleVideo
–Metacafe
–Castpost
–Vimeo
–Revver
–OurMedia
YouTube is way ahead of many of these services – YouTube videos are appearing on blogs and websites all over the place. OurMedia is also excellent, but it’s a non-profit and I’m more interested in startups right now. I’m also a fan of Grouper – it’s definitely one to watch.
Now correct me if I’m wrong, but the only video sharing service with a clear business model right now is Revver – they’re putting ads in videos and splitting the revenue with the content creator. Even this seems like a difficult thing to pull off – can they earn enough from the ads to pay for their bandwidth and reward the content creators? I’m not sure – but I’m keen to find out.
UPDATE (October 9th 2006): Google has bought YouTube. See this post for the announcement and this one for the rumors. Also check out the YouTube category for the whole story and all the latest YouTube news. To subscribe to YouTube news, select “YouTube only” from the menu at the top right of the sidebar and enter your email address.
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