Is Youtube on borrowed time?
Posted on 02. May, 2009 by Robert in Internet
While not directly in the realm of videogaming, YouTube is a global Internet phenomenon that has penetrated nearly every home with a web browser. Of late, the user-generated video website has been used to promote various aspects of videogames whether it be an officially released promo trailer or an illegally shot shakycam reel of beta footage.
A report today from The Business Insider’s Benjamin Wayne suggests that YouTube is doomed. According to the piece, the company can’t easily monetize the traffic coming in from users watching videos. Despite massive growth, ubiquitous global brand awareness, presidential endorsement, and the world’s greatest repository of illegally-pirated video content, Google’s massive video folly is on life-support, and the prognosis is grave.
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web design leeds
Jun 1st, 2009
yes, since its been blocking copyright videos such as music, people are looking elsewhere
Robert Jooste
Jun 11th, 2009
When Youtube started, I thought it was A really great thing. It was, and still is. But with videos and the ever growing popularity of videos online and using so much bandwidth There is bound be come a time when it has to stop, or at least slow down.
I’ve already started looking elsewhere for listening to music. I hate those error messages saying that the content has been blocked. and I can’t listen to the song.