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Originally Posted by buzzsaw
The Google/YouTube acquisition rumors developed quickly over the last few days. After our initial post discussing the rumor, the WSJ (behind a paywall) and the NY Times quickly followed up with their own articles. Neither publication contacted me, and I have no idea who their sources are.Speculation went from there. For example, LeeAnn Prescott at [...]
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GoogleVideo is essentially the same technology minus the end user login/accounts - they even have a video player. If it's the brand and traffic they want then great, but they don't need the technology - they probablly just want the ad inventory.
Seems like with Orkut flailing and Myspace accounting for "
4 percent of all Internet visits and over 17 percent of all page impressions in the U.S" there are bigger fish Google could be going after.
Something doesn't seem right, considering the price tag, with this match up.