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| Schuy01 |
  Posted 10th Oct 2006 7:48pm |
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Yes, that’s right. Google, in its effort to conquer the internet (insert Invader Zim type theme music here), has bought YouTube! For a grand total of:
~ drum roll ~
$1.65 billion
Here’s the article for more details.
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| D2k |
Posted 10th Oct 2006 8:26pm |
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I saw that last night when i was getting my e-mail (for once  )
Don't really care if Google takes YouTube.com though. |
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Beatonator  |
Posted 10th Oct 2006 9:09pm |
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I read that whilst sitting in the bank today. not bad for the 20-something co-founders who have become multi-millionaire's overnight.  |
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| goober |
Posted 10th Oct 2006 10:50pm |  |
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True, beatonator
I dont think its too bad, they said they were going to aquire it, but they have stated that they plan not to change it at all... if they did, it would be a real big mistake on their part.
I wonder, if they bought it, theyll be bringing in some kind of payed service wont they  |
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Mostertman  |
Posted 10th Oct 2006 11:44pm |
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$1.65 billion
paid for a company that hasn't made any profit since when it started  |
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| elliooo |
Posted 10th Oct 2006 11:48pm |
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| Quoting Mostertman | | paid for a company that hasn't made any profit since when it started |
Maybe now they'll buy L4Y
It's happened so there's not much that we can do about it now, but it's always better to have a few separate companies around, not just one massive corporate entity owning everything. |
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| CommanderViper |
Posted 11th Oct 2006 2:37am |
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| Quoting elliooo | | Quoting Mostertman | | paid for a company that hasn't made any profit since when it started |
Maybe now they'll buy L4Y |
It's funny you say that, some person came to another popular forum that I visit and attempted to buy it. Of course one of the moderator/owners of the site egged the guy on in hopes that the guy would catch the drift that he was simply joking but the buyer took him seriously 
Anyways, back on topic, I'm pretty sure there's little to no chance this will effect Google or YouTube in any way, shape, or form. Just a whole big profit plan by Google. |
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| DaveMan_CI |
Posted 11th Oct 2006 2:40pm |
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so much for google video eh? |
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| goober |
Posted 11th Oct 2006 8:00pm | |
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| Quoting DaveMan_CI | | so much for google video eh? |
no... i do believe they will keep both services open... |
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| DaveMan_CI |
Posted 12th Oct 2006 9:58am |
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| Quoting goober | | no... i do believe they will keep both services open... |
fighting against themselves? I like their style. |
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| LordSeafood |
Posted 12th Oct 2006 12:52pm | |
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They only bought them for the name, they will be keeping both up and getting all the youtube "faithfuls" who would prolly not visit Google Video if they were to close youtube and vice versa.
They will keep both as they are just trying to increase their market share. |
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| DaveMan_CI |
Posted 13th Oct 2006 10:00am |
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| Quoting LordSeafood | | They only bought them for the name |
So u telling me that a company paid 1.6 billion for a website and they aint even going to play with it abit?
Surley google will now have a well paid team of people working on utube on new ideas and upgrades for site... |
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| LordSeafood |
Posted 13th Oct 2006 10:57am | |
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Xfire was bought for $102 Million (i know, only pocket change compared to 1.6billion) and changes for users were minimal.
All becuase Viacom just wanted to increase their portfolio.
Of course YouTube will be changed, but structurally ... users will notice not alot of differnce becuase if they change it they would lose some of their audience.
They could just remove youtube or googlevideo, perhaps even incorporate them both into one thing, but my money is on little change from the consumers point of view. |
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| Ugly Donkey |
Posted 13th Oct 2006 10:59am |
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theyll just add it to there long list of aother aquisitions that they are slowly molding into one huge.. whats the word.. well its kinda late so come up with your own word..
more market shares, the more money the company itself gets so pretty much ya |
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| LordSeafood |
Posted 13th Oct 2006 11:02am | |
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| Quoting Ugly Donkey | | they are slowly molding into one huge.. whats the word.. |
Earth Dominating Corporation? |
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| D2k |
Posted 13th Oct 2006 11:09am |
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I think the correct term your looking for is "One big cancer overgrowth" |
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