View Full Version : Where is YouTube going?
braulio
10-04-2006, 02:45 AM
They were talking about the revenue coming up very short of the bandwith costs and all that...where do you think YT is going and where could it go to make a profit?
adamzx
10-04-2006, 02:48 AM
the only way they can stick around is if they start charging more for advertisements
braulio
10-04-2006, 02:50 AM
I don't think their current ad-support plan is working because I can't even remember the last time I saw an ad on there. Unless you count the Cingular Underground sponsorship, and the upcoming movie's trailers being featured on the front page.
They also have myspace trying to take over too now.
They need something to gain more money, ads more ads?
braulio
10-04-2006, 02:52 AM
I still doubt ads are the answer.
What else can they do, can't charge for accounts, cause they would lose everyone...
braulio
10-04-2006, 02:54 AM
Well they can charge advertisers more but I don't remember any ads from YouTube so they are definately not getting clicks from me. And I'm sure everyone else is becoming immune to the ads as we have to Google Ads basically, just ignoring them, or overlooking them.
vahnx
10-04-2006, 04:00 AM
I think Youtube will survive. And if it doesn't, back to Google Video... Yes... I said it.... Google Video.
braulio
10-04-2006, 04:20 AM
Google Video is alright, just, I don't know what makes YouTube more attractive to view videos on.
But Google Video holds its own, I guess it's jut not organized community-wise at all like YouTube.
adamzx
10-04-2006, 04:27 AM
google video has a system like youtube's but they haven't released it yet
it has the comments feature and everything else
they are just hiding it from us until they perfect it i guess
braulio
10-04-2006, 04:29 AM
Well, I didn't know about that. I like the way Google Video has the ability to download the file for PSP/iPod/PC. That is pretty much AWESOME.
bird603568
10-04-2006, 04:29 AM
where you going? nowhere! ****ing nowhere!
what movie is that from? you guys should know it
casework
10-04-2006, 05:15 AM
My guess is they will develop some new feature or do something stupid like charging or too many advertisements, that will fail, and eventually something new and exciting will come to take its place.
If they play it smart, they could be around for a long time. I think things like having high-quality content from real production companies would be a good step. Playing sitcoms or other shows from TV with extra advertisements but still free for the public(or for free registration - more ads) would be amazing.
nextgenxbox
10-04-2006, 05:35 AM
They need to put ads at the beginning and ending of their videos if they want to make some money.
Advertisers will pay big money if their video is going to be seen by 1 million targeted people.
vahnx
10-04-2006, 12:01 PM
Also there are many other video sites other than Youtube. Google Video, Peekvid, DailyMotion, Break, and many many more. If Youtube went it wouldn't be such a big deal. I just like how well Youtube handles the videos compared to the other sites.
ironroute
10-04-2006, 12:24 PM
During an afternoon PC Forum discussion about "me media," Chad Hurley, CEO of YouTube, talked about what’s going the popular video sharing site, which he said is now serving 30 million videos a day and uploading 30,000 files a day. Hurley said that the site has about 5 million unique users per day. Nielsen/NetRatings clocked YouTube at 9 million unique users in February.
Check out where YouTube is going!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2717
:rolleyes:
Check out where YouTube is going!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2717
:rolleyes:
How messed up would it be if youtube became a TV channel :eek:
metal4rock
10-04-2006, 06:43 PM
Where is YouTube going? Into some major debt.
ariastar
10-04-2006, 08:14 PM
YouTube is going...down the tube?
There really is the problem if copyrighted content being on YouTube. If there was no potential way to make money, this might slide. But if they can make money, it won't be enough to simply have a ToS stating that users agree not to post cc. It will be ignored. At the same time, enforcing it would prove to be a huge challenge. A lot of owners of cc on there would do better to let it be. But not all will.
rabidbadger
10-04-2006, 10:08 PM
Check out where YouTube is going!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2717
I haven't read that yet 'cause I was just about to read this ars (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061003-7892.html) article on the same subject.
anybody check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NqzQ26jJNs