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Cause and Effect?
Interesting article in the Times about MySpace blocking YouTube embeds.
Apparently it was all a misunderstanding and has been sorted out.
In any case, if there were any doubt of the engine driving YouTube's growth:
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Posted January 3, 2006 in Venture Capital and TechnologyComments
Yes, there is no doubt. It's the 'Lazy Sunday' SNL video clip.
Posted by: Flynn | Jan 3, 2006 11:40:32 AM
Youtube has some decent SNL clips but how long can it ride on that with other video distribution sites creating better features and allowing longer videos that come across in better picture? If there is a future in internet video distribution sites I don't think it will be with youtube. After all, how hard would it be for myspace to do exactly what youtube does? Check out veoh.com as an example to see what I am saying.
Posted by: Brad | Jan 3, 2006 2:08:11 PM
personally, i think they can 'ride' quite a long time.
YouTube is doing an awesome job, and i don't think it's nearly as simple to copy as everyone else has been suggesting (and if it were, why hasn't that happened? how many other video hosting sites are blowing up that fast?). it's not just the SNL clips.
beyond just the basic video hosting features & scalability issues to build, they've done a great job implementing tagging & discussion features, as well as a pretty good set of discovery methods to find top-rated & most-viewed videos.
could myspace do it / duplicate it? perhaps, although they're already growing so fast i wonder if they have the time to focus on other new horizontal service.
reminds me of the old argument about why eBay couldn't just duplicate the PayPal functionality. they possibly could (and tried), but ultimately PayPal won the race. there are some advantages to being able to focus on a core offering.
no coincidence: the YouTube founders are some old PayPal folks i used to work with who are no stranger to scalability & competing in a crowded market. so far they seem to be doing pretty well.
- dave mcclure
Posted by: Dave McClure | Jan 3, 2006 2:26:10 PM
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