YouTube: Google Takeover?

[mmhmm.]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/06/business/main2070433.shtml

Google may be buying YouTube in the near future :o

Alot of money involved, but do the YouTube owners really wanna give up the site? I mean they dont do it for profit, so it must be their pet project. Money probably isnt a major concern, but you never know... IT IS $1.6 BILLION (thats 855,040,000 pounds fyi)

Any thoughts?

[paulzzzzzzz]

So how exactly do they make money ;s (iz fik m8)

[mmhmm.]

So how exactly do they make money ;s (iz fik m8)
YouTube doesnt right now, but do you mean Google?
I guess on advertisements :s they're not doing it for fun obviously
(iz fik tu bruva)

[James!]

10 billion pound for a company that probably cost around a thousand to create. I'd do it :)

[Ezzie.]

Google video...

[mmhmm.]

Google video...
pretty much a flop really..

[-Soph-]

Google video is rubbish.. I can see why they're after youtube.

[James!]

Google video is rubbish.. I can see why they're after youtube.No no no, GoogleVideo is good, but more people use YouTube. :P

[BL!NKEY]

So how exactly do they make money ;s (iz fik m8)

They get tons on advertising

They advertise videos like for NBC and stuff and also other sites

So many hits a day = lots of money

[mmhmm.]

They get tons on advertising

They advertise videos like for NBC and stuff and also other sites

So many hits a day = lots of money

yeah.. i find that hard to believe cuz i know when i'm on google, i'm not clicking on ads and i'm pretty sure most people i know dont either

but that's the only way they can possibly be making money, so i guess people do click them

[Grindie]

I'd say go for it.

[BL!NKEY]

and also if you dont click them you sometimes look at them

And say nike has a new shoe and they advertise it.

Even if people dont click to go to the nike site

they will look at the shoe and if their friends are talking about it they will be like yeah i saw it it looks cool

and they might get it.

[RedStratocas]

The actual google video process might be better, but youtube has far more videos, and that all that really matters.

And youtube makes money by ads, like all sites.

And as for ads, I have never heard of anyone who actually clicked one of those "quizes" or game ads. Seriously, if youre dumb enough to fall for that, how do you know how to work a computer?

[BL!NKEY]

And as for ads, I have never heard of anyone who actually clicked one of those "quizes" or game ads. Seriously, if youre dumb enough to fall for that, how do you know how to work a computer?

kind of off topic but some of the win a free iPod or xbox 360 things work

You have to make a lot of email addresses and sign up for a lot of magazines and stuff but you can cancel them right away and get the stuff after a while.

If you search the internet you can find stories about it.

And on topic yeah google videos is better but youtube has more visiters and more ad renavu

I heard microsoft is making a video hosting thing

I forgot whats it i called

[jerremy iz sad]

on those ads with games i always play but exit the popup :s

[mmhmm.]

on those ads with games i always play but exit the popup :s
haha i do too, or the pop up blocker blocks it ;]

[Ezzie.]

Google vid quality is very poor, Maybe youtube's new name may be google video? ..

[reindeer.]

You dont say? Theyre not going to keep it as youtube are they?

[puffi!!x]

google videos rubbish lolz

[FlyingJesus]

I'd sell it, then use like a millionth of the profit to make a new, better video site.

[the wombats]

I don't think they'll sell it. Well not yet. If Google buy it then they'll spoil it.... And if they rename it then they've deffo's ****ed up.

[alexxxxx]

Google will do it, and then simly remove Google Video or rename YouTube Google Video.

[RedStratocas]

Google vid quality is very poor, Maybe youtube's new name may be google video? ..

Wow, why is everyone saying they're going to change the name? No, they will definatly keep the name YouTube. It's too well known to take away.

[FlyingJesus]

It'll just be
YouTube powered by Google

[RedStratocas]

It'll just be
YouTube powered by Google

Thats all I can see happening. Seriously, it would be like a new owner changing the name of Coca-Cola, it would only hurt the company.

[the wombats]

YouTube only opened in Feb 2005, so for a offer that much for a site that hasn't even been open 2 years is mad...

[RedStratocas]

YouTube only opened in Feb 2005, so for a offer that much for a site that hasn't even been open 2 years is mad...

What's it matter how long it's been open? Its extremely popular.

[^.^]

google will mess up Youtube :(

[ebay]

Google have officialy announced that they are going to buy youtube

[cocaine]

Already posted.

[^.^]

dam you google! and neurotic the other post was saying they MAY buy youtube

[xxMATTGxx]

Googles buying youtube for its google video service really like if microsoft bought apple lol!

I hope they do it. Google Rocks!

[cocaine]

;2323135']dam you google! and neurotic the other post was saying they MAY buy youtube

The thread got merged..

[:Jamie]

Non profitable site and a $1.6 billion offer? gotta be stupid to decline

[^.^]

I think the people that started youtube are gonna have to make a new site with different name because Google will no doubt ruin it.

[Easo]

YouTube obviously is a profitable site, you only have to see the number of visitors it has to work that one out. YouTube reached over 30 million users in comparison to Google who reached around 11 million and Yahoo who reached a pathetic 5 million in an un-posted month. With visitors like this the power of YouTube is amazing and if programs such as NSBC and such PAY to use YouTube then of course they are going to have a healthy profiting package.

YouTube is currently at the TOP of the online video ratings and if taken over by Google Inc Google would also lead this as the internets top video resouce which is why they are offering a substantial ammount of money. But if YouTube declined I could see Google upping their offer.

It's all about the POWER.