Communication through video over the Internet has exploded in popularity over the last few years. This can be mainly attributed to the creators of YouTube, a website where anyone can post videos of their liking and allow the world to see them. Despite being the door openers of video communication, YouTube has now become a household name. Google rebutted with Google Video which is a knockoff of YouTube, but offers more or less the same features as YouTube. Google, the smart company they are, realized that they would not be able to compete at the level YouTube was as at so they bought them out. Now, Google Video has a search engine that can provide links to YouTube videos and many more providers as well.
Like I said before, YouTube has made itself so successful mainly due to their recognized name in society; they have become a household name. By beating out the competition, YouTube forced Google to buy them out which granted the owners with well over a billion dollars.
In terms of use, I found that they are very similar to operate and that the main difference was in the way each website looks. YouTube looks much more appealing with better design and organization. Google Video seems too blank in design and needs to be more appealing to the eye if it wants to attract more users. On the upside, since Google purchased YouTube, Google contains a larger library of videos from YouTube and other providers. With the trends YouTube has created, there is no doubt in my mind that they will own the video sharing industry for many years to come.
An example of a YouTube video is this one showing Mats Sundin's 6 point night agianst the Florida Panthers.
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