I am envious

Enough is enough! There’s been quite a lot coverage all over place already so I will not do any redundant work, but to express how envious I am on the $1.65 billion deal.

A growth from literally 0 to $1.65 b in less than a year, what a miracle benefited from the exploding popularity of web2.0, a yet indefinitely defined term. It’s probably not just YouTube team’s success, but some users too. The video uploader and audiances, all contributed in creating this “ridiculously” huge capital with in the period and successfully converted into real value…

What’s the deal?

Google is bidding on future internet video ads, as analyzed by someone I cannot remember exactly who.

Well, I totally agree with the prediction that companies are moving their ads from TV to Internet. I watch TV as frequently as less than 2 hours every week…I am an extreme example but I think more people will become less “real life social” as I am…(while I am trying hard to get out of the Matrix…). I would be glad if someone cares about people like me, and actually tries to market me, even though I will resist ads. XD.

Good deal?

I don’t know. But buying a video database not immediately means a perfect advertising platform. The content is most important. TV companies could respond with putting their broadcastings online and their professional programs would attract most interests and more importantly, copyrighted programs probably cannot survive on YouTube or any other video sharing services any more. YouTube could degrade to a “funny family videos” collection.