Google YouTube Acquisition
Discussions center on Google's purchase of YouTube after failing with their own Google Video service, emphasizing that YouTube was a popular external platform acquired rather than an in-house innovation, with reflections on its success and value.
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YouTube beat Google video by a mile. Not everything Google does turns to gold.
Why did Google buy YouTube when they have Google Video?
This sounds like what Google went through with Youtube. I like Youtube.
YouTube is an acquisition and they killed Google videos.
Youtube was purchased, so that one isn't anything innovated in house.
Bear in mind, Google did not develop YouTube, and YouTube was incredibly popular long before Google got involved. Google purchased YouTube. Their own video posting service, Google Video, is barely remembered today.
Not exactly first mover : they bought YouTube (and let Google Video to die).
YouTube wasn't a Google innovation. Buying them was their fallback after they gave up on their mediocre Google Videos site.
They did not build YouTube by their knowledge, they acquired competition company. They had Google videos back at that time.
What value does Google get out of YouTube besides the minuscule profit?