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Sep 2, 2021 · Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion nearly 15 years ago. It has been a tremendous success for parent company Alphabet, now contributing nearly 11% to overall revenue.
- Popularity
- Not Making The Same Mistake Twice
- Community
- Usability & Stickiness
- Advertising and Money
YouTube is the 10th most popular online destination according to Alexa and if you don’t trust Alexa information, its also ranked as the third most popular steaming video site by comScore Media Metrix and #1 visited online video site according to Hitwise. Google Video is no where near the top online video site, at this moment, and hovers among MSN a...
Google made a $610 million mistake this year by not acquiring MySpace when they had the chance. Instead News Corp’s Fox Interactive bought MySpace for the bargain price of $580 as MySpace’s parent company was looking to sell fast in order to avoid lawsuits (over spamming, not copyrights). Then, Google turned around and sunk $900 million into a MySp...
YouTube enjoys a much more active, enthusiastic and loyal following than any video service which has been launched by a search engine company, even more active in terms of uploading and sharing by netizens than Yahoo Video. With 35 million users in the United States alone, YouTube has proven that the success of online video is based upon sharing, c...
This kind of falls into the classification of popularity, but users like YouTube more than they do Google Video. They stick around and watch more content on YouTube, while at Google Video they don’t seem to stick around quite as long. Hitwise says that “YouTube’s average session time is double that of Google Video’s, at 18 minutes 33 seconds in the...
Throw community, popularity, and stickiness to the side for now and let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. Purchasing YouTube at the price of $1.6 Billion would not be a crazy investment for Google. If YouTube serves 100 million videos a day, that’s 365,000,000,000 a year… or roughly 3.65 cents per video. If anyone can turn a profit off of YouTube, it...
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Oct 10, 2016 · Definitely. In 2006, YouTube was basically America’s Funniest Online Videos + illegal SNL clips. Since then Google has made smart decisions to expand the site’s ambitions. Splitting ad...
- Victor Luckerson
Jun 1, 2020 · YouTube's sale to Google for $1.65 billion in October 2006 altered the course of Silicon Valley history. In honor of YouTube's 15th anniversary, Business Insider spoke with early...
- Henry Blodget
Oct 9, 2006 · NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Google, the Internet's leading search engine, announced Monday that it is buying popular online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. YouTube, which was...
Oct 9, 2006 · Internet search leader Google Inc. made a giant leap Monday into the burgeoning online video industry by snatching up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion US.
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Oct 9, 2006 · Google Inc. is snapping up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in a deal that catapults the Internet search leader to a starring role in the online video revolution.
