Yahoo! takes aim at YouTube with launch of Yahoo! Video

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Yahoo! takes aim at YouTube with launch of Yahoo! Video

06-02-2006, 08:17 AM,

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Yahoo! takes aim at YouTube with launch of Yahoo! Video

Yahoo tries to capitalize on the popularity of YouTube by launching new Yahoo Video service.

Quote:Yahoo has launched a movie search service in order to capitalize on the growing popularity of A/V content. Available at video.yahoo.com as of last night, the video search features a clean interface vaguely reminiscent of the updated Yahoo frontpage. You can discern the Yahoo-ness of the new service right away.

Google Video just dumps some videos in your lap and expects you to know what to do with them. Yahoo is driven by its users, and it shows in the organization of the new service. On the initial page, handpicked "featured" videos are the first thing you see, with "popular" content prominently placed as well...

full article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060601-6967.html

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