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Type of site | Video hosting service, video search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Owner | |
| URL | video |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Recommended |
| Launched | January 25, 2005 |
| Current status | Discontinued after August 20, 2012 |
Google Video was a free video hosting service, originally launched by Google on January 25, 2005.[1]
Initially focused on searching TV program transcripts,[2] it soon evolved to allow hosting video clips on Google servers and embedding onto other websites, akin to YouTube.[3]
With Google's acquisition of YouTube, new video uploads ceased in 2009,[4] and the service was ultimately shut down on August 20, 2012.[5]
Thereafter, the web address video.google.com has been reused to host Google Videos search engine.[when?]
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- ^ "Google wants your video". googleblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "Turning Down Uploads at Google Video". Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (July 3, 2012). "Google Shutdowns Continue: iGoogle, Google Video, Google Mini & Others Are Killed | TechCrunch". Retrieved August 6, 2017.