Google Video

Google Video is a free video sharing and video search engine service from Google that allows anyone to upload video clips to Google's web servers as well as make their own media available free of charge; some videos are also offered for sale through the Google Video Store. Users can search and play these uploaded videos directly from the Google Video website, as well as download video files and remotely embed them on their web pages.

Uploaded videos were saved as a .gvi files under the "Google Videos" folder in "My Videos" and reports of the video(s) details are logged and stored in the user account. The report sorts and lists the number of times that each of the users videos have been viewed and downloaded within a specific time frame. These range from the previous day, week, month or the entire time that the videos have been there for.

In June 2007, right after the YouTube buyout, Google Video starts including videos hosted on concurrent services, in addition to YouTube's and their own uploads. In August 2007, Google decided to stop selling and renting online videos. The move end a 19-month experiment doomed by the proliferation of free clips on other Web sites like the Internet search leader's YouTube subsidiary.

Direct link

: Google Video

Contents

: Almost anything, including full-length movies, documentaries and TV shows.

Site navigation

: Easy to handle.

Streaming speed

: Fast to very fast.

Page load time

: Fast.

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