Searching video
Video presents a complex problem for search engines since it is obviously more difficult to index and categorize the content of a video than it is for a text-based site or a single image. Even mighty Google has so far limited itself primarily to YouTube, which it owns. Some specialized search engines have taken up the challenge, however, and the Mossberg Solution has just reviewed three as well as Google Video. The article likes a new service called Truveo. Katherine Boehret writes:
This week, I tested four video-search engines, including revamped entrant Truveo.com, a smartly designed site that combs through Web video from all sorts of sources ranging from YouTube to broadcasting companies. Truveo, a subsidiary of AOL, is stepping out on its own again after spending three years in the background, powering video search for the likes of Microsoft, Brightcove and AOL itself. It unveiled its new site last week, though I’ve been playing with it for a few weeks now.
AOL? Haven’t I heard that name somewhere before?
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Welcome, Hakim. Thanks for commenting and giving us your experience with Google. I said that “..Google has so far limited itself primarily to YouTube” because the Mossberg article says, “Searching on Google video almost always displays only content from Google and its famously acquired site, YouTube. The giant search company is working on improving its search results to show a better variety of content providers.” I rarely search for video myself so I have to take other people’s word for what’s available. As you point out, I’m sure there is plenty of other material and no doubt other content providers will continue to grow as a source for Google.
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Hi,
But mighty Google doesn’t limit itself to YouTube, I use Google video search functionality all the time and I get results from a variety of domains like yahoo, myspace, chinese domains!, …. and AOL (This last one, I remember very well because when I try to watch a video hosted in their site or domain I get “service not available in your region!”).
Anyway, I like this blog and I thought, … well I have to contribute to it even by correcting what I think is not true! … wait a minute, is it really not true?