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Has the tide turned for YouTube/Google? (ComScore says so but doesn’t scream it) The next phase of online video

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Over the past year, I’ve kept my eye on ComScore’s monthly press releases of the Video Metrix service which outlines the market share of online videos. It seemed as though this juggernaut was defying a strong current internet trend – the deportalization of content. People think “online video” and head directly to YouTube.

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Has the tide turned for YouTube/Google? (ComScore says so but doesn’t scream it) The next phase of online video

Genuine VC

Over the past year, I’ve kept my eye on ComScore’s monthly press releases of the Video Metrix service which outlines the market share of online videos. It seemed as though this juggernaut was defying a strong current internet trend – the deportalization of content. People think “online video” and head directly to YouTube.

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Seven Coming Digital Uber-trends which Are Ripe for Startup Opportunities

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Fundamental shift demographics of internet usage. The demographics of internet utilization are rapidly changing. Domestically, we have a growing population of youth who have never known life without internet and mobile phone. Wide proliferation of video. The long-tail of video content will be wagging. and English.

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The Shift Towards Universal Search

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Of course, Google announced its "Universal Search" all the way back in May, touted by Marissa Mayer on their blog "to blend content from Images, Maps, Books, Video, and News into our web results.". When people begin to find video and other content "serendipitously," it begs the question how the content got there in the first place.

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It's Always Sunny on the Web

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A notable insight here occurs if we layer the do’er construct on top two other key internet trends - the deportalization of the web and the rise of online video – from which we can gleen some interesting areas for disruptive opportunity. Almost all of the video we watch online is in receiving mode.

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It's Always Sunny on the Web

Genuine VC

A notable insight here occurs if we layer the do’er construct on top two other key internet trends - the deportalization of the web and the rise of online video – from which we can gleen some interesting areas for disruptive opportunity. Almost all of the video we watch online is in receiving mode.

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Why AOL's "About.com 2.0" strategy will work. for a while

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As the internet becomes more fragmented, when– if you can produce great content in niche areas and then really leverage the distribution on the internet, you’re looking at a very high scale, high ROI, return-on-capital business.” We wanna have a lot of properties with a lotta users on them.

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