Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google video'

A Google Web Search Help thread reports that Google has been the target of spammers who are trying to push their pornographic videos into Google. This is nothing new, but the terms these spammers are using now include Holocaust related...

Posted on September 30, 2009 9:11 AM

Just a couple weeks ago, we reported about a Google Video redesign that upset users. In short, they changed how the Google Video search results displayed. Well, it looks like Google is testing search refinements on the video results pages....

Posted on May 6, 2009 8:59 AM

It appears Google has launched a redesign of the search results pages on Google Video. For example, a search on barry schwartz returns search results on the left side and the video on the right. If you click on a...

Posted on April 22, 2009 9:29 AM

If you visit Google Video today, you might be missing some of the old features we had just a short while ago. It seems like we are missing videos categorized as "Movers & Shakers," "Hot videos," which showed most viewed,...

Posted on February 17, 2009 8:49 AM

The other day, we reported that Google began cutting jobs, offices and services. Part of that, was cutting the ability to do video uploads at Google Video. A concerned Google Apps user asked a valid question. He asked in a...

Posted on January 19, 2009 8:28 AM

Seems like the economy is getting to everyone, including the all mighty and recession proof Google. In summary, Google has begun cutting out services they provide, they have cut 100 recruiters (i.e. less hiring) and they are closing offices, which...

Posted on January 15, 2009 8:19 AM

It seems like we have confirmed reports from a Googler in Google Groups that Google's video crawler, part of the GoogleBot family, is not playing nice. In short, even though you may be telling Google not to crawl your videos,...

Posted on December 1, 2008 8:14 AM

Since we have concluded video is important for your overall search efforts, I figured I follow up about a recent thread I spotted at Google Groups about the question on if Google supports MRSS as a format for Video Sitemaps....

Posted on November 20, 2008 8:03 AM

There are only so many results on a search page. You do a search at Google, you typically get about ten results. Those results are either web pages, videos, news results, blog posts, images and so on. Video results seem...

Posted on November 19, 2008 8:28 AM

About three weeks ago, I covered a story at Search Engine Land on Google Blogoscoped finding Google testing two video results, in the web search results, on the same line. Here is a picture: It appears Google is continuing the...

Posted on September 15, 2008 7:48 AM

Video search engine optimization has been a hot topic since the launch of Google Universal Search. A Google Groups thread I have been tracking for some time, gives us some insight into how to improve the visibility of your videos...

Posted on June 6, 2008 7:55 AM

I am very confused by a search result at Google Netherlands. Stay with me now, and search for internet publishing at Google.nl. What comes up in the second result for me is www.publiceren.net, which looks to be a video result....

Posted on February 22, 2008 6:44 AM

A Cre8asite Forums member tells us his client is about to leave him for another company. The reason is because this other company claims to be a "Google partner" and proved so through a letter they received for participating in,...

Posted on January 25, 2008 6:57 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks, why is there no apparent connection between YouTube videos and Google Maps. Well, technically, there is. After you upload a video, you have an option of setting the "Date and Map Options." Here are screen captures...

Posted on August 14, 2007 7:22 AM

The New York Times reported over the weekend that Google Is Closing Its Video Retailing Operation. The company will stop offering download-to-own and download-to-rent programs on Wednesday, according to an e-mail message sent to customers yesterday. Google started selling shows...

Posted on August 13, 2007 8:04 AM

I don't think this is a tough question to answer, but a DigitalPoint Forums member asks whether YouTube is better than Google Video for sharing videos. Part of me says to submit my vids w/ YouTube b/c that's where all...

Posted on June 13, 2007 10:00 AM

Since we like reporting about search in forums, we generally wait for the discussion to begin there. As such, earlier this morning, Insomniac (aka Entriple) told Barry about a flaw in Google Video and Barry suggested that it be posted...

Posted on June 12, 2007 12:23 PM

Cre8asite Forums moderator posted a thread named Official Google Channel On Youtube. Yes, there is an official Google YouTube channel located at youtube.com/google. The channel has a collection of videos specific to Google. The featured one right now is a...

Posted on April 19, 2007 7:08 AM

The news over the weekend was all about Google's YouTube sharing ad dollars with their users, the users who generate the video content. Jennifer Slegg has her Search Engine Land post YouTube to Begin Revenue Sharing for Video Providers. WebmasterWorld...

Posted on January 29, 2007 7:29 AM

Yesterday I reported at Search Engine Land that Google Video Search Now Includes YouTube Results based on a Google announcement. So a search on Scooba Cleaning in Action brings up my YouTube video that I used in My Scooba In...

Posted on January 26, 2007 7:51 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks how can an advertiser get his Google video ad to show up in the content network (AdSense). AdWordsAdvisor2 responds to the thread that video ads are CPM based so you have to ensure your CPM bid...

Posted on December 29, 2006 7:27 AM

August 10th, I reported at the SEW blog that Google replaced Froogle with Google Video as the links on the homepage and top of the Google search box on the search results pages and also that they added an expandable...

Posted on August 18, 2006 7:04 AM

So Google and MTV are going to begin testing ads in videos on the Web. I wrote about it at SEW blog. Google and Viacom have partnered to place Viacom video clips (MTV and other clips) on web site owner...

Posted on August 11, 2006 12:49 AM