Death to the Clones
Jan|30|2007
Damnit, I should probably stop with this naysaying…
But:
Mashable reports:
They [YouTube] also claim to have fixed the messaging so that the spam filers won’t
catch legitimate messages, and they’ve improved the “block user” feature - you
can now block YouTube “haters” by simply clicking a button next to their
comments. They’ve made the profiles more customizable, too, allowing users to
remove modules they don’t want. They’ve stopped short, however, of embracing MySpace
layouts or html embeds. Customizable profiles is one area where YouTube
rival LiveVideo really
shines.They’ve also added a new social filter - you can now rank clips by the number
of video responses they’ve received. And there’s a new account type: in addition
to Comedian, Musician and Director accounts, there are now “Guru” accounts for
experts on certain topics. That could be bad news for VideoJug,
which wants to be “YouTube for How-Tos”.
See how easy YouTube can take out a competitor if the other company doesn’t differentiate itself drastically? But that might just be me being negative.
Oh yeah, this is on-topic with Myvideo.
Another interesting thing:
Google Bombs - Google Bombing, the process of trying to get a
site to the top of Google by mass linking (like putting George Bush at the top
of searches for “miserable failure”) has been halted by an algorithm change at
Google. (via)
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