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Google Video Gets Updated Again

Google Video's existence continues to be a bit of a mystery; after Google paid $1.65 billion for YouTube, you'd think the company would be able to concentrate on just it.  Still, users of Google Video are likely to be happy about a new redesign.

Google Accepting Video Sitemaps

Google will make use of an extension to the Sitemaps protocol to do a better job of indexing the videos people publish.

Google Video Called On Copyright Violations

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) sent a report yesterday to members of Congress detailing the extent of likely copyright violations on Google Video.

Watchdog Group Growls At Google Video

The National Legal and Policy Center has launched a list of the "Top 50" full-length movies, cable programs and music concerts hosted on Google Video, which they say, are likely without the copyright owner's knowledge or permission.

"Sicko" Shows Up On YouTube, Google Video

Since misunderstandings occur so frequently between just two or three people, it’s possible to appreciate how a much larger group could get mixed up.  Still, when that larger group is Google, and the mix-up involves Google Video, YouTube, and a copyrighted film that has yet to be released, somebody’s bound to get angry.

Google Video Now Search Engine

Google Video went through many reincarnations in the past. It allegedly started out as one of those 20% side projects within Google, and Larry Page admitted, “We’re not quite sure what we’re going to get, but we decided we’d try this experiment.”

Google Update Video Search Engine

Google Video is now more search engine than video site as the search giant revamps it to include framing similar to how they present images on Google video. Google Video Search

Google Video Privacy Problem

Loren Baker found a DigitalPoint thread exposing a potential security weakness in Google Video this week which could raise a legitimate privacy concern. Use the Google Video feature to “Post to my blog” and your password and login information are not protected. No https, no encryption, no SSL: they’re listed right in the headers.

Google Video Borrowing From Metacafe

If Google Video doesn’t have the clip you’re looking for, you may be able to find it at Metacafe - through Google Video.  Yes, Google’s (less popular) video-sharing site now appears to be offering search results from sources other than Google Video and YouTube.

Blinkx Expects To See $50 Million

It seems like only yesterday that we first heard Blinkx would go public.  It was actually around 20 days ago, but still, the video search engine has now, in the figurative blink of an eye, announced that it expects the financial maneuver to bring in 25 million pounds.