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View Full Version : Google Admits 'Big Mistake' with Video Store Launch


Chris Gohlke
01-29-2006, 04:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/2061-10812_3-6031803.html?part=rss&tag=6031803&subj=news' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/2061-10812_3-6031803.html?part=rss&tag=6031803&subj=news</a><br /><br /></div><i>"A top Google executive has admitted that the search giant made "a big mistake" by not adequately promoting programs for sale on the home page of its Google Video Store when it launched earlier this month. The launch of Google Video store just over two weeks ago prompted widespread complaints that the site interface was poorly designed and the selection was light."</i><br /><br />I had not seen the site prior to seeing the article, so I can't comment on their improvements that they supposedly made as a result of the comments they received, but it still has a way to go. I really would have expected the content they do have to be better organized. However, if it were better organized, I think the lack of content would be even more evident.

Jason Dunn
01-30-2006, 04:33 PM
Heh. That's funny, I didn't realize they had any commercial videos at all! Since I can't purchase the videos (being from Canada - it's US-only), does anyone know what kind of DRM they have on them?

Chris Gohlke
01-30-2006, 06:39 PM
Looks like home grown DRM, so not much available on how it works.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175803031&amp;cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All