{"id":44,"date":"2006-10-08T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hepguru.com\/blog2\/2006\/10\/08\/bottom-line-google-video-is-no-match-for-youtube\/"},"modified":"2006-10-08T06:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-08T10:20:00","slug":"bottom-line-google-video-is-no-match-for-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hepguru.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/bottom-line-google-video-is-no-match-for-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottom-line: Google Video is no match for YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;\" >Originally published on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.compete.com\/index.php\/2006\/10\/05\/youtube-googlevideo-site-lonelygirl15-traffic-growth-2006\/\">Compete Blog<\/a> on 5 Oct 2006<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"YouTube vs Google Video\" alt=\"YouTube vs Google Video\" src=\"http:\/\/home.compete.com.edgesuite.net\/site_media\/upl\/img\/YouTubeVsGoogleVideo.png\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Yes, I confess.  I am a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\">YouTube<\/a> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">AND <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\">Google Video<\/a> addict. Heck, so are a lot of other people!<strong>  In August, 23.7 million US people visited YouTube, while 7.8 million people visited Google Video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do I <em>think <\/em>one service is better than the other?  Absolutely.  Which one you ask?  YouTube for sure.  Why?  It&#8217;s <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">just <\/span>better.  It has a more involved community, more obscure videos, more interesting videos, better interface, faster uploads, and of course &#8211; YouTube <em>IS <\/em>home to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lonelygirl15\">LonelyGirl15<\/a>.  Need I say more?<\/p>\n<p>But seriously, enough of what <em>I <\/em>think.  <strong>What is the people&#8217;s verdict?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/home.compete.com.edgesuite.net\/site_media\/upl\/img\/YouTubeVsGoogleVideo_UVs.png\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Back in November 2005, Google Video was more popular than YouTube.  A whopping 400,000 <em>more <\/em>people visited Google Video.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>In August, 15.9 million more people used YouTube vs Google Video!  Quite a turn-around!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>YouTube has grown 483% since January, while Google Video has grown 279%.  Wow.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Verdict: <\/strong>YouTube is the clear winner in terms of Visitors to the site.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/home.compete.com.edgesuite.net\/site_media\/upl\/img\/YouTubeVsGoogleVideo_F.png\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People come back to YouTube.. again and again.  In August, on average each YouTube user visited the site 4 times over the course of the month.  While Google Video visitors returned just 1.6 times.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Verdict: <\/strong>YouTube is the clear winner in terms of Frequency of Visits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/home.compete.com.edgesuite.net\/site_media\/upl\/img\/YouTubeVsGoogleVideo_TM.png\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In August, on average YouTuber&#8217;s spent 10 minutes on the site each time they visited, while Google visitors spent around 8 minutes.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Verdict:<\/strong> YouTube is again the clear winner in terms of Average Stay per Session.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><strong>Bottom-line:<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>More people visit YouTube, they come back to the site more often, and spend more time on the site each time they visit.  That is a certifiable triple whammy and a knockout punch rolled into one.  The winner of this battle is clearly YouTube by a mile, and then some!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);\">See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/09\/30\/business\/30tube.html?_r=2&#038;ref=business&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin\">NYTimes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogmaverick.com\/2006\/09\/17\/the-coming-dramatic-decline-of-youtube\/\">Mark Cuban<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/avc.blogs.com\/a_vc\/2006\/09\/stop_the_youtub.html\">AVC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/paul.kedrosky.com\/archives\/2006\/10\/03\/i_call_bullshit.html\">Paul K.<\/a>, for additional commentary and opinions.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published on the Compete Blog on 5 Oct 2006 Yes, I confess. I am a YouTube AND Google Video addict. Heck, so are a lot of other people! In August, 23.7 million US people visited YouTube, while 7.8 million people visited Google Video. Do I think one service is better than the other? Absolutely. 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