After a short period during which the site was blocked in the country, people in Pakistan are again being allowed limited access to popular video sharing website YouTube. A ban on the popular, Google-owned video-sharing website has been in place … Continue reading
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Google rules out bidding for live sports rights as wraps come off its web TV venture
Google has said it will not compete with broadcasters for the rights to show live sporting events. This means that its recent announcement of an agreement with the Indian Premier League to stream live matches via YouTube is likely to … Continue reading
Power of online video – YouTube gets 2bn views a day
By Richard Morris Online video sharing website YouTube has hit its latest milestone, with 2 billion videos being viewed every day. The site, which launched in beta in May 2005, is now attracting double the combined primetime audience of all three … Continue reading
How becoming hot on Twitter and YouTube can give your SERPs a lift
With Google comfortably filling top spot month after month in the battle for search traffic, it might be easy to conclude that achieving high rankings with ‘the big G’ is the most certain way of getting your website noticed, and … Continue reading
Captions now offered on all YouTube video content
YouTube has begun to add automated captions to every video on its website, in a move which is sure to be welcomed by many deaf and hard-of-hearing people around the world. The change affects tens of millions of items of … Continue reading
Coke to use social networking sites as lead online channels
Coca-Cola and Unilever have said they plan to use social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube as their main online channels for future marketing campaigns. Traditionally, brands tend to set up a new website when launching a campaign, but with … Continue reading
Google tells court it paid top dollar for YouTube
Google has admitted that it ,over-paid, to acquire video sharing website YouTube in 2006 because it feared that it would fall into the hands of a competitor. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has made the admission in a deposition by lawyers … Continue reading
British YouTube users get their groove back
Music videos are once more available to YouTube viewers in the UK, after a six–month absence due to a dispute over payments to artists. The Google–owned music streaming site has settled a dispute with PRS for Music, the group which … Continue reading
