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Google indexes the closed captioning and text descriptions of all the videos in its
archive to facilitate search. Google Video search supports keyword and phrase
searches. While GoogleVideo does not support search by source, it does offer the
option of searching by title. The correct syntax is [title:keyword]. Note that phrase
searching does not work with the title: syntax.
Google Video has several options for viewing or limiting results. Users can choose to
view the results as a list or as a grid (the list provides more information while the grid
shows a larger image of the video clip). There is also an option to limit the results by
the length of the video-long (20+ minutes), medium (4-20 minutes), or short (up to
4 minutes). Results can be sorted relevance, date, or title.
Google explains how it ranks videos in terms of popularity: "We use algorithms to
identify videos that are suddenly becoming popular, and then rank them based on
how popular they are-and how suddenly they became popular. We've been using
this list internally, and now it's ready to share with you, so check it out. Right now
this feature highlights videos from close to 40 countries, including Argentina,
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, India,
Israel, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and New Zealand, to name a few." (Jon
Steinback, "Movers, Shakers, and Hoops on Video," Google Blog, June 9, 2006,
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/movers-shakers-and-hoops-on-video.html)
The software required to view streaming video at Google Video is Macromedia Flash
Player 7.0+. To view purchased and downloaded videos, users still must install
Google's own Google Video Player, which has frustrated many users and infuriated
others. It will be interesting to watch Google Video's evolution as the site tries to
move higher in online video popularity. closed captioning and text descriptions of all
the videos in our archive for relevant results.
Summary:
~ Sources of video data: only news, entertainment, radio, podcasts hosted on
Google servers.
~ Video viewed: free streaming media uses Flash Player; purchased videos
require Google Video Player.
~ Search options: keyword & phrase searching; title: search; no search by
source option.
~ Sort options: sort by relevance, date, or title; view as List or Grid; limit results
by length of video.
~ Upload video? Yes.
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