With some insights on things being changed the Official Google Blog has recently posted a little on some changes they’ve implimented and others coming. A few things they’ve added have been ability to rate movies, an ability to tag the movies, and a simplification on the embedding of the movies in blogs.
Official Google Blog: What have we done for you lately?
As you might imagine, we on the Google Video team use it for pretty much everything. It shouldn’t be such a surprise, then, to know that the feature requests we get internally mirror those that you send to us. Namely, just like you, Googlers want to pay less and interact more. So this past week, we’ve been very busy rolling out changes to make this a reality.
First, more things are now free. We’re doing a sponsored video test so you can watch premium videos without paying. (Perhaps we were inspired by the conversation Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett had about philanthropy with Charlie Rose).
Next, have you been itching to tell us (and the rest of the world) what you think of our videos? Now you can rate, label, and comment on them. We know you’re dying to say something about this David Hasselhoff clip or the latest one about Diet Coke + Mentos.
Last, we made it easier for you to blog some of these entertaining pieces under the new “Share this video” link on the playback page. A few clicks and your current favorite is directly embedded into the most popular blogging platforms like Blogger, TypePad, MySpace and LiveJournal.
Stay tuned for another batch of features – and meanwhile, enjoy these.
Just looking through the “Free Today” list there are a couple gems in a lot of crud. Mind your milage may vary and you may like most of it. But todays was sorta…
Tags: Google, Interesting, Video
