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Google Videos (originally Google Video) is a video search engine from Google. It was formerly a free video-sharing website and allowed selected videos to be remotely embedded on other websites and provided the necessary HTML code alongside the media, similar to YouTube. This allowed websites to host lots of video remotely without running into bandwidth or storage-capacity issues. The service was launched on January 25, 2005.〔(Google Video Search Live )〕 On October 9, 2006, Google bought former competitor YouTube. Google announced on June 13, 2007, that the Google Videos search results would begin to include videos discovered by their web crawlers on other hosting services, in YouTube and user uploads.〔(tdeos-new-frame.html Google Frames a Video Search Engine ), by Alex Chitu, June 13, 2007〕 Thereafter, search result links opened a frameset with a Google Videos header at the top, and the original player page below it, similar to the way the Google Images search results are presented. In 2009, Google discontinued the ability to upload videos to Google On April 15, 2011, Google announced via email that after April 29 they would no longer allow playback of content hosted on their service, but reversed the decision one week later to provide users with greater support for migration to YouTube.〔TechCrunch, "(Google Video Prepares To Enter The Deadpool For Good )" (techcrunch.com ) April 15, 2011.〕〔(An update on Google Video – Finding an easier way to migrate Google Video content to YouTube )〕 Google Video was shut down on August 20, 2012. The remaining Google Videos content was automatically moved to YouTube.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spring cleaning in summer )〕 ==Video content== Google Videos was geared towards providing a large archive of freely searchable videos. Besides amateur media, Internet videos, viral ads, and movie trailers, the service also aimed to distribute commercial professional media, such as televised content and movies. A number of educational discourses by Google employees were recorded and made available for viewing via Google Videos. The lectures were done mainly at the employees' former universities. The topics covered Google technologies and software engineering but also include other pioneering efforts by major players in the software engineering field. On January 6, 2009, the Google Video Store launched to sell downloads through Google Videos. The service launched with independent films ''Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks'', and ''Waterborne'', as well as content from media partners CBS, the NBA, ''The Charlie Rose Show'', and Sony BMG. Initially, the content of a number of broadcasting companies (such as ABC, NBC, CNN) was available as free streaming content or stills with closed captioning. In addition, the U.S. National Archive used Google Videos to make historic films available online, but this project was later discontinued.〔(National Archives and Google Launch Pilot Project (...) ) (NARA press release, published on February 24, 2006)〕 Google Videos also searched other non-affiliated video sites from web crawls. Sites searched by Google Videos in addition to their own videos and YouTube included GoFish, ExposureRoom, Vimeo, Myspace, Biku, and Yahoo! Video. Google Videos moved away from an online video archive and toward a search engine for videos, similar to their web and image searches. As of August 2007, the DTO/DTR (download-to-own/rent) program ended. Users who previously purchased a video from Google Videos were no longer able to view them. Credits for users were made available as values for Google Checkout and were valid for 60 days.〔Cory Doctorow, "(Google Video robs customers of the videos they "own" )." ''(boingboing.net ) August 10, 2007.〕〔John C. Dvorak, "(Google Pulls Plug, Everyone Misses Point )". ''(PC Magazine (online) ).'' August 14, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Google Videos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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