Google Video Changes Course

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NEW YORK Google said today it would begin shifting the focus of Google Video to a search model as it relies on YouTube as the main repository for video content, both professionally and user produced.

As a first step, Google has begun showing YouTube video results in response to searches on Google Video. The company said Google Video would eventually provide links to video on several sites, acting as a video search engine.

When Google first introduced its video site in April 2005, it was not a search engine for video, but instead followed the community model favored by YouTube by soliciting user submissions.



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