By: Aseem Gaurav, April 17, 2011 (New Delhi)
Internet search engine giant Google has decided to shut down its Google video service permanently. In an email send on April 15, the company reminded Google video users that they have until May 13 to download them before they are removed.
From May 2009, Google Video stopped accepting user upload but now it is permanently removing all videos from the service.
The email said as of April 29 videos will no longer be “available for playback”. A download button will be made available to content owners until May 13, allowing them to download and save their video content locally. After that all content will be removed and will no longer be available.
What is surprising to me and many others also is the company is not providing any option to the users to transfer their videos to their extremely popular video platform YouTube which Google acquired in 2006.
According to ComScore, YouTube ranks first in both total number of visits and the average length of stay. It said around 174 million unique US viewers watched online video in March for an average of 14.8 hours per viewer. Out these viewers, Google sites led the list with 143.2 million visitors, driven mostly by youtube. Google was followed by AOL and Yahoo, with 57 and 56 million viewers respectively.
Here’s the email sent to Google Video users:
From: “Google Video”
Date: Apr 15, 2011 9:56 PM
Subject: Google Video Hosted Content To Be Removed After May 13
Dear Google Video User,
Later this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009 and now we’re removing the remaining hosted content. We’ve always maintained that the strength of Google Video is its ability to let people search videos from across the web, regardless of where those videos are hosted. And this move will enable us to focus on developing these technologies further to the benefit of searchers worldwide.
On April 29, 2011, videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will no longer be available for playback. We’ve added a Download button to the video status page, so you can download any video content you want to save. If you don’t want to download your content, you don’t need to do anything. (The Download feature will be disabled after May 13, 2011.)
We encourage you to move to your content to YouTube if you haven’t done so already. YouTube offers many video hosting options including the ability to share your videos privately or in an unlisted manner. To learn more go here.
Here’s how to download your videos:
1. Go to the Video Status page.
2. To download a video to your computer, click the Download Video link located on the right side of each of your videos in the Actions column.
Once a video has been downloaded, “Already Downloaded” will appear next to the Download Video link.
If you have many videos on Google Video, you may need to use the paging controls located on the bottom right of the page to access them all.
Please note: This download option will be available through May 13, 2011.
Thank you for being a Google Video user.
Sincerely,
The Google Video Team
Internet search engine giant Google has decided to shut down its Google video service permanently. In an email send on April 15, the company reminded Google video users that they have until May 13 to download them before they are removed.
From May 2009, Google Video stopped accepting user upload but now it is permanently removing all videos from the service.
The email said as of April 29 videos will no longer be “available for playback”. A download button will be made available to content owners until May 13, allowing them to download and save their video content locally. After that all content will be removed and will no longer be available.
What is surprising to me and many others also is the company is not providing any option to the users to transfer their videos to their extremely popular video platform YouTube which Google acquired in 2006.
According to ComScore, YouTube ranks first in both total number of visits and the average length of stay. It said around 174 million unique US viewers watched online video in March for an average of 14.8 hours per viewer. Out these viewers, Google sites led the list with 143.2 million visitors, driven mostly by youtube. Google was followed by AOL and Yahoo, with 57 and 56 million viewers respectively.
Here’s the email sent to Google Video users:
From: “Google Video”
Date: Apr 15, 2011 9:56 PM
Subject: Google Video Hosted Content To Be Removed After May 13
Dear Google Video User,
Later this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009 and now we’re removing the remaining hosted content. We’ve always maintained that the strength of Google Video is its ability to let people search videos from across the web, regardless of where those videos are hosted. And this move will enable us to focus on developing these technologies further to the benefit of searchers worldwide.
On April 29, 2011, videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will no longer be available for playback. We’ve added a Download button to the video status page, so you can download any video content you want to save. If you don’t want to download your content, you don’t need to do anything. (The Download feature will be disabled after May 13, 2011.)
We encourage you to move to your content to YouTube if you haven’t done so already. YouTube offers many video hosting options including the ability to share your videos privately or in an unlisted manner. To learn more go here.
Here’s how to download your videos:
1. Go to the Video Status page.
2. To download a video to your computer, click the Download Video link located on the right side of each of your videos in the Actions column.
Once a video has been downloaded, “Already Downloaded” will appear next to the Download Video link.
If you have many videos on Google Video, you may need to use the paging controls located on the bottom right of the page to access them all.
Please note: This download option will be available through May 13, 2011.
Thank you for being a Google Video user.
Sincerely,
The Google Video Team
