It's an exciting day for Google Video! We have some new features and a brand new guide who will introduce these features in a post shortly.
"Video Guide Paul" will help me ensure that all of you are well looked after by responding to your queries regarding these new features. As with all new features, it's really important to hear all of your feedback. Please let us know what you think, and I'll pass all of your comments on to the rest of the team.
Hi everyone, I'm excited to join the community! Today Google is introducing several exciting features to Google Video:
* Google Video now includes crawled content from third-party sites. Previously, Google Video included videos uploaded to this service as well as YouTube. Now we're including videos from all over the web, which we've gathered using a process similar to how we generate our Web Search results. We have a lot of new videos now, and more will be added as we continue to crawl the web.
* New UI for playing back videos: now when you click on a video search result, we put the page in a frame similar to how we display Google Images results. We've moved a lot of the features you've been using, like "Related videos" and "Email this page" up to the top. You can even play some videos directly from the search results, just like when you find videos in Google's Web Search results.
* Finally, we've got a newly revamped Help Center to reflect these changes, featuring new information about the new crawled content and an improved layout.
We're looking forward to your feedback on this latest iteration of Google Video.
Why must we have frames? Most people don't like them. They break bookmarklets, require mouse use, and obscure things. Can there be a setting option to not have them?
I would like to avoid them in "Google Images" too. At least "Images" frames can be detected, closed, and made somewhat usable by a bookmarklet. These new Video frames are ingenious. They seems to completely obscure the pages html. I wonder what will happen when everyone starts doing that. The web is supposed to be open for the public's security reasons, not closed for websites benefits.
Why must all good things be eventually taken over by the too clever and too greedy. Google is better than that, or at least they used to be.
Hey, why not put frames on everything? This way Google can find out right away how much business they will lose, and how unpopular they can become. I would hate to see that.
Also, why does Right/Left video shortcut keys (forward/reverse by 5%) no longer work?
> Hi everyone, I'm excited to join the community! Today Google is > introducing several exciting features to Google Video:
> * Google Video now includes crawled content from third-party sites. > Previously, Google Video included videos uploaded to this service as > well as YouTube. Now we're including videos from all over the web, > which we've gathered using a process similar to how we generate our > Web Search results. We have a lot of new videos now, and more will be > added as we continue to crawl the web.
> * New UI for playing back videos: now when you click on a video search > result, we put the page in a frame similar to how we display Google > Images results. We've moved a lot of the features you've been using, > like "Related videos" and "Email this page" up to the top. You can > even play some videos directly from the search results, just like when > you find videos in Google's Web Search results.
> * Finally, we've got a newly revamped Help Center to reflect these > changes, featuring new information about the new crawled content and > an improved layout.
> We're looking forward to your feedback on this latest iteration of > Google Video.
I ran a simple search--and surprise! The first page of results was video from Google Video, and I didn't have to restrict the search terms. It is nice that when I search from the GV site that GV vids are presented first, rather than smothered by vids from other services (which I was not seeking). Maybe you'll add a "look everywhere" radio button for when I want to scour the net.
I see you now include SafeSearch, and apparently it is set to moderate level by default. Nice addition.
I have to ask, though--just what is your business model behind web crawling? Have the Dabble and Truveo and Veoh all-web vid search tools really been all that appealing? Or is it that you believe you must perfect all-web-vid search before you can step up to a Web 3.0 system where rudimentary AI steps up to the plate?
And will you be running a radio marketing campaign, like Truveo?
No worries if you don't answer, Paul. I'm sure your Googe Indoctrination included "Ve must nEVEr reveeel der sekrets und der plans."
> Hi everyone, I'm excited to join the community! Today Google is > introducing several exciting features to Google Video:
> * Google Video now includes crawled content from third-party sites. > Previously, Google Video included videos uploaded to this service as > well as YouTube. Now we're including videos from all over the web, > which we've gathered using a process similar to how we generate our > Web Search results. We have a lot of new videos now, and more will be > added as we continue to crawl the web.
> * New UI for playing back videos: now when you click on a video search > result, we put the page in a frame similar to how we display Google > Images results. We've moved a lot of the features you've been using, > like "Related videos" and "Email this page" up to the top. You can > even play some videos directly from the search results, just like when > you find videos in Google's Web Search results.
> * Finally, we've got a newly revamped Help Center to reflect these > changes, featuring new information about the new crawled content and > an improved layout.
> We're looking forward to your feedback on this latest iteration of > Google Video.
needtoknow - I appreciate your honest feedback about frames. Note that, for both Google Video and Images, you can eliminate the frame for any crawled content by clicking the "Remove Frame" link in the upper-right corner. You can't remove the frame from a video uploaded to Google Video.
As for the left/right arrow keys, Shenaz and I are looking into that.
rholland356 - You may indeed see a lot of Google Video (and YouTube) content when you run searches. As we crawl the web, more videos from third-party sites will be added to the Video index. A video's ranking in the Google Video search results is determined entirely by an algorith, so just how many videos you encounter from Google services vs. other websites will vary. Just like our Web Search results. :-)
And you're right, rholland356, I can't reveal Google's plans. I'm glad you're enjoying what you've seen so far!
I can appreciate that you are constrained in what you can say - but can you provice any guidelines for third party sites that want to encourage crawling, indexing, and ranking of their video content?
I'm pretty new to this video thing, so please be patient as I make a fool of myself. We have flashclips that we would like to see ranked in the organic web results. Are there guidelines you can provide that we can implement to help Google understand our video content? Meta tags, captioning, etc? Any way to predict which SERP pages are likely candidates for video?
> Hi everyone, I'm excited to join the community! Today Google is > introducing several exciting features to Google Video:
> * Google Video now includes crawled content from third-party sites. > Previously, Google Video included videos uploaded to this service as > well as YouTube. Now we're including videos from all over the web, > which we've gathered using a process similar to how we generate our > Web Search results. We have a lot of new videos now, and more will be > added as we continue to crawl the web.
> * New UI for playing back videos: now when you click on a video search > result, we put the page in a frame similar to how we display Google > Images results. We've moved a lot of the features you've been using, > like "Related videos" and "Email this page" up to the top. You can > even play some videos directly from the search results, just like when > you find videos in Google's Web Search results.
> * Finally, we've got a newly revamped Help Center to reflect these > changes, featuring new information about the new crawled content and > an improved layout.
> We're looking forward to your feedback on this latest iteration of > Google Video.
Yes, I noticed that Google Video now returns search results from for example Yahoo! Video and Metacafe. Impressive stuff.
I use the Google AJAX Search API Video Search Control and it seems that it still only returns results from Google Video and YouTube. Will the AJAX search control be updated so that it produces the same results as Google Video? I don't know who decides this at Google, the AJAX team or the Google Video team, so I post this question here first.
> Hi everyone, I'm excited to join the community! Today Google is > introducing several exciting features to Google Video:
> * Google Video now includes crawled content from third-party sites. > Previously, Google Video included videos uploaded to this service as > well as YouTube. Now we're including videos from all over the web, > which we've gathered using a process similar to how we generate our > Web Search results. We have a lot of new videos now, and more will be > added as we continue to crawl the web.
> * New UI for playing back videos: now when you click on a video search > result, we put the page in a frame similar to how we display Google > Images results. We've moved a lot of the features you've been using, > like "Related videos" and "Email this page" up to the top. You can > even play some videos directly from the search results, just like when > you find videos in Google's Web Search results.
> * Finally, we've got a newly revamped Help Center to reflect these > changes, featuring new information about the new crawled content and > an improved layout.
> We're looking forward to your feedback on this latest iteration of > Google Video.
> It's an exciting day for Google Video! We have some new features and a > brand new guide who will introduce these features in a post shortly.
> "Video Guide Paul" will help me ensure that all of you are well looked > after by responding to your queries regarding these new features. As > with all new features, it's really important to hear all of your > feedback. Please let us know what you think, and I'll pass all of your > comments on to the rest of the team.
RW: I can't share in-depth details of how to design videos and webpages for inclusion or ranking in Google Video. I can, however, point you to Google Webmaster Guidelines at http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769 which provide an overview of Google's recommendations for good site and page design. Following Google's Webmaster Guidelines is the best way to ensure your content is crawled and indexed by Googlebot.
Much like Google Image Search, Google Video takes a look at the text on the page around your video, anchor text in links pointing to you video, and other such factors to help us classify your content. Since we don't have artificially intelligent computers watching your videos (yet!) we rely on that sort of data to help us figure out what your video is about.
In other words, I recommend against calling your clip "Video1" and posting it on a blank white webpage. Instead, consider naming it "doginpool" and placing it on a page with other content relevant to your dog's swimming adventure.
vijendar: Thanks for pointing out this search quality example. I've passed it on to the rest of the team.
Anders: Thanks for the kind words! I'll pass your suggestion about the AJAX search control on to the proper folks.
thanos: Without more information it's difficult for me to troubleshoot your specific information. In general, however, you can double-check your video's inclusion by performing a search on the name of the video. If you see a lot of results, you might want to refine your search by searching for [ videoname video.google.com ] to see if you can locate your uploaded video.
I have one request, (and I speak for 2 other friends too), that there be an option to *Restrict* (or at least prioritize) the results to just those from video.google.com The higher resolution, and the avi download option, and other details, makes this source's material much more useful than that from youtube and elsewhere, most of the time.
Since Google Video supports Google's advanced search operators, you can restrict searches to Google video by adding [ site:video.google.com ] to your search. For example, to search for swimming videos hosted on Google video, try searching for [ swimming site:video.google.com ].
I have four videos on Google, they've all been up for over a year -
Struwwelpeter The Fangs of Destiny Today The Cabaret of Garbage
The first, Struwwelpeter, used to appear first in search results. It still does, only now it's on somebody's MySpace page. The Google video is nowhere.
None of the other videos appear in the results of ANY search terms I've tried. Neither does my name, Thanos Fatouros.
By comparison, before these changes were made it was pretty easy to find me and all four of my videos. What's up with that?
> thanos: > Without more information it's difficult for me to troubleshoot your > specific information. In general, however, you can double-check your > video's inclusion by performing a search on the name of the video. If > you see a lot of results, you might want to refine your search by > searching for [ videoname video.google.com ] to see if you can locate > your uploaded video.
So what happened to the feature where it automatically goes to the next song after the current one ends? I really enjoyed this feature and miss it dearly...
> It's an exciting day for Google Video! We have some new features and a > brand new guide who will introduce these features in a post shortly.
> "Video Guide Paul" will help me ensure that all of you are well looked > after by responding to your queries regarding these new features. As > with all new features, it's really important to hear all of your > feedback. Please let us know what you think, and I'll pass all of your > comments on to the rest of the team.
Hi. Google Video features are very very nice. You, may be, could add a feature that YouTube has: playlists to embed a serie of videos in a website. But, this is not tooo important. More important (and it is very important): Copyright. I have lost several uploads because GV rejected the videos. The copyright is a headache, a nightmare. Regards.
> So what happened to the feature where it automatically goes to the > next song after the current one ends? > I really enjoyed this feature and miss it dearly...
> RGS out... > Calvsie
> On Jun 13, 6:19 pm, Google Video Guide wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > It's an exciting day for Google Video! We have some new features and a > > brand new guide who will introduce these features in a post shortly.
> > "Video Guide Paul" will help me ensure that all of you are well looked > > after by responding to your queries regarding these new features. As > > with all new features, it's really important to hear all of your > > feedback. Please let us know what you think, and I'll pass all of your > > comments on to the rest of the team.
> > Thanks, > > Shenaz > > Google Video Guide- Hide quoted text -
Hi Paul. I hate this -write to GTeam-, but i don't have option, because i'm in a hurry to get the answer, because there are more than one person involved (a web2.0 micro project): How many languages can be add to the subtitles or closed caption in a Google Video film? Languages of strange letters can be add? (i mean greek, arabe, russian,...) I uploaded spanish subtitles and special characters as Ñ,ñ,¿,¡,á,é,... doesn't appear, and i'm saying the colaborators that avoid the use of special characters (french, portuguese, german, dutch,...)
> needtoknow - I appreciate your honest feedback about frames. Note > that, for both Google Video and Images, you can eliminate the frame > for any crawled content by clicking the "Remove Frame" link in the > upper-right corner. You can't remove the frame from a video uploaded > to Google Video.
> As for the left/right arrow keys, Shenaz and I are looking into that.
> rholland356 - You may indeed see a lot of Google Video (and YouTube) > content when you run searches. As we crawl the web, more videos from > third-party sites will be added to the Video index. A video's ranking > in the Google Video search results is determined entirely by an > algorith, so just how many videos you encounter from Google services > vs. other websites will vary. Just like our Web Search results. :-)
> And you're right, rholland356, I can't reveal Google's plans. I'm glad > you're enjoying what you've seen so far!
Video Guide Paul wrote: > * New UI for playing back videos: now when you click on a video search > result, we put the page in a frame similar to how we display Google > Images results. > Cheers, > -Paul
I love the look of the bright scrolling thumbnails, after a vid ends. I have my vids scaled up and I can surf YouTube through my larger frame.
I saw the option to disable the thumbnail previews. If a few videos on a page have played or a few browsers with played vids are open, I begin to have graphic performance issues but I'd rather refresh the page than disable the option because it's such a great way to explore other work by the artist.
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