Google Replaces Video With Products
Just did a Google search for Thanksgiving and noticed that the link for "Video" which used to be on the top left has been surreptitiously replaced with "Products". It appears on the homepage as well as on search results pages. "Video" has now been down-levelled to the "more" pulldown which is an alpha listing thereby, positioning Video at the bottom of the list. Ouch! If you click on Products, the two links switch places with Products moving into the pulldown and Video appearing at the top of the page in its previous position...seems like that shouldn't happen. This is a clear indication of lesser emphasis being placed on Google Video which has really been phased into YouTube and a greater emphasis on business and commerce. Can you say cha Checkout?!
posted by Reshma Kumar at 12:53 PM
1 Comments:
Interesting. More evidence that Video is monetizing poorly and Google is ... gearing up for holiday profits. It must be interesting to watch effects in real time when they tweak navigation like this as the revenue swings are probably huge.
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