Google has launched its own video search service, emphasizing recent videos. It joins Yahoo, Blinkx.tv and Singingfish. Thanks to Tim Olson for the tip. Update. USA Today has the following story this morning. --Dennis
Search engine Google sets sights on video. Internet search giant Google's next target: video. ¶ Monday night, Google ... introduced a test site that searches closed-caption TV show transcripts (www.google.com/video). ¶ What the site won't let you do is locate specific video clips, even though some smaller video search engines offer that. Google says clips will come in the next version. ...¶ Rival Yahoo ... countered Google's Monday announcement by saying it would incorporate closed-caption transcripts at its test site video.search.yahoo.com by the end of February. Yahoo said it also will add searchable news video clips — currently unavailable. ¶ Google is working with transcripts from ABC, PBS, C-Span and Fox News. ...
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