Google conducts 'Summer Service Cleaning', Google Video has completely disappeared and integrated into YouTube

As Google "cleaning the summer service", the original video sharing service operatedGoogle VideoWe announced that we will completely stop such as.

Spring cleaning in summer | Official Google Blog


Google Video is a Google video sharing service that was offered in January 2005.

Once the size of the file uploadable on YouTube was pretty tough,It is best to upload it to Google Video if it is 100 MB or moreThere was also a period called.

However, in 2006Google acquired YouTubeWhen I began to pour on my power, as I was originally a large number of users, I gradually turned to YouTube. Google Video which became a used competitor service stopped the uploading function in 2009. After that it was converted into a simple video search service.

This time, "Great cleaning of the summer service" decided to complete this Google Video. You can choose to move the remaining data to YouTube, delete it, or download it.

At the same time, "iGoogle", which started in 2005, "Google Mini, "Google Talk Chatback", and "Symbian Search App" are decided to be terminated.

I guess there are people who used iGoogle as a starting page.


About iGoogle's futureIs left for data export for 16 months and will be abolished on November 1, 2013. Regarding the reason for deciding to terminate, "When I announced iGoogle the first time in 2005 I would like to have a day when I can easily operate personalized information using web applications and mobile applications in real time I did not imagine anyone. "

This is Google Mini. The software is preinstalled in this hardware, and by connecting to the internal network, information on the company site and intranet can be searched in the same way as Google's web search.