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The Google Video website as archived in June 2006Screenshot: Internet Archive Wayback Machine, June 2006

2005 - 2012

Google Video

“The original Google Video hosting service let users upload clips and embed them elsewhere on the web.”

Birth year
2005
Shutdown year
2012
Lifespan
7 years
Peak era
Company
Google
Category
Streaming

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What Was It?

The original Google Video hosting service let users upload clips and embed them elsewhere on the web. It had a separate identity from YouTube before Google's video strategy centered increasingly on the latter.

The ending remembered here is the hosted-video platform, not every later search feature using the words Google Video.

The Story

  • 2005 The product era documented here begins in 2005. The original Google Video hosting service let users upload clips and embed them elsewhere on the web.
  • 2012 The original Google Video offering was retired or transitioned out of its standalone form in 2012.

How It Died

The original Google Video offering was retired or transitioned out of its standalone form in 2012.

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