YouTube Could Be GooTube

[Mullet]

A massive rumor has spread across the web and if it rings true could be the biggest internet related buyout of 2006. According to the Wall Street Journal, it appears that Google is in talks to buy out YouTube for the hefty price of....here comes Dr. Evil....muah ha ha, muah ha ha $1.6 billion dollars.

Yes, you read that right. It wasn't but a week ago that a certain head of Yahoo!, a certain Mark Cuban, claimed that anyone interested in buying YouTube was "a moron!" Not to bloat the ego or anything, but I made a comment that Cuban himself would be kicking himself in the a** for not trying to pursue that deal and here it is that his main competitor is doing just that.

What are the ramifications of a mega-deal like this you ask? Well for starters, both Google Video and YouTube would be a major outlet for advertisers, studios and record labels to market their material in a medium that has spread like wildfire over the past year and a half.

$1.6 billion dollars does not sound like much when you can be an outlet that generates 100 million views on a daily basis.

If this rumor indeed becomes fact, we could all be tuning to the GooTube.


Wall Street Journal: Google Is in Talks to Buy YouTube (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116014813857884917.html?mod=home_whats_news_us)

[Sjostrom7]

GOOD GO GOOGLE!!!!

[Zt WoMPaGE]

Google is like EA, but in a good way!

[XxCAPiTAxX]

yes google is good-le

hooray
wont be much longer till google takes over the world :D

>[[white text: just kidding :)]<

[Nathan]

As long as they keep the good service up, I'm not too bothered who runs it or what name it's under.

[saunderscowie]

go google!

[Barry Nostrils]

$1.6 billion? sweeet. How could you turn that down?

[Raptor]

Gootube just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[BLUEDEVIL008]

gooogle is da best

[projectdarkside]

Google is like EA, but in a good way!Yeah I was thinking that to.

Isnt google in the dictionary¿

[AC91]

I think it won't be GooTube, but YouVideo...or they will keep it just YouTube or Google Video....

I don't know why they would, Google Video works almost exactly the same. It could just be trying to get rid of the competition.

[Nick]

Google just bought YouTube. Link (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15196982/?GT1=8618)
Edit: The link is to msnbc.com.

[B Nanny]

Don't forget to state your sources, I think you still have to even if you link.

[projectdarkside]

I think they should just keep the name, And put somthing like "Powered By Google"

[Soulbow]

Google is like walmart. they will them combine and take over the world. But why don't I hate google like I hate Wal-Mart?

[B Nanny]

I love Wal-Mart. The florescent lights make it feel like home, I don't know why...

[Ry Fryy]

I'm still waiting for the inevitable Google Operating System. =P

[_xNiCk3Lx_]

GO GOOGLE!

[Hazo1]

It'll be a shame to have one of the biggest new companys bought out, i don't mind that much though is they keep it the same

[DallasDCool]

I'm still waiting for the inevitable Google Operating System. =P
Haha, and it would be called like GOS, or even GOOSE (don't know what the other letters would stand for though)

[Hazo1]

Google is like walmart. they will them combine and take over the world. But why don't I hate google like I hate Wal-Mart?
well take over america, there is not one in europe i'm sure, i don't even think i;'ve ever even seen a walmart!

[Garlictoast]

Did you guys hear about google offering another 2 billion dollars to buy the moons? They where going to slap the a giant blue G on it... pretty cool I think.