Thursday, August 23

Would you like video with that?

From the GoogleNews blog:

One of our goals at Google News is to offer as many different
perspectives on the news as possible. That means bringing content from
multiple sources together in a way we hope you find to be organized
and relevant. Now we're adding video to the mix: we're showing related
news videos along with our news articles to give you a broader
spectrum of info available. You'll see the prefix "Video" next to
story titles, and clicking on these video links will open a video
player directly on the page so you can watch the video right there.

Today, viewing news videos or other content types on the web can be a
frustrating experience. You often get videos that don't play, sites
that require different video player downloads, or have misleading
descriptions of the content. That's why we're working with YouTube so
you can easily view online videos without any downloads required and
regardless of what browser you're using.

For our initial launch, we have included several top news sources such
as CBS, Reuters, and a number of local Hearst TV stations. Over the
next few months, we'll continue to add new sources as fast as we can.
Right now we're just offering this addition in the U.S., the UK, and
Ireland; we hope to make it available in other languages and editions
soon.

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