With the acquisition of YouTube by Google, the blogosphere has gone supernova in a posting orgy not seen since … well, I’m not quite sure. Yep, according to TailRank, one of the web2.0-ish news aggregators, it ranks above the North Korean Nuclear Krisis. And while everyone is still bathing in that post-buzz dream-like bliss, its worth mentioning one more interesting thing about the newly formed GooTube – its exposed a little of Techmeme’s underworkings, and more specifically, who it considers Web2.0 opinion makers.
Techmeme, like TailRank, is also another news aggregator, but unlike TailRank, which I regard as an up-and-comer, Techmeme is really a very focused, highly regarded, and well trafficked site for tech news.
Techeme, also (I’m pretty sure), like TailRank and Digg, uses an algorithm to trawl for tech and web2.0 focused news;unlike Digg, for example, however, very little, if any light has been shed on its algorithms for how it finds, promotes, and and aggregates news.
So, I don’t have any news in that arena right now, to be honest. ;)
But what is interesting is that next to every news item is at least one “discussion” item, and each “discussion” item is really a link from another blog.
Of course, not just any blog is listed as a “discussion” item — somehow Techmeme’s algorithm “knows” or assigns a rank to different blogs based on their own level of “importance”, almost creating an analgous Techmeme “Juice”.
After the YouTube acquisition, a million bloggers began blogging about it, and Techmeme, of course, picked up on those discussions. But only a few made it into their “discussion” thread underneath the headline news item courtesy of the Google press release.
Now granted, only blogs who happen to link to that press release will get tacked on to that “discussion” thread (in fact, that’s all you have to do to appear on the discussion thread if you happen to be one of those blogs — just link to the parent blog).
But, much like a “scientist” examining the results of the Big Bang, its interesting dissecting out the blogified remains on Techmeme — because it certainly gives a slim window into whose blogs Techmeme considers to be “important” enough to populate itself, since it seems like everyone who has a blog has been compelled to give their (identical) two cents on the issue.
Here is a short list of blogs which seem to be amongst these “opinion makers”, some of whom aren’t necessarily regarded as obviously A-List, but do provide for some excellent reading:
- Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop:
Does GooTube mean anything for Rich Internet Applications? - Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Has Acquired YouTube - Sid Yadav / rev2.org:
Google Acquires YouTube for $1.65 Billion - SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks:
YouTube and Sequoia Go Long Google Stock - Susan Mernit / Susan Mernit’s Blog:
Google and Yahoo and Facebook and everybody else—Impacts of the GTube deal - Jonathan Thaw / Bloomberg:
Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion, Grabs Lead in Web Videos - Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
They did it! YouTube bought by Google for $1.65B in less than two years - Ben Charny / MarketWatch:
Google to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock - Mwelch / Business Filter:
GooTube — Source: Everyone Everywhere — No, and it won’t be YouGoog either. - Seamusmccauley / Virtual Economics:
What does GooTube mean? - TDavid / Things That:
Google buys YouTube and will let it run independently after acquisition - Rodrigo Sepúlveda Schulz / Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz:
Sold! youtube acquired by Google for $1.65b - Paul Colligan / Paul Colligan’s Profitable Podcasting:
Google Buys YouTube. What Does This Mean To Podcasters? - Silicon Valley Watcher:
Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion - WebProNews:
Google And YouTube, The Morning After - I4U News:
Google Bought YouTube for $1.65 Billion - Staci / paidContent.org:
GOOG-YouTube: Done Deal; $1.65 Billion In Stock - Sadagopan / Sadagopan’s weblog …:
The Google -YouTube Deal - John Furrier:
GooTube – Good News For PodTech Video - Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection:
Google Buys YouTube - greg hughes:
Tube of Goo – gle. Video on the web just got consolidateder - Chris Messina / FactoryCity:
GoogTube it is — I don’t have anything useful to say about … - Froosh / HipMojo.com:
Release: Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock - Lisa Barone / Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog:
Where’s the thunder? — Susan and I were sure that if Google … - Zef Hemel / ZefHemel.com:
Google Purchases Youtube for $1.6 billion - Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Confirmed: Google Buys YouTube - Sahad / VC Circle:
Google Buys YouTube For $1.65 Billion In Stock; Sequoia Capital Hits Bigtime - Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
Google’s Schmidt: The Beginning of the Internet Video Revolution - Mikek / Hacking NetFlix:
Google Buys YouTube: Potential Netflix Competitor? - Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed:
GooTube is a Done Deal - Jeff Clavier / Jeff Clavier’s Software Only:
GoogTube is happening for $1.65B – and I understand why Chad … - Erick Schonfeld / B2Day:
GoogleTube: Let the Billion-Dollar Buyouts Begin - Ryan / CyberNet Technology News:
Google Acquires YouTube For $1.65 Billion - Tom Raftery / Tom Raftery’s I.T. views:
Google’s windfall for copyright claimants - Michael / michael parekh on IT:
ON GOOGLE, YOUTUBE, AND POLITICS - Leslie Taylor / Fast Company Now:
The Birth of the Goog-Tube - Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:
Details of the Google-YouTube deal - Marc Orchant / Office Evolution:
Still think it’s not an echo chamber? - Rich Ziade / Basement.org:
Google Gobbles Youtube - Minic / The Blogging Times:
Google buys YouTube: Who’s the moron now? - Mr Wavetheory / Mr Wave Theory:
$1.65 Billion for YouTube – BTF? - Greg Gershman / gregword:
Why YouTube sold — I usually fight the urge to jump … - engtech:
Internet Killed The Video Star (Google Buys YouTube) - Tobias Buckell / Blogging Stocks:
Google YouTube combination makes Google the master of web based video - Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
IT’S DONE! GOOGLE GETS YOUTUBE! - Richard / Clique Communications:
The Opportunity Cost of YouTube - Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny:
Google Buys YouTube, Advertisers Rejoice - Ilya Vedrashko / MIT Advertising Lab:
Google Buys YouTube: Now What? - GeekyGirl Dawn Foster / Open Culture:
Google Just Acquired YouTube for $1.65 Billion - Tony / Deep Jive Interests: (Yes, I’m surprised as any that I’m in there … )
Google Buys 1.65B Worth of Copyright Issues in YouTube - CEO / This is going to be BIG.:
Dear Mr. Moritz… Please bottle some water from your house and send it to me. - Mathew Ingram / mathewingram.com/work:
Please, let’s not call it GooTube - Joshua Jaffe / VC Ratings:
Does the YouTube sale vault Sequoia to the top VC slot? - Heather Green / Blogspotting:
Clever, Clever YouTube — The Google purchase of YouTube makes … - Paul Stamatiou / PaulStamatiou.com:
It’s a Done Deal, Google Bought YouTube - VoIP & Gadgets Blog:
Google buys YouTube - Fred / WeBreakStuff:
Google buys YouTube, internet wonders why - Fraser / Disruptive Thoughts:
4 Things — 1) Google bought YouTube today. $1.65 Billion. - Rob Hof / Tech Beat:
GooTube for Real — Not surprisingly, Google has indeed bought … - Dan / .:UNEASYsilence:.:
Confusion of the day: Google buys YouTube - Scott Beale / Laughing Squid:
Google Buys YouTube For 1.6 Billion - Andy Beal / Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim:
Google Buys YouTube – Confirmed - Ken McGuire / Ken McGuire On The Web:
From Rumour To Reality – Google Buys Youtube - Bloggers Blog:
Google Buys YouTube in Stock-for-Stock Transaction - Paul Montgomery / Tinfinger:
GooTube is real, and Arrington told me first - Elliott Back:
Google Buys YouTube - Kdawson / Slashdot:
Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion - Ryan Stewart:
They Actually Did It – Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion in Stock - Jordan Running / Download Squad:
Google’s YouTube acquisition is official - Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy’s Weblog:
Google acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion
