Comments on: blinkx reaches milestone with 14 million hours of content and 200 media partnerships http://www.901am.com/2007/blinkx-reaches-milestone-with-14-million-hours-of-content-and-200-media-partnerships.html New Media News Every Morning Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alex Barnett http://www.901am.com/2007/blinkx-reaches-milestone-with-14-million-hours-of-content-and-200-media-partnerships.html/comment-page-1#comment-7058 Alex Barnett Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:43:54 +0000 http://www.901am.com/2007/blinkx-reaches-milestone-with-14-million-hours-of-content-and-200-media-partnerships.html#comment-7058 To clarify on their numbers, blinkx takes in lots of news content, which scrolls off after 7-10 days, and that's why the 2.5 million number was more accurate in April. They were showing the actual number of clips available. The 11m number is, I think, padded with clips that you can't actually watch because they've gone away. Note also that they went out on the AIM penny stock market, with no revenue to speak of. That is the height of irresponsibility but considering they get all their search technology from Autonomy, and Autonomy owned 90% of them, in exchange for that, you can see why as Autonomy is a big company which needed money back for the $10 million they put into Blinkx 5 years ago. To clarify on their numbers, blinkx takes in lots of news content, which scrolls off after 7-10 days, and that’s why the 2.5 million number was more accurate in April. They were showing the actual number of clips available. The 11m number is, I think, padded with clips that you can’t actually watch because they’ve gone away.

Note also that they went out on the AIM penny stock market, with no revenue to speak of. That is the height of irresponsibility but considering they get all their search technology from Autonomy, and Autonomy owned 90% of them, in exchange for that, you can see why as Autonomy is a big company which needed money back for the $10 million they put into Blinkx 5 years ago.

]]> By: Alex Barnett http://www.901am.com/2007/blinkx-reaches-milestone-with-14-million-hours-of-content-and-200-media-partnerships.html/comment-page-1#comment-7055 Alex Barnett Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:29:30 +0000 http://www.901am.com/2007/blinkx-reaches-milestone-with-14-million-hours-of-content-and-200-media-partnerships.html#comment-7055 I looked at Blinkx a few months ago, after NewTeeVee did a story on who had the most video clips. I searched on "advanced search" with nothing in the box, as the NewTeeVee people said to do, and got back 2.5 million clips. Now if I do it, they seem to have altered "advanced search" so that nothing comes up when nothing is in the box. I searched on "a" and found that they have 11million plus clips. This is far less than either Truveo/Searchvideo.com which has 22 million clips or Dabble which has 15 million clips. I think Blinkx is fantastic at hype, but no good at actual search, especially considering all their technology comes from Autonomy, which is enterprise search. I think they are pulling the wool over your eyes. I looked at Blinkx a few months ago, after NewTeeVee did a story on who had the most video clips. I searched on “advanced search” with nothing in the box, as the NewTeeVee people said to do, and got back 2.5 million clips.

Now if I do it, they seem to have altered “advanced search” so that nothing comes up when nothing is in the box. I searched on “a” and found that they have 11million plus clips.

This is far less than either Truveo/Searchvideo.com which has 22 million clips or Dabble which has 15 million clips.

I think Blinkx is fantastic at hype, but no good at actual search, especially considering all their technology comes from Autonomy, which is enterprise search.

I think they are pulling the wool over your eyes.

]]> By: LonelyBloggers http://www.901am.com/2007/blinkx-reaches-milestone-with-14-million-hours-of-content-and-200-media-partnerships.html/comment-page-1#comment-6999 LonelyBloggers Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:46:51 +0000 http://www.901am.com/2007/blinkx-reaches-milestone-with-14-million-hours-of-content-and-200-media-partnerships.html#comment-6999 Man, did a search on 'sex' without the safe filter on -- Think at least half of that 14,000,000 hours of video is hardcore porn. Looks like they have tons of adult advertising there too, always key to generating tons of easy website revenue.... God bless the internet and the companies that take absolutely no measures to blocking minors from watching xxx content.. Man, did a search on ’sex’ without the safe filter on — Think at least half of that 14,000,000 hours of video is hardcore porn.

Looks like they have tons of adult advertising there too, always key to generating tons of easy website revenue…. God bless the internet and the companies that take absolutely no measures to blocking minors from watching xxx content..

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