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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
seems pretty obvious to me.. buying out your biggest competition.
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Yep and if youtube can add video ads or text ads on the site google will be competing with yahoo, MSN, and Ask.com for the exclusive deal. They may end up paying more for a 5 year term than the actual straight out purchase price.
Obvioulsy the actual application that youtube built is not that hard to duplicate but they are buying the eyeballs and audience that comes with it.