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Google messes up new video store
After a week where Google faced extensive criticism for bowing to government censorship of its new search engine in China, the company has been forced to admit that it made a big blunder in its latest online venture. The company has confessed that its new Google Video store had suffered from a poor design which made it difficult to access popular TV shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Survivor.
We made a big mistake,' Marissa Mayer, a company vice-president, said. 'You can't come out and launch a product like Google Video and say CSI and Survivor are there if they're not on the home page.' She added that the home page had been changed to make it easier to find clips, and that the response to Google Video had been 'absolutely fantastic'.
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User Comments (15)
Post a comment| jmag034 on January 29, 2006 11:09 AM | Wow, anyone that criticized them for this little blunder really wants to see them fail. I mean, they only screwed up one little thing.
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| MonkeyMan on January 29, 2006 11:41 AM | Well, when your number one, everyone is out to see you fail. With that being said, when you advertise, (if your a huge company like Google) then you have to be careful what you advertise, down to the smallest details. Because someone could take that very small detail, and turn it into a huge issue, like this one. This isn't really a big issue, but since Google is a huge company, then its blown way out of proportion.
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| mastronaut on January 29, 2006 12:10 PM | It'll be a blurb and disapear quicker than Michael Jackson after his molestation trial.
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| Need_a_Dell on January 29, 2006 1:09 PM | All they had to do was change some things on the homepage, and by the sounds of it, they fixed it. Therefore, it is no longer a blunder and the world should move on. Why are some people so critical of things that are so miniscual?
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| exscind on January 29, 2006 1:30 PM | I'm not quite sure what all the criticism regarding Google's video store is all about too, but then again I'm not really into that particular topic. But to me, Google has a big heart in admitting a mistake, no matter how minute it may appear. How often does someone hear a big corporation like Google admit a mistake in public? To me, that speaks volume. Yeah the boo-boo with China was not the smartest thing Google has done, but at least I sort of understand their position.
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| vigilante on January 29, 2006 1:48 PM | I haven't even used Google video yet. But hey, if you CAN actually VIEW stuff for free; what is there to complain about?
Isn't it interresting how, in this day and age, people complain more and more about stuff they can have for free? What if everything we enjoy for free right now were suddenly changed to charge you? I bet people would be quick to stop complaining about it. It's FREE for pete's sake!
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| djleyo on January 29, 2006 1:57 PM | Sure its a little thing they messed up but its GOOGLE the biggest search engine on the web.
GOOGLE spoiled us we are used of getting A+ products and servicies from them but im not worried they will get it right
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| DragonMaster on January 29, 2006 2:07 PM | They made an error and fixed it. They would have prefered not to see the error fixed? Where's the problem?
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| mentaljedi on January 29, 2006 2:52 PM | Google have made a mistake, responded fast and efficiently, and have grown stronger unlike Microsoft who had a mistake, took weeks to respond, only to find that it still doesn't work... (*Cough* meta *cough*)
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| DragonMaster on January 29, 2006 8:50 PM |
Some people criticize Google and not Microsoft. I applause these persons!
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| nathanskywalker on January 29, 2006 11:20 PM |
lol, definently. No week long waits...ok mabye it was a week, but hey, they fessed up. Wow, that was a big mistake, the one about giving in to china, but hey, people mess up.
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| Cartz on January 30, 2006 9:46 AM | Originally posted by DragonMaster:
We've been living with M$ for the last 15 years, the problem is we're just not used to it yet. 
We're used to KB articles and a 180 Mb service pack 9 months after the flaw is discovered.
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| Cartz on January 30, 2006 9:51 AM | Originally posted by nathanskywalker:
Giving in to China was a mistake? Howso? I believe that denying themselves access to one of the fastest expanding internet user bases in the world would have been a bigger mistake. Especially since that base is found in the country with, debately, the strongest economy in the world with the most potential for future growth. That would have been a bigger mistake. It's not Google's responsibility to right the injustices and inequalities in the world, they're responsible to their shareholders and no one else. Welcome to Capitalism.
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| champmanfan on January 30, 2006 12:25 PM | All Google are guilty of is being too naive of launching a top service with videos that no-one wants and trying to charge for it. When Google launched this, you have to already have done your homework and have thousands of well-known videos for us to look at. At least they refunded the punters who first bought into it and didn't receive their videos and they also got their videos for free - as it should be!
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| gamingmage on January 30, 2006 7:25 PM | People are just mad that Google is so succesful, I mean it was this one thing which they managed to fix almost right away.
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