dub3 card · video.google.com
Google Videos (2005)
10 results per page, 11 pages of hope.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Search
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: If you already have another Search card here, +3 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.
The site, in 2005
Google's video service, first a search over TV transcripts, then a place to host clips and embed them elsewhere, much like YouTube.
It ran from January 2005 to August 2012. Google staff recorded lectures for it, mostly at the universities where they had studied. After Google bought YouTube, new uploads stopped in 2009.
In 2005: Launched on 25 January, focused on searching the transcripts of TV programmes.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2005 page.
Put it on your site
Run Google Videos, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2005, then plays a short scene. Want Google Videos in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
