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10-13-2006, 11:32 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Utube.com hammered
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Utube.com, a Web site owned by a supplier of used tubes and pipes, has been swamped this week with visitors confusing it with online video service YouTube.
The site has been barely operational since Google said Monday that it will buy YouTube for $1.65 billion.
"I'm at a point now, all I want to do is to make the site work," Ralph Girkins, owner of the site belonging to Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, said Thursday.
"Today, it's been up the longest it's been up for a week--an hour and a half," said Ohio-based Girkins.
Utube.com is the sixth most popular U.S. manufacturing Web site, ahead of Whirlpool, according to data provided by HitWise.
On Monday, Girkins told Reuters that an intermediary who said he was acting on behalf of YouTube had offered $1 million to buy the Internet address. Girkins said turned down the offer and was holding out for $2.5 million to $3 million.
A YouTube representative said it had not made an offer and had no plans to do so.
On Thursday, Girkins said he had received about 20 phone calls from people who offered to sell his site for him. He has not been in contact with Google or YouTube, he said.
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All that brand spillage, from youtube over to utube. What a waste. I'm sure Google will dig deep to buy utube.com, so as to protect their investment.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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10-13-2006, 11:49 PM #2Temporarily Suspended
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10-14-2006, 12:02 AM #3Disabled
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Hey look, aussie bob's complaining about youtube again.
Do you have anything good to say about the site, bob?
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10-14-2006, 12:17 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by ub3r
Do you have anything good to say about the site, bob?• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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10-14-2006, 12:21 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Cirtex
My guess is that utube will sell that domain to google, as it's in both of their best interests to do so. There's little value in all that youtube traffic spilling over into utube, and it's only causing problems for utube.
It'll be interesting to see how this one pans out.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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10-14-2006, 12:24 AM #7Web Hosting Evangelist
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10-14-2006, 12:29 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Well, it's certainly not at the top of the website chain, but it ranks at 25000 at Alexa which is an impressive number
Here's what's telling, look at their traffic graph (in reach per million).
man what a gold mine for sales that is.
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10-14-2006, 12:37 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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Wow. I'm sure google will fork out the money one way or another -- just not $3 million...
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$3 mill is small change if they're doing a $2B YouTube project. UTube.com sound better than YouTube anyway, it's sound more Net Gen.
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Originally Posted by PixelManual
I think if Google pursue that domain, then they'll offer a combination of cash and advertising credits, or something like that. They might even buy the utube.com domain with google stock. Cash is not the only commodity Google can trade with, as seen with the youtube all stock purchase.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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10-14-2006, 01:43 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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prehaps they could do something similar to firefox.com so that neither one losses customer traffic
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By that I meant the guy will hold out for even more -- as Fluffy said, it's a $2 Billion project. 3 mill is a drop in the pot for a venture such as this.
Although, it could set a precedent with any domain or anything being google related is an instant gold mine, which is why they may refuse to do so. People will catch on quick either wayGeeksGather - Undergoing redevelopment. Stand by.
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10-14-2006, 04:07 AM #15Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Google will pay it... just think if utube decided to go porn or something...
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Originally Posted by PixelManual
It depends on how they want to develop the youtube brand out. They might roll the youtube brand into Google video. I doubt that, but it's a slight possibility.
Although, it could set a precedent with any domain or anything being google related is an instant gold mine, which is why they may refuse to do so. People will catch on quick either way• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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10-14-2006, 02:07 PM #17Nothing to see move along.
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Originally Posted by Aussie Bob
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10-14-2006, 03:04 PM #18Web Hosting Guru
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How about yootube or ewe-tube or youtoob or eutoob or.....
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10-14-2006, 03:43 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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3 million isn't much, i would ask for 5 million atleast
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10-14-2006, 03:54 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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So how many hosts sent an email to this guy offering to fix his problems?
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Originally Posted by phill2003
This thread is not about criticising the youtube founders for their brand stuffup, but was more about the utube.com owner, and his site being hammered with all the traffic spilling over from youtube. This is actually creating a liability for him, as that youtube traffic is just a burden to the utube hosting infrastructure. He could seek damages, but I think he'll sell, for the right price.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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10-14-2006, 07:35 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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this thread sounds like someone has learnt a new word... "brand spillage"
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Originally Posted by Iwannasite
It's in utube.com's best interests to rebrand, as all that youtube.com spillage is only harming them. Infact, I can't access the utube.com site now.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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10-14-2006, 08:11 PM #24WHT Addict
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I think big G will end up buying out utube
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hana thats nice I wish I owned uTUBE