Comments on: VideoSurf Launches Way Cool Visual Video Search

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By: What’s Making News This Morning | Zensible

What’s Making News This Morning | Zensible — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:02:48 +0000

[...] On NewTeeVee, Liz Gannes recommends VideoSurf, a tool that allows you to search for videos in cool new visual way. She unearthed some [...]

By: TechStartups.com » VideoSurf Greatest New Thing in Video Search Since, Like, Ever

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:28:41 +0000

[...] NewTeeVee calls VideoSurf “way cool.” [...]

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ingiltere dil okulu — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:42:56 +0000

I am not surprısıng to anything. But thanks..

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By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:54:44 +0000

Ok, so last night I put in my email address and got a message telling me that I’d get my registration info as soon as an invite opened up. It’s 24 hours later and I still can’t access the site. Sorry Video Surf you made it to hard for me to use the site. The wording may have been a mistake but the effect was the same, they hyped up the company and then kept the public out. I’m sure they’ll do just fine without me, but I’m just not willing to beg for access when there are other video search tools out there. Maybe this is the right way to launch a business, but if I ever start a web business I’ll make sure that people can actually use my product when the press cycle hits.

By: GigaNET:The DEMO & TechCrunch50 Edition - GigaOM

GigaNET:The DEMO & TechCrunch50 Edition - GigaOM — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:14:51 +0000

[...] NewTeeVee: VideoSurf Launches way cool visual video search. [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:15:36 +0000

The folks at VideoSurf say if you go register now they will send you a username and password. They apologize for the unclear messaging on the landing page. Let me know if you have any problems.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:04:39 +0000

Hi Davis, I absolutely agree, and I think you guys are the people these companies should want to be testing their products and giving them feedback. I’ll let you know when I hear back from VideoSurf.

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:50:44 +0000

Hi Liz,

The issue for me is really less about beta invites and just more of a general gripe that I have about the night club culture that Tim so accurately described. I understand why they have to sometimes keep these launches small or limited to a testing group, but it's just frustrating because so many companies are trying to use this exclusivity to hype their sites, when I prefer openness and equality (whether you happen to be the cool kid or the geeky video nerd.)

I like that NewTeeVee gives us an early look and hope that the beta reviews still keep coming out, but it would be neat if some of these sites started to give you beta invite codes that you could publicly post for all your readers so that every New Tee Vee reader can have equal access. This might be a way that they could still limit access to the people who like to follow the early buzz, but would also allow for all of your readers to participate in the cool things that you review. I don't expect the start up culture to change overnight, but the reviews are so much more powerful when you can actually play around with the product without having to just rely on NewTeeVee's experience.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:22:16 +0000

Sorry guys, I will do what I can to get you beta invites. I didn't realize they wouldn't be available today.

Jim, a cool problem this solves is if you saw a particular scene on TV and want to find it online to send to your friends. I don't know if that's a problem you have all that often but when you do it's quite frustrating.

By: Jim Kukral

Jim Kukral — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:37:39 +0000

What problems does this solve for me? I don’t get it. I have to use it/try it to see if it does. Does it?

By: Tim Street

Tim Street — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:17:59 +0000

I feel your frustration Davis Freeberg but launching a community these days is like launching a night club.

If you want to build a base that will make you money you have to let the cool kids in first and keep a line at the door for advertising.

Sure you are going to piss some people off but you are going to make other people want in even more.

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:55:19 +0000

This looks promising, but I’m kind of annoyed that the public can’t check it out themselves. I understand the importance of building buzz online and letting people have a sneak peak, but as a reader, it’s really frustrating to hear about a service and not be able to check it out first hand. I’m not sure how you balance being on the cutting edge and letting your readers actually use the services that you write about, but when you read about a site and can’t actually use it, it reduces the chance that someone will come back later.

By: What’s Making News This Morning - GigaOM

What’s Making News This Morning - GigaOM — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:57:56 +0000

[...] On NewTeeVee, Liz Gannes recommends, VideoSurf, a tool that allows you to search for videos in new cool visual way. She unearthed some [...]