Google Video Store underwhelms
At work this morning we poked around the Google Video Store. Like a lot of recent Goog products it seems a bit unpolished, which is less endearing now than it was a couple of years ago.
While looking at the for-pay videos Jess made a good point about the Charlie Rose results--they all look the same:
Which Charlie Rose episode do you want--the one where Charlie wears the grey tie? In a more general sense, the question is this: How does the searcher make a relevance judgement based on these results? The list results are somewhat better, though the frame thumbnails are still of questionable benefit.
In contrast, YouTube search results are much better: multiple frame-nails, tags, channels and ratings to make it easier for you to decide if a video is click-worthy.
Given the content deals they've made (I may finally be able to see Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Finals), I was expecting more... sophistication from the Google Video Store.
