# Google buys YouTube **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 9, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496 "2006-10-09T15:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/1 "2006-10-09T15:03:57Z")
[link](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHMkfNNtCmcU&refer=home) > Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion, Grabs Lead in Web Videos > > By Jonathan Thaw > > Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) – Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, agreed to buy YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion, adding the largest video-sharing site on the Web and an audience that watches more than 100 million clips a day. > > Founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen and their 65 employees will join the company, Google said today in a statement distributed by Business Wire. In less than two years, San Bruno, California-based YouTube has catapulted from startup to Internet icon with 34 million monthly U.S. visitors. ---
**Author:** ![SloWhite\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowhite_z/32/5969_2.png) [@SloWhite\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SloWhite_Z)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/2 "2006-10-09T15:05:38Z")
I think google is trying to be the wal-mart of the interweb ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/3 "2006-10-09T17:58:48Z")
I could of swore I heard Mark Madden say that Mark Cuban bought YouTube. Guess I misheard, or Madden had one too many cheeseburgers that day.1 ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/4 "2006-10-09T18:44:53Z")
i hate mark madden ---
**Author:** ![SCHMEIDER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/schmeider/32/6032_2.png) [@SCHMEIDER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SCHMEIDER)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/5 "2006-10-09T19:14:06Z")
> [@Club addicts...whats your all-time favorite....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/club-addicts-whats-your-all-time-favorite/24876/24): > > I think google is trying to be the wal-mart of the interweb i agree wit him ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/6 "2006-10-10T04:15:42Z")
> [@How much do you have in your "street car?"](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-have-in-your-street-car/24117/119): > > i agree wit him that’s great!.. because we were all dying to know. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/7 "2006-10-10T06:46:49Z")
> [@Can I build a 1000+ Horsepower engine? Apparently so.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-i-build-a-1000-horsepower-engine-apparently-so/24902/57): > > that’s great!.. because we were all dying to know. :bowrofl: I thought google was funded by the government? Or was that how it started? ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/8 "2006-10-10T06:54:14Z")
> [@Can I build a 1000+ Horsepower engine? Apparently so.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-i-build-a-1000-horsepower-engine-apparently-so/24902/57): > > that’s great!.. because we were all dying to know. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/9 "2006-10-10T07:05:19Z")
When is Google going to open their Pittsburgh office? ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/10 "2006-10-10T07:06:07Z")
> [@Can I build a 1000+ Horsepower engine? Apparently so.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-i-build-a-1000-horsepower-engine-apparently-so/24902/70): > > When is Google going to open their Pittsburgh office? dunno… I applied for a position there a while back, never heard anything though. ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/11 "2006-10-10T07:08:26Z")
> [@Can I build a 1000+ Horsepower engine? Apparently so.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-i-build-a-1000-horsepower-engine-apparently-so/24902/70): > > When is Google going to open their Pittsburgh office? I got a call from a guy from Google about 2 weeks ago regarding doing some keyword searchs and shit on there for my company. He gave me a number to call him back that was a (412) area code, so I think they may have already started here. Unless the person that called is working for another company on the behalf of Google, I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/12 "2006-10-10T07:10:31Z")
> [@What's everyone giving up for lent?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-everyone-giving-up-for-lent/8767/120): > > dunno… I applied for a position there a while back, never heard anything though. I sent in my resume also, 2 months later I got a big “sorry you suck look elsewhere” email lol ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/13 "2006-10-10T08:24:24Z")
Also the most popular uploads to youtube, the people are getting paid. I wonder how long it will take until a lawsuit happens when someone else is claiming a video not thiers Hmmm. Smaller Site like Dumpalink are where to find the really good vids. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/14 "2006-10-10T08:27:06Z")
> [@Can I build a 1000+ Horsepower engine? Apparently so.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-i-build-a-1000-horsepower-engine-apparently-so/24902/70): > > When is Google going to open their Pittsburgh office? its’ open! they are stocked up and hidden at a local university 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/15 "2006-10-10T08:29:45Z")
> [@FS:18" Black Audi Wheels/Tires](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-18-black-audi-wheels-tires/24934/9): > > its’ open! they are stocked up and hidden at a local university 🙂 It’s CMU isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![FourGee6Tee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FourGee6Tee3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourGee6Tee3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/16 "2006-10-10T08:46:55Z")
> [@Engine Swap Picture thread, x-post](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/engine-swap-picture-thread-x-post/24930/15): > > It’s CMU isn’t it? Yeah. I saw Mark Cuban on C-Span the other day he was speaking about this. Cuban = The Man ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-buys-youtube/185496/17 "2006-10-10T08:50:21Z")
> [@Engine Swap Picture thread, x-post](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/engine-swap-picture-thread-x-post/24930/15): > > It’s CMU isn’t it? ironically enough i was sent a recent opening that takes place there for software development / engineering… 🙂