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Bad Google
Google and CBS release embarrassment of a video store
"This is a truly historical meeting of the established and new media," said Les Moonves, the head of CBS, about his network's new video partnership with Google. Um, no, Les. So far, it's just a really crap web site.
If, like us, you expected the new and improved Google Video service to rival something like Apple's iTunes store, then do yourself a favor and don't visit the Google shop for a few months. Google has done nothing to celebrate its unique access to shows such as CSI, Survivor and Star Trek. Instead, the company has buried CBS's shows beneath a dismal interface wrapped in a shambles of a delivery mechanism.
We wonder though if CBS isn't regretting its decision. Did it buy into the same Google hype as everyone else? ABC must be laughing all the way to the bank as it rides iTunes to millions of sales.
Google, however, seems to have made the same mistake as companies such as Dell when competing with an Apple or a Sony. It's not enough to throw out some cheap MP3 player or web site and expect the standard rules of business to apply to consumers. The Average Joe is willing to pay a bit more for quality in the consumer world rather than mess with some basic, hard-to-use product or service.

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