Google Videos
E356368
Google Videos was a video search and hosting service by Google that allowed users to upload, search, and view online video content before being largely superseded by YouTube.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google Video | 1 |
| Google Videos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3426970 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Videos Context triple: [Google Search, hasSubService, Google Videos]
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A.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
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B.
Vdio
Vdio was an online video-on-demand and streaming service launched by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis as an attempt to compete with platforms like Netflix.
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C.
YouTube Theater
YouTube Theater is a modern, mid-sized indoor entertainment venue and performance space located in Inglewood, California, often used for concerts, award shows, and live events.
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D.
Google Search
Google Search is a widely used web search engine developed by Google that allows users to find information, websites, images, and other content across the internet.
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E.
VIDN
VIDN is the four-letter ICAO airport code assigned to Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Videos Target entity description: Google Videos was a video search and hosting service by Google that allowed users to upload, search, and view online video content before being largely superseded by YouTube.
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A.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
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B.
Vdio
Vdio was an online video-on-demand and streaming service launched by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis as an attempt to compete with platforms like Netflix.
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C.
YouTube Theater
YouTube Theater is a modern, mid-sized indoor entertainment venue and performance space located in Inglewood, California, often used for concerts, award shows, and live events.
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D.
Google Search
Google Search is a widely used web search engine developed by Google that allows users to find information, websites, images, and other content across the internet.
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E.
VIDN
VIDN is the four-letter ICAO airport code assigned to Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google service
ⓘ
video hosting service ⓘ video search engine ⓘ |
| accessibleVia | web browser ⓘ |
| acquisitionOfYouTubeDate | 2006-10 ⓘ |
| acquisitionRelatedService | YouTube ⓘ |
| availableIn |
English
ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ |
| category |
Google services
ⓘ
linked to:
Google services ecosystem
defunct Google services ⓘ defunct video hosting ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| companyHeadquartersLocation |
Mountain View, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain View
|
| contentPolicy | user-uploaded videos subject to Google terms of service ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| discontinuationAnnounced | 2011-04 ⓘ |
| feature |
embedding videos on web pages
ⓘ
search across multiple video sites ⓘ user-generated content hosting ⓘ video playback ⓘ video search ⓘ video upload ⓘ |
| initialFocus |
indexing closed-caption text of television content
ⓘ
searching TV programs ⓘ |
| integratedWith | YouTube ⓘ |
| laterExpandedTo |
hosting user-uploaded videos
ⓘ
searching videos from external sites ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2005-01-25 ⓘ |
| operator | Google ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Google LLC
ⓘ
linked to:
Google
|
| ownedDomain | video.google.com ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAcquiredYouTube | Google ⓘ |
| platform | web ⓘ |
| reasonForDecline | acquisition and growth of YouTube ⓘ |
| searchIndexSources |
Google Videos hosted content
ⓘ
YouTube ⓘ other third-party video sites ⓘ |
| searchResultsIncluded |
links to hosting sites
ⓘ
thumbnails of videos ⓘ |
| serviceType |
online video platform
ⓘ
web search ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| supersededBy | YouTube ⓘ |
| uploadFunctionalityEnded | 2009 ⓘ |
| videoPlaybackEnded | 2012-08 ⓘ |
| website | https://video.google.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Google Videos Description of subject: Google Videos was a video search and hosting service by Google that allowed users to upload, search, and view online video content before being largely superseded by YouTube.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Google Videos