Google is a market

Not directly related, but this is a great blog post as to Google's true nature as a market rather than a search engine. This is certainly arguable as Google's payment and integrated rating system becomes public knowledge. My favorite quote of this post:


"Buygoogle has been ranting that the Google Video Store, which so many have criticized for lacking content, organization and aesthetics, isn't really an iTunes competitor at all - it's actually the beginning of a marketplace for content. (When Google opens this up for individual content producers to get paid this will be obvious.)"


See the "pricing" section of my big picture post to see what I think Google might offer as options to sellers.