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Monday, March 20, 2006

Google Idol

Over past posts we've seen some great new uses for online video sites such as You Tube and Google Video. Their embeddable players have led to an explosion of new sites and ideas. The way is wide open for plenty more innovative uses of these services, and today we look at one that has taken a simple, effective and entertaining TV format and turned it into a video driven polling site where people perform for your votes.

Google Idol takes the idea of such popular TV talent shows as Pop Idol and the X Factor, and opens them up to a web audience who are invited to submit their entries to the competition. The result is a fun and entertaining site which manages to have an acre more charm and warmth than the plastic wannabies you see on the TV counterparts. In fact, it makes me want to get my web cam and mime something right now.

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