The end of Revver, Guba and Metacafe

Just now that YouTube announced that they plan to launch their own revenue sharing system and start displaying ads on the videos there, we see how companies like Revver, Guba and Metacafe will start losing ground under their feet, considering the fact that YouTube is hugely popular and reaches the mainstream on the web!

Here is what Techcrunch wrote today: "YouTube competitors have worked to differentiate themselves by compensating video content creators, but once YouTube enters this game with their top-dog status already -I question what would make a user go to a lesser-visible video site such as Revver, Guba, Metacafe, etc. Competitors have been struggling of recent — Revver lost two founders and Guba lost its’ CEO and two executives."

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