Perhaps in an unrelated move with yesterday aquisition, Google added a new feature to their own video service: private videos.

If you have a video you’d rather not share with the entire world, you can choose to restrict access to it by marking it as “unlisted”. Similar to an unlisted telephone number that isn’t available in public phone number databases, videos that have been unlisted are not accessible through Google Video search results. This option is especially useful for family videos. Just set your video to “unlisted” and email the link to your family and friends.

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This way, more and more users might become attracted to the unlimited file size and storage offered by them, and whi knows maybe next year premium accounts will be available.