As you may know, Google has launched in beta Google Video, a specialized search engine of video clips and TV programming. They have recently started offering a video upload capability which you can find here.

Google is being surprisingly agressive with seeking out video submissions. A Google employee from Google Labs this week sent one of our clients, Steve Spangler, an unsolicited e-mail asking for permission to add his video clips into Google Video. Here’s the email he received:

Subject: [#32719712] Google Video & Steve Spanglers

Hi,

Google Video would like to include Steve Spangler’s videos in the Google
Video index to let internet users find, search, and view your content.

We currently have some science videos on Google Video and feel yours is a
good fit too:

Sciencefix.com
https://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ScienceFix.com&pl=1&btnG=Search+Video

I believe that Google Video can help you increase the distribution of your
video content and the number of visitors to your site. If you are
interested in this opportunity, please let me know, and I will be happy to
provide you with more information via email or give you a call.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Cliff Saman****
email: *****@google.com
Phone: (650)623-****
Fax: (650)618-****

(I’ve blocked out the Google employee’s full name and contact details to protect his privacy)

Steve called the guy, and the email checks out. Cliff really is a Google employee. Cliff even offered to convert the video clips into mpeg format. Cliff assured Steve that of course the video submission and file format conversion would all be free of charge.

Is anyone else getting solicited by Google Video staffers? Maybe this is part of their program of global world domination?