Online multi-media has been an exploding industry in the past years, as simple voice and text communication is now old news, we bring our eyes to video. Although there are many video portals available on the web, what makes the typical user first jump to YouTube? Is it the first? The best? of its kind? Not necessarily, although YouTube has great recognition and many users are now comfortable with the search and interface of the service, a newer competitor such like Blinkx holds the potential to steal much of the market share.

Blinkx.com is a video portal site that puts the importance and focus on a much more business professional appeal whereas YouTube focuses on the user's ability to add their own video moments to their database. Blinkx main page includes a collage of the most recent news, entertainment, sports, and business instead of having a busy businessman try his hardest to read the paper, or watch the evening news, they are able to access it all quickly and simply here at Blinkx.

I believe the innovative design of this site, along with this professional niche of the market I have yet to see elsewhere will give the company an advantage over its competitors, and while still being essentially unable to pull the viral-fed teenagers and young adults (20-24) from their beloved YouTube, I can see this video portal staying crisp and clean providing the world with an alternative to the clutter, rude comments, and plethora of pointless videos we are offered at a moments dispense on YouTube.

The search engine integrated into the Blinkx network offers a unique speech-to-text ability that will allow for better search results when you are search for a phrase or scene from a specific episode.

So if you are an information-seeking individual, looking to be kept up to date on world news, business, politics, and other important breaking news stories, Blinkx offers all of this through a very simple and innovation video search portal. Stay away from the confusion of mass user-submitted information and find the real news you seek straight away at Blinkx.

I give this video portal a 8 of 10.

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