Comments on: Scribd “YouTube for Documents” Gets $300K

By: Scribd is important | The Sixth W

Scribd is important | The Sixth W — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:49:05 +0000

[...] documents are sexy again. Scribd is hot. It’s “YouTube for documents.” It’s got an API. Boing Boing likes [...]

By: Vuzit Document Viewer Blog » Blog Archive » TechCrunch Loves Documents

Vuzit Document Viewer Blog » Blog Archive » TechCrunch Loves Documents — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:43:42 +0000

[...] haven’t been reading the news. TechCrunch, the third most popular blog in the world, just can’t stop talking about document-based startup companies. Vuzit hasn’t yet graced the pages of [...]

By: chosaq » Circumvent PDF DRM… with Scribd!

chosaq » Circumvent PDF DRM… with Scribd! — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:27:14 +0000

[...] goal to “create the world’s largest open library of documents” and even touted by some as the “YouTube of documents”—it seems that a similar feature/bug is also present in [...]

By: Blogjoy.de

Blogjoy.de — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:49:12 +0000

“Scribd” - YouTube fuer Dokumente…

Was YouTube für Videoclips ist, soll “Scribd” (www.scribd.com) für Text-Dateien werden. Das Portal zieht kurz nach dem Marktstart bereits über 100.000 User täglich an.

Beim großen Vorbild stellen die Nutzer eigene Videos ein. Andere k…

By: Scribd: "YouTube for Documents" « ~Yale Arts Library Blog~

Scribd: "YouTube for Documents" « ~Yale Arts Library Blog~ — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:41:12 +0000

[...] March 7th, 2007 · No Comments Check out Scribd, a new social networking website that lets you tag, share and comment on uploaded documents. Read more HERE. [...]

By: Scribd Rocking Along, Rumored Financing

Scribd Rocking Along, Rumored Financing — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:54:16 +0000

[...] looks like Y Combinator funded Scribd, a “YouTube for documents” has closed its first round of financing, possibly from [...]

By: DiscBlog » Blog Archive » It’s Still Very Early, But Scribd Looks Like A Winner

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:00:05 +0000

[...] reported on the launch of Scribd, the “YouTube For Documents” a little over two weeks ago. The site drew a significant [...]

By: Scribd - Doing For Documents What Slideshare Does For Presentations « UK Web Focus

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:33:00 +0000

[...] all of these type of services, there is the question as to whether such services are sustainable. Techcrunch reported on 6 March 2007 that the service “is coming out of private beta this morning with a fresh Angel investment of [...]

By: ::lemonup:: » It’s Still Very Early, But Scribd Looks Like A Winner

::lemonup:: » It’s Still Very Early, But Scribd Looks Like A Winner — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:40:41 +0000

[...] reported on the launch of Scribd, the “YouTube For Documents” a little over two weeks ago. The site drew a significant [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:31:43 +0000

The flash thing for viewing documents is awesome. I don’t see why people are complaining. It’s quite interesting…

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:46:00 +0000

great site!

By: shashank

shashank — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:18:00 +0000

that scribd server is down i think its not opening up…

By: Bob Dingwell

Bob Dingwell — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:33:25 +0000

No 32: Steven –

And why it is preferable to buying junk bonds?

By: Bob Dingwell

Bob Dingwell — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:31:22 +0000

No 39:Arun Jacob –

Y-Combinator will invest $127.69 for a 30% stake in your new venture…Google in a widget! Deal?

By: Usable Content » YCombinator - A Force to Reckon With, A Model to Replicate

Usable Content » YCombinator - A Force to Reckon With, A Model to Replicate — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:42:38 +0000

[...] Scribd is a free online library where anyone can upload a document or book. Techcrunch calls it the Youtube of documents. Scribd lets you tag, share and comment on uploaded documents (.doc, .pdf, .txt, .ppt, .xls, .ps, [...]

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:12:54 +0000

OK. I must be missing something. Why is this preferable to signing up directly with eBay’s Commission

Junction affiliate scheme?http://www.allconverter.net

By: Michael Vu

Michael Vu — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:08:45 +0000

This is a good idea. I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

Spam control is going to be key.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:46:09 +0000

eioba.com is far better app in this topic

By: Frank P

Frank P — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:23:41 +0000

Awesome idea…

Will get bought by google, yahoo, msn or interactive corp within 6-18 months for between 25 and 100 mil…

you heard it here first

By: Thea

Thea — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:43:40 +0000

Great site. Those who can, do, those who can’t, criticize. For writers, this site is a godsend. We don’t really give a crap about all the techno-babble. It’s great to be able to post writing without needing your own web site.

By: Tina Seelig

Tina Seelig — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:03:45 +0000

There is another new company in this space. Check it out: http://www.openfloodgate.com. This site will allow users to share and sell content. Also, it allows you to control access to the material. It can be public, private, or only available to people in your “group”.

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:11:28 +0000

Interesting idea, though I’m not sure who is going to be interested.

By: Louise Cotts

Louise Cotts — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:49:28 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed browing for docs and uploading was made easy with the variety of options—-you can even upload in bulk! Cool!

By: Mark Madsen

Mark Madsen — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:09:49 +0000

It’s a logical expansion of the SlideShare approach, hitting all doc types. I like some of the features like the text-to-speech of docs.

The problem I have with many of these sites is that they initially garner a traffic surge of people playing with them, but the long-term prospect isn’t so apparent. In a way, this is a modernized community content management system.

Their terms of service have some odd elements and one or two look like they are not enforceable (like the “major search engine” spidering - does a niche content spider count? who decides? what about startups?). Ditto “offensive material”. I know people who would consider calling Oedipus a “fucking douche bag” offensive, and this is the featured demo document on the site (an entertaining draw for many people).

I have my doubts about these companies as viable businesses, although there may be an opportunity to sell themselves as branded content delivery infrastructure/services to companies that have or generate a lof content.

By: david ingram

david ingram — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:59:37 +0000

Great, but limited. Now I have yet another place to publish my stuff.
Did you see http://www.izimi.com, launched on monday. Any file type, any size, any quality, no restrictions on quantity.
The twist in that plot: you dont even need to upload, just publish and serve from your own machine, and your stuff is accessible via a web browser (its peer to browser, not peer to peer).
Declaration: I work for izimi, so I’ll always say its great. Not an irrelevant plug, relevant to the fact that all these other niche sites restrict what you can and can’t publish.