Google or Yahoo for Movies?

Written by Pablo Palatnik on June 4, 2008

I’m not sure if this is new or not from Google search, but if you type in the name of a movie, the first result will be a search result to show you the movie trailer of the movie you’re searching for and allows you to enter your zip code to show you local show times. The movie trailer in Google all point towards Apple sites which show you the movies site and trailers.

Not the most exciting news in search, but definitely shaping up universal search. On the other side of the spectrum, Yahoo also has this feature but I THINK, it has it in a more effective fashion. More appealing and delivers the content faster to the user, which at the end of the day, that’s what the job of the search engine is, deliver what the searcher is searching for as quick and effective as possible.

Google Movie Search:

Yahoo Movie Search:

As I was looking at Google for this, I saw a great opportunity to monetize these movies that have millions of people searching for information on them (movie times, etc). If you look at Google and type in “Sex and The City,” a movie that has millions of fans and millions of followers, Google only has 5 paid ads in its search. 5 PAID ADS. That means there is room for competition.

If you’re looking for the short term buck and can think of a product to sell that has to do with the Sex and The City brand, you’re looking at a possible great niche. Same thing for movies such as Iron Man, and basically any other movie that breaks through big in the market.