Sina opened video search engine

iAsk VideoSina has quietly launched video search under its search brand iAsk, iAsk video. Although it’s called video search, but it has features of a video sharing site. Users can upload videos and manage their clips collections. They also have personal profile page, although some advanced features like subscription are still missing.

The search result includes videos from Internet, user uploaded videos and Bittorrent seeds. On the homepage, there’s a real time scrolling list of search keywords. The top keywords are listed on another tab. This feature is useful for the ones who want to spy on search trends, but not provided by most of the search engines.

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