OVGuide: The mother of all video search engines

by Brad Linder Apr 14th 2008

Google Video, MSN Video, Truveo -- they're all great if you're looking for search engines for free and legal videos to watch online. But OVGuide can find any video those site can find, plus a ton of copyright-infringing videos uploaded to some of the internet's shadier video sharing sites.

OVGuide indexes online video sites ranging from Hulu and YouTube to TV-Links, Sidereel and SurfTheChannel. The layout is a bit busy, to say the least. But if a video's online, odds are you'll find it. You can browse a category list, navigate a tag cloud, or use the search bar which looks for videos on dozens of sites. If you know a site that isn't indexed, you can suggest a link for inclusion.

While OVGuide looks like lawsuit bait, the service doesn't host any videos itself. It simply provides links -- lots of links -- to sites that do host videos, whether they know it or not.

Tags: online-video, ovguide

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

InternetGuide said 5:17PM on 6-18-2008

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