The View from the Corner Office: PureVideo
Every Wednesday we visit the Executive Suite of an alternative search engine CEO. This week we’ll hear from PureVideo’s CEO Erik Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins is CEO and co-founder of PureVideo, operator of StupidVideos, GrindTV, HollywoodUpClose, and the recently launched PoliticsUpClose.
Erik Hawkins: “PureVideo is a leading Web-wide video search engine and guide to the most popular clips online. It was launched in October of 2006, and now attracts over 2.5 million monthly visitors and represents one the nation’s top ten video sites by market share.
Based in El Segundo, CA, our company combines the accuracy of crawl-based search with the timeliness of feed-based search, and returns the most comprehensive and relevant results from the entire Web. In addition, users of PureVideo have access to more than 50 charts presenting the most popular videos on expert sites concerning music, sports, comedy, viral videos, entertainment, news, and research. The charts serve as a directory to Web video, providing users with comprehensive coverage on hot topics and the chance for serendipitous discovery.
Other PureVideo features include its downloadable video search toolbar, the My.PureVideo customizable media page, and other resources, enabling users to find and discover the Net’s best videos.”
StupidVideos is a viral video website dedicated to humorous, off-the-wall videos, including wild stunts, wacky animals, sports bloopers, funny commercials, song and dance parodies, and original comic shorts by the StupidVideos producers.
Created for and by adrenaline junkies, GrindTV is the premiere destination for extreme and action sports videos.
HollywoodUpClose is the Web’s most comprehensive portal to all things celebrity.
PoliticsUpClose is the Web’s most comprehensive portal to US governmental and political media and information.
“On behalf of PureVideo, I invite you to visit all of our excellent media destinations!” Erik Hawkins
