ANVEEROY 61,291 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 At that time, Jawed Karim, a software engineer at PayPal, could find no footage of this performance online nor of the Indian Ocean’s tsunami of that year. There had been no way to watch the event, then or any once-aired video content, again. With Chad Hurley and Steven Chen, Karim thought it would be a good idea to host a website where videos like this performance and others could be shared. Their idea for YouTube was born that year, and they began developing the code. It took off after being workshopped at a San Francisco dinner party. In 2005, Google acquired the site for $1.65 billion. As it turns out, YouTube’s initial success was partially due to people searching for Jackson and Timberlake’s infamous performance. More: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/did-know-janet-jackson-led-150000400.html Stream Kylie-Janet Discographies! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,919 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 This has been known for a while. It makes sense as it was truly the first "moment" that everyone wanted to watch back whether they'd seen it live already or had heard about it. Another, lesser-known fact is that it was so many people searching for "jennifer lopez dress" (at the time, the most searched term) after she wore that famous low-cut Versace number back in 2000 that inspired Google to create Google Images, realising some people didn't even want to read an accompanying article, they just wanted the pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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