[Larwee]

Google is sometimes difficult to predict. They often will surprise people. If they are really trying to pull this off, then I am sure they have something in mind and have really looked into it. They could possibly buy YouTube and do many things with it that people wouldn't expect.

It is very likely that wanting to have more viewers to display their advertising to would be a major reason they would be interested in YouTube. But they possibly could achieve that with some type of a package similar to the one they have with MySpace and not go an buy YouTube.

MySpace has started to attract some older people with money, but they need more of them. It is possible that Google has something in mind that would make it possible for YouTube to also attract more people who would be attractive to advertisers.

About all that people can do now is just speculate. If this happens, then we will know more. Eventually all of us would see what Google had in mind for YouTube, and it is possible we might be in for a surprise. Of course I'm only guessing, just as so many others are.