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GodTube, the popular YouTube-like video sharing site for the religious, might be ready to make a broader move into social networking. According to a video posted to the site, GodTube is about to get a name change, and “becoming a hybrid of Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube.” The site will still be faith-based, but moving beyond video sharing to include other, broader aspects of social networking.
The site is a pretty decent YouTube clone, but marketed towards the faith-based community. In fact, it initially launched using a $300 script that anyone could buy. But the site grew gangbusters, and the company raised $30 million last year to expand. Traffic growth has since cooled off though. According to the latest reports from Quantcast, GodTube has shrunk from a peak of 2.7 million monthly visitors to just 692,000 last month.
Perhaps this is the reason that the site is looking to broaden its horizons. The initial success of GodTube, a site with little differentiation other than its core audience, demonstrates the demand for a more faith-based online community. Doing the same with the proven features of Facebook and MySpace should give the site a boost.
No word on what the new name of GodTube might be. Here is the video announcing of the change:
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