Apparently Google is trying to position their video service into the mainstream spotlight as they toss the much more valued Froogle into the back seat.

NEW YORK - Google Inc., the search engine whose clean, minimalist home page was a stark contrast to the link-laden Web portals of the late 1990s, made a tiny tweak to its site last week that may have much bigger repercussions.

On Wednesday, Google removed a text link to its comparison-shopping site, Froogle, and replaced it with one pointing to Google Video, where amateur spoofs uploaded by users mingle with episodes of Dave Chappelle’s show.

While Google explained the switch as a philosophical one — more about helping users find new video content than driving traffic to any particular section — some bloggers and Web watchers saw the change as more strategically significant…. Source: MSNBC