Mountain View, Calif. - Two months after closing its $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube, Google said on Thursday that it plans to continue operating the popular video sharing site as a separate business, while also integrating it somewhat with its Google Video site.

Beginning Thursday, users of Google Video will find search results that include YouTube videos, and will be taken directly to the videos by pressing a thumbnail.

Over time, Google Video said that it expects to evolve into a service that lets users search for all videos, irrespective of where they are hosted.

"YouTube… will continue to operate separately," Google wrote in its official blog. "Google will support YouTube by providing access to search and monetization platforms and, when/where YouTube launches internationally, to international resources."

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