10 Viral Videos That Have Exploded on the Web (Time)
Time's pick of 10 videos that have exploded on the web. Interesting that the "cheerleader through the basketball hoop" has been brought down from YouTube.
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Awaiting the Merger of Popular and Profitable Sites
A week ago today I made one of my most annoying videos yet- GoogleHeads. Here's Googlehead on Revver.com. Here's Googlehead on YouTube.com. I point this out for three reasons: Blatent self promotion So you can see the difference between Flash and Quicktime- quality and speed. For best results click the ad after the Revver version. 🙂…
Million Dollar Video Jukebox
Here's an interesting concept. The Million Dollar Video Jukebox (accessed at www.milliondollarvideojukebox.com or www.jeukersz.com. The Homepage is made up of squares (each measuring 2500 pixels). You can upload your video to the square you choose- since the site just launched there are now 400 spaces (expandable to 10,000). You need to be a member to…
Online Videofest from Panasonic
Panasonic is running a contest via YouTube for videos under 5 minutes. Panasonic is the first non-entertainment company to run a promotion with YouTube. Panasonic will award prizes to makers of the four weekly finalist videos, including a first prize of a plasma high-definition TV and digital camera, worth about $5,000. The electronics company is…
All Your Videos Are Belong to Us
ALL YOUR VIDEOS ARE BELONG TO US. That was the message today when YouTube went down today. See this blog for more. Perplexing. It's a real story- see CNet.
Secret Recipe for Viral Video Popularity
A recent article about YouTube reveals that 50,000 videos are uploaded a day, and 50 million are viewed. This ratio has changed, no doubt, over time. But that basically means the average views per video should be around 1000. Most videos, however, never surpass 10-100 views. Others get more than 10 million. So what’s the…
YouTube Video Amateur Becomes Millionaire
Another mock headline, but here's the poop. The most popular video of all time is the very clever "The Evolution of Dance." It's approaching 19 million views. If YouTube shared a nickle of ad revenue (which is fair and conservative given that an advertiser would may many times more than that to serve an ad…
Five on Fridays (Floyd Hayes)
Floyd is back with another Five on Fridays, which is a very low budget piece that reviews interesting pieces of new media and advertising. Although I can't say he doesn't creep me out just a little, he finds extremely engaging photos and stories, and delivers it with an English sense of humor right from NYC….
Yahoo Video- What’s New?
Here's an article about Yahoo's upgraded video site. And here's a link to Yahoo! Video. I like Motley Fool's review, which basically summarizes Yahoo Video as not being very differentiated. It also suggests Yahoo could stand out by allowing video content owners to sell their work (like Google Video promised originally) or win prizes/cash for…