In this video, “Bike Theft Stunt,” field reporter for Fox station loses her cool when guy cuts finger trying to saw a bicycle lock. This is supposed to be Jodi Applegate, but I just spent 15 minutes on Google trying to verify that by coupling her name with bike, bicycle, lock, prank, ruse… nothing. Wait……
Thee’s a grassroots effort to save sweet Mentos from the cruelty of Diet Coke. You too can help. Visit http://www.savementosnow.com/. I’m not involved in the effort, but I made ’em a PSA when I learned about it via the Revver blog.
I do a lot of my videotaping from the car. One-hour commute and a busy day-job plus kids. Gotta squeeze the stuff in. I’ve had a lot of warnings about DWV (Driving while videotaping) but this e-mail from my brother is my favorite. First his warning, then he recounts the conversation we had 15 years…
Most online-video sites are doing a good job of search-engine optimizing videos for Google and other search engines. If you search videos by your title or username, the link to the site should be in the first page results. There are a few things you can do to help ensure this works for you: Select…
One of the great things about online video is that, for the most part, you can make a video go away. Recently I created a video called “Lay Me Off.” It featured me eating crayons, tossing wet kleenex and wearing a robe to meetings. I’m squishing bananas on my boss’s desk, pushing a guy’s tie…
A “guilty pleasure” site: Blennus. My slogan for it. “Blennus: The red-neck cousin of Break.com.” Three warnings: 1) It’s got really annoying ads, 2) It knew what city I’m in because it featured narly local women in a banner, 3) Some of the stuff is PG-13 or worse.
Kevin Maney of the USAToday wrote the article that might pop the Internet online video zit. And it needs to be popped. I can’t stop looking at it. I just want to take my thumbs together and pop that pulsating red and white pimple. Because only when it’s gone can we move to the interesting…
I went to the Google video site’s comedy section, and the entire first screen features $1.99 Mr. Magoo videos. Oh, man. Forget everything I said about Google Video taking over YuTube. Someone please post a comment and tell me you spent $1.99 on a copy of Mr. Magoo? Please.
TV Guide reviews some of the best YouTube “talent” moments. I need to broaden my definition of the word “talent” obviously.
Jason Dowdell of “Marketing Shift,” writes this about Google vs. YouTube: For the moment YouTube appears to have an insurmountable lead in the user-generated video space. YouTube has the quirky, clever, and oddball content from thousands of individuals, while Google Video has Mr. Magoo and Charlie Rose. However, Google has several things — namely Google…