A new arrival in the battle of video searches. Currently a video searcher might choose Google (which now indexes its own videos, and offers a homepage filter for it), Yahoo (which queries additional videos beyond those on Yahoo), or simply go to YouTube directly (which is typically what I do). Now there’s a new option….
Lucasfilms, according to Variety, is getting out of the movie business. “We don’t want to make movies. We’re about to get into television. I think the secret to the future in quantity,” said Lucas. Well knock me over with a feather. Read the article at Variety.com. Thanks to Neil for sending it. I thought it…
The Coke contest is down to 8 submissions now that judge ZeFrank booted the one I had submitted. But there are still about 20 days for you to try. In an e-mail titled “your entry needs a little work,” ZeFrank wrote, “Unfortunately, we cannot include it on the site because your submission contains third-party content…
If you post a comment with a URL it get lodged in comment pergatory. Everyonce in a while I remember about this area, and I free the comments to heaven. In this case, this comment from September was worthy of a post. Writes ZackScott: “Interesting story… I’m a deputy at TomGreen.com which means I get…
Okay- the headline was provocative and unfair. You can exist just fine without an online video site. Just post your stuff on YouTube and let the rest of us make money. Why the “Different Strokes” photo? We’ll get there in a minute. Anyway I got two replies to the video on “How to Build Your…
I’ve decided to write a book on viral video — aimed primarily at marketers and advertisers since amateur videographers and film makers don’t have enough money to buy books. Naturally I haven’t written a book before, but I sometimes read them. So I figure I’m pretty qualified. The working title is: “The Profit (Prophet) of Viral…
Right now we’re monitoring online video websites based on many views they can get us (and, of course, if they share the ad revenue). The single most important thing to drive views is an online video site liking your content enough to feature it. But do you know what the SINGLE most important thing will…
ZeFrank agreed to be interviewed with me regarding the Annoy ZeFrank contest. Here’s an exlusive transcript: WillVideoForFood (WVFF): Thanks for answering some questions. Any reason you wouldn’t let me do this via phone or in person on video? ZeFrank: I can give you about 12 reasons. WVFF: What are your thoughts about the Annoy ZeFrank…
Billionaire investor and dot-com legend Mark Cuban said only a “moron” would purchase YouTube, and that the online video site is “going to be toasted.” Read the article at YahooNews. Or Reuters. Obviously Cuban got the idea from my YouTube rant. During this clip that I’m still hawking in every other post, I urge YouTube…
In my unscientific study I have identified the best and worst site for getting videos viewed quickly. This is based on my own experiments as well as feedback from some of you that have found this to be true as well. Best site for getting views quickly: AOL Uncut (the consumer-generated portion of AOL). Example-…