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ByNalts

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A History of Online Video

ByNalts

Wowza. I thought I was on top of online video. I’m hanging my head in humility. Check out this post featuring a timeline of online video by Steve Bryant in his new blog, “ReelPopBlog.” Included is this dreamy graphic. Click to see it up close.

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Metacafe: Will Show Butt Crack for Food

ByNalts

I made $800 in a few days by simply showing the world my butt crack. Now I’ll share the secret on how you can make a decent coin for your amateur online videos (man that sounded like an infomercial introduction). Metacafe is paying $5 per 1,000 views. That’s not the best “return on view,” in…

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ByNalts

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First Interesting Article on Online Video (in a While)

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I’m getting so tired of the hype articles, or the latest story about an instant viral video classic. Finally, here’s an interesting piece. Source: The Ultimate Middle East Business Resource. Go figure. On YouTube: “But this bandwidth is expensive. It’s estimated that bandwidth costs YouTube US$1 million per month. But the investment – YouTube has…

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  1. Well, what can I say… a very very old trick?

    I first saw this thing about 6 years ago in Venice where local gypsies were selling them as toys on the street… we didn’t know what it was at first but then acquired one (they were almost free) and made a thorough inspection… yup, some flour and a condom.

  2. While you were handlng the stress toys they were patting you down in admiration. And taking your wallet. Not all gypsies steal, but all theifs are gypsies.

  6. I love the fruit facts one. You have no shortage of great ideas. And I see a theme with the condoms and the bananas and the cucumbers and the carrots… Next for Zack. The history of pickles.

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