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Superbowl Commercials Online

ByNalts

Today is the first post-Superbowl day where people have easy universal access to all of the commercials. Do you suppose anyone is working today? YouTube is inviting people to rank their favorite Superbowl ads. What stood out for you? Someone submitted them all the Superbowl commercials to Metcafe as well. Now THAT’S some time on…

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Media Stereotypes Online-Video Clichés

ByNalts

There’s no question that traditional media tends to characterize online video — and YouTube in particular — as a cute fad. Certainly the bulk of the stories are about the “one hit wonders,” Internet clichés, and sensational hits like Chris Crocker, Sneezing Pandas, laughing babies and Star Wars Kid. When I saw some recent Comedy…

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“The Office” – An Obsessed Fan

ByNalts

I’m coming out of the closet as an 8.5 fan of NBC’s “The Office.” This new video (titled ‘The Office’ Obsessed Fan”) is directed toward the creators and actors of “The Office.” It’s rated 5th highest “video of the day” on YouTube and the second most discussed. So hopefully the staff finds it. I have…

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What is This Blog?

ByNalts

“Farting in Public” was just featured on the homepage of YouTube (thanks, editors!). This is my second time featured (last was for Viral Video Genius). So this is a brief post to explain WillVideoForFood.com to curious YouTubers. To read about “Farting in Public” and Spencer, visit this recent post. To see Spencer’s sequel watch “Ugly Caricatures.”…

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Google Gets “Snapple” of a Deal on YouTube Buy

ByNalts

Final thought today on the YouTube purchase by Google. This morning I had the pleasure of listening to Grant McCracken speak about ethnology (see his blog for a definition). He cited an example to show the importance of well-conducted consumer research — the Quaker/Oats Snapple aquisition. BOOM- what a great anaology for today! Not only is…