I keep finding my videos making their way to Google in someone else’s name. Here are two people claiming my Burger King bit. It’s flattering, and it’s not like they’re making money on it. But I do wish they’d provide accurate credit in their descriptions. They’re trading on my worthless brand. The Google video folks…
Is there such thing as a viral video writer? In most cases, viral creators are both writing and shooting their own work. But as the business matures, it’s highly possible that — just like television and film — writers will write and video people will produce. How long before they collaborate, and how will they…
I may not make the best videos on the web, but I’ve got a psychic power emerging. I make a video spoof of something and it comes real. I’m the friggin’ “Harold and the Purple Crayon” of online videos. This has happened a few times… the most significant one was when I created Crackberry Blackberry…
Lesson learned in this video. Don’t propose in public. Kinda reminds me of the last episode of The Office. Courtesy of a new blog featuring Google videos and information about Google.
My brother just sent me a list of the top 10 earners on Metacafe. As of this writing, I’m number 10 at nearly $4,000. Check out Nalts. Congrats to regular WVFF contributor Zack Scott for his number 6 spot. So now I need to figure out what Metacafe viewers like and want… and create videos…
Mike Shields from MediaWeek wrote this recent article about viral video creators. Nice piece and encouraging for those of us that are aspring amateurs. I found it while ego surfing my own name. Don’t act like you don’t ego surf. The user-generated video media landscape, while still pervaded by frat boys filming themselves being jackasses…
The bloggersphere is deeply upset about the fact that Viacom has removed Comedy Central’s content from YouTube, especially the work of Stephen Colbert. A “wag of the finger” from WillVideoForFood.com to Colbert, who was among the most popular of YouTube’s celebrities until this went down. Colbert has embraced the web and consumer-generated media — encouraging fans to…
First we had VHS delivery. Then we shrunk to create video for kiosks. Later we adapted video to fit a tiny window for 56K modems. And guess what? Except for performance speeds and better resolution, we’re still working with relatively the same video size despite a decade of web. Even worse, cell phones are going…
Want to see something amazing? I can make you yawn. Probably not just once but for a few minutes. All you have to do is click this link which leads you to a Google Images search for the word yawn. You’ll see photos of people, animals and babies yawning. Let me know if it works….
Despite the build-up, the new EepyBird Diet Mentos Coke video wasn’t quite what many expected. It’s hardly approached the views of the original (250K by last count on Google Video). This ZDnet “MicroMarkets” piece praised the duo (Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz) and provides some interesting context. Yet while the ratings of the video are…