I did a Google search for YouTube sucks (for reasons I can’t quite explain because I’m not mad at YouTube today). Here’s what I found. A Brit waxes poetically about YouTube’s sucking. Seems the “bun was getting stuck” — causing her to miss a deadline by two days… She quotes someone else wanting to mobilize troops…
Those of us that upload videos frequently have certainly developed a preference based on speed, convenience and “instant gratification” (ability of a site to show video soon after uploading it). Let’s review the common online video sites based on how well they facilitate uploading/posting of videos: YouTube: Used to be faster. The past few weeks I seem…
It’s back to school time! You can tell by the slower commute as you simmer behind dozens of school buses. The other cue is the frantic squirrels. In the Northeast, squirrels sense “back to school” time as their last opportunity to burry nuts. This puts the rodents into a wild fit, in which they often run…
As far as I can tell, it’s impossible to change your thumbnail on YouTube. Thumbnails, which are the single image that appears to represent your video, are critical to a viewer’s decision to watch your video. Thumbnails, followed by a video’s duration and title, are the most important elements to catching the attention of random…
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…
Unfortunately no video. But is this viral or what? The story of a guy who decides to dig a hole in his yard and hang out in it.
“We’re Not Candy” video… An old classic resurfaced by Gawker and Defamer. Don’t leave your Viagra sitting around, dads.
Via Video Sift: Snake eats crocodile. With my luck, he’ll be in the restroom working that thing out while I’m waiting for a turn pinching my cheeks.
Check out “Bed Bugs” streamed via Web Video Zone. This new service is available for a risk-free prelaunch trial, and here are some additional examples of how the video player can be configured. It also allows for a customized frame that links to the site of your choosing.
Note to Huffington Post readers: Judson Laipply is the guy that did the “Evolution of Dance” video that remains one of YouTube’s most popular videos (nearing 40 million views). Had he been paid even a fraction of a penny for each view, he’d be able to retire from that video. Thankfully as of Jan.27, 2007…