All Your Videos Are Belong to Us
ALL YOUR VIDEOS ARE BELONG TO US. That was the message today when YouTube went down today. See this blog for more. Perplexing. It's a real story- see CNet.
Secret Recipe for Viral Video Popularity
A recent article about YouTube reveals that 50,000 videos are uploaded a day, and 50 million are viewed. This ratio has changed, no doubt, over time. But that basically means the average views per video should be around 1000. Most videos, however, never surpass 10-100 views. Others get more than 10 million. So what’s the…
YouTube Video Amateur Becomes Millionaire
Another mock headline, but here's the poop. The most popular video of all time is the very clever "The Evolution of Dance." It's approaching 19 million views. If YouTube shared a nickle of ad revenue (which is fair and conservative given that an advertiser would may many times more than that to serve an ad…
Five on Fridays (Floyd Hayes)
Floyd is back with another Five on Fridays, which is a very low budget piece that reviews interesting pieces of new media and advertising. Although I can't say he doesn't creep me out just a little, he finds extremely engaging photos and stories, and delivers it with an English sense of humor right from NYC….
Get Paid to Watch Videos
The online video era has entered into its second of what I'd suggest will be three phases: Phase 1: People are thrilled to watch videos online easily and for free. YouTube owns this, and this is the prevailing model. Viral video makers are currently motivated by fame not money. But as I mentioned in a…
Artie Lange on Jimmy Kimmel
Here's a YouTube clip from the recent appearance of Artie Lange on Jimmy Kimmel live. Since I don't TiVo Kimmel, it's nice to find some clips like this. If you're shy on time, let it stream completely and rush to the clip from his new movie, Beer League. Three guys in a diner and the…
What Does YouTube and 27 Have in Common?
Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube, is 27. Chad Hurley, the other co-founder who worked with Chen at Paypal, now employ 27 people. Think about that. Twenty seven people running the most popular site for online videos-one that streams 50 million videos a day to the 12.5 million visitors they get a month. For another of the…
How to Tell if You’re a “GoogleHead”
There are many ways you're healthcare professional can determine if you are a GoogleHead. But one way for sure. If you're willing to spend your Memorial Day afternoon printing Google Head t-shirts and asking your family and cousins to do the cheesiest stuff possible for a GoogleHead video. Thanks to Laurie Berkner for the song and…
3 iFilm Amateur Video Contests
When you submit to iFilm, there are three contests running now. One for the technically deficient, one for wannabee comedians, and a third for snowboarding cool cats. Yahoo Tech- Hook Me Up: Each week, EMTs (Emergency Makeover Technicians) adopt the case of a tragic sufferer of Old School-itis, diagnose his or her specific condition and…
Getting Rich on Revver
When I first got obsessed with posting videos on Revver (one of the only models that pays amateurs some of the ad revenue) I realized I started to sound like a cheesy infomercial telling people about it. That's what spawned this spoof of myself. Ironically, the name I used (David Scheyd) was a classmate of…