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What Will YouTube Do When Paris Hilton Doesn’t Save Them?

ByNalts

TechCrunch’s Marshall Kirpatrick reports that YouTube tomorrow will unveil a number of branded commercial channels– including a Paris Hilton channel being featured on the homepage. This is a surprising and encouraging move from a video site that hasn’t shown any other interesting way to profit from its incredible appeal. Fox has paid an undisclosed sum…

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Top 10 Ways to Get Your Viral Video Seen

ByNalts

Ironic title because a video isn’t viral UNLESS it’s seen. But it got your attention, didn’t it? Here are some tips for ensuring your video is seen beyond 14 teenagers on YouTube. Just like search engines are in constant flux, so is online video. So this advice has a limited shelf life: Make it good….

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Online Video “Officially Goes Mainstream,” Says ComScore

ByNalts

Wow. For a minute I thought this online video fad would pass like the pet rock. But now ComScore ordains it as “officially going mainstream.” We at WillVieoForFood take a more cautious perspective. We’ll believe it’s mainstream when our grandmothe starts watching online videos. Since she’s dead, that’s not happening soon. Here’s the press release…

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Another Ranking of Top 10 Video Sites

ByNalts

Here’s another ranking of top video sites (by LightReading.com). I’m reminded that it’s probably time for me to update my ranking of the top revenue-sharings sites. I admire LightReading’s thorough review, but I’m surprised that it overlooked the fundamental differences in business models between these sites. I suppose LightReading is an infrastructure site that is…

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And Just When WillVideoForFood Was to Open It’s Beijing Office

ByNalts

No more silly videos in China. Then again… even if you made a video wouldn’t “Google China” filter it out? From People’s Daily Online: Seems China is creating a tri-lopoly to ensure viral video doesn’t fall dangerously in the hands of its citizens (who would soon, no doubt, ask for guns). New regulations are in…

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A More Efficient Way to Waste Time?

ByNalts

I constantly hear about the hours people spend on YouTube. I have a more efficient way of wasting time. I’ve been able to waste an hour each morning in less than 20 minutes by browsing Metacafe! The user interface is set up well so you can dive right to the most popular or most recent videos. The content is much better overall…

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Revver To Open API

ByNalts

According to ZDNet, Revver Co-Founder Oliver Luckett said the company has been secretly working for the last 9 months on opening the API to the world. Unlike most video sites, Revver is positioning itself as the eHarmony for for video content creators and advertisers. The company will begin offering syndication networks, hosting, tracking and ad…

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How to Make Money on Online Video

ByNalts

I spoke yesterday with Joe Chapuis yeseterday who is a frequent commenter on WillVideoForFood.com. He’s writing an article on how to make money on online video, so if you have thoughts reach out to him. I don’t want to post his e-mail here but maybe he will. Joe runs a site called “WebVideoZone” that offers…