Well, I couldn't have seen this coming if I had a Deep Throat at Google… In a test, Google Video will serve ads for about 2,000 videos from 8 providers. Advertisers will select the videos on which to advertise their products through a combination of banner ads and 15-second video ads (at the end of…
To encourage reader comments, I'm offering links to related sites from this blog — which gets as high as 300 people per day. All you have to do is comment frequently, and if your site is related I'll throw in a link on the right column. I'll also do a post covering your site if…
Dear online video sites. Thanks for giving us free access to online videos, as well as absorbing the costs of hosting and serving the videos. Unfortunately, that's become a commodity. I think you know this, but in case you don't… what attributes do you need to ensure that you're not a "Pets.com" of the online…
Right now there are only two ways for an amateur to make money on short online videos, but this will soon change. Provide a website or network exclusive rights and get a one-time payment. We've seen certain amateur content creators already stop producing content for YouTube because they've been presumably approached by "content scouts." Remember…
Okay, the competition for the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang contest is better than I expected. Which means I need to blog a desperate plea for votes. If you have a second, please give the following three short videos "5 stars." You don't even have to suffer through them or click the ads. And if I…
It would appear that the Howard Stern & XM Radio deal has scared the hell out of cell-phone providers. Cingular has partnered with HBO, and Sprint and Verizon are hunting for "short films suitable for the size-challenged cell-hone screen," according to Newsweek. Nokia is setting up a tent at the Los Angeles Film Festival to…
Here's my video version of the AOL Cancellation (click to see it on YouTube). A guy tries to call and cancel his AOL account and runs into an aggressive call-center employee who wants to talk him out of it. And it's all caught on audio for everyone to enjoy! Here's the blog entry about this…
Have you heard about Jack Rebney (aka Winnebago Man)? Turn down your speakers and listen to his outtakes that (legend has it) were pieced together by his video crew. Invisible Engine Films offers this version of Rebney, puppet style. Can you understand now why I'm obsessed with online video?
Weirdest thing. I'm driving along minding my own business (and happened to be videotaping myself as usual- with a two-camera shoot). And my GPS machine starts copping a 'tude on me. Turns out she had PMS, but I didn't realize that until I tossed her out the window of my moving car. Anyone know where…
Traffic was low for WillVideoForFood.com so I decided to write about Britney Spears. It's almost a guarantee that you'll get visitors. In fact, I'm setting up a category for Britney Spears just for this post. So here's the latest video of her almost dropping her child. At least she didn't spill her tasty drink. Oh-…