I’ve only recently discovered The YouTube Guide (YTGuide). Each episode is hosted by a YouTube person who identifies some of their favorite video posters. The channel was started by Jim (SuicidalPassion) and is currently edited by Vicky (LestyoubeJudged). YouTube Guide, says Vicky, is “owned by all and the intent to feature lesser known people on…
Click here to listen to NPR report by Laura Sydell about amateur video creators getting paid. It’s mostly about Google Video and the EepyBird fellas. What’s annoying is that Google Video is hailed as sharing with creators when EepyBird is the exception not the rule. In fact the rest of us will get nothing from Google unless we…
Yesterday I joined a small group of online video creators to speak with Revver via conference call. We shared some of our technical concerns, and Revver provided some updates about what’s ahead. As the market grows more competitive, Revver has become cautious about sharing specifics. But Micki (Director of Revver Community and editor of The…
I wrote this article for The Daily Reel about finding the right online video site — whether you’re after fame, fortune or friends. Contrary to popular belief, YouTube isn’t the definitive video-sharing site for everyone. Knowing what you want is the first step in figuring out where to share. When it comes to sharing videos…
The real test of a video site’s audience is what videos are featured or highly rated. This analysis by Steve Bryant of ReelPopBlog shows the top video of each site. Partially fueled by this research and partially from my own vast experience of getting lost in these sites, here is… Nalts‘ analysis on the “persona”…
I can just hear the internal dialogue on this banner campaign… AOL VP of Marketing: Why are we still running ads on YouTube? AOL Media Buyer: Because you told me it might help in our negotiations to buy YouTube. AOL VP of Marketing: Well Google bought them, idiot. They’re our competition in case you’re not…
In the most ridiculous lawsuit since the McDonalds hot-coffee one, here’s Universal Tube (owner of Smoking Gun reports on the story, and you can see some of the e-mails the company has received erroneously. Let’s all include hyperlinks to UTube.com and tag them with words like YouTube, video, viral. Maybe we can get it number…
We’ve seen lots of YouTube cheaters, but I believe this is the first company that has boldly announced it will cheat YouTube. Driven by disappointing view counts on YouTube and a shameless desire to self promotion, EndlessEurope’s Matt Dickinson writes the following on a comment (edited slightly below for clarity) here on WillVideoforFood.com: My company has decided to…
LittleLoco identifies some “YouTube” cheaters. Gaming the system by downloading software that replays their own video over and over. Creating multiple identities and rating yourself. And somehow getting 100 subscribers a day even with no new videos. Things that make you go “hmmmmm….” (LittleLoco’s video courtesy of Matt from EndlessEurope.com).
Why would Google want to own two video sites? Oh, silly. They’re not two video sites. Their differences are becoming apparent: Google Video Objective: create a video site with no discernible character or features. Keep it as an entirely different entity, and let it stagnate as the market changes. Don’t promote the video site on Google homepage…