Frequent WillVideoForFood contributor Mark Day landed a prominent feature on the homepage of AOL Uncut. This is the first time I’ve seen such a significant “carve out” for an amateur creator. Congrats, Mark. The comedy or bribes are paying off.
If you haven’t seen Mark’s work, it’s well worth it.
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We can see by episode #2 of MediaMoGirl that my weather reporting gig is at risk. This screen shot shows MediaMoGirl is losing patience with my neurosis. In this case, seasonal effective dissorder (SAD). She recently contacted an attorney to explore how to terminate me. Fortunately, my psychological imbalance makes me a member of a…
I doubt the folks at American Idol will air this audition by Buns and Chou Chou, the bunny duo from RabbitBites.com. Simon drove them into therapy with his cruel humor, but Paula left them with hope. The American Idol season starts Tuesday!
"There is a sense that YouTube accidentally built a rocket and is willing to hang on to see where it goes," observes Technology Writer Kevin Maney in an article from USAToday. "Co-founders Chen and Chad Hurley can be like the main characters in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, who go for joy rides in a…
Online-video creators are sobering up after an intoxicated 2007, as they realize that the “road to riches” via online video is fraught with challenges. Business Week proclaimed “amateur video hour” as over in December. Crackle and other sites migrated from UGC (user-generated content) some time ago. And here are some quite recent data points that,…
Having plenty of people viewing your YouTube videos has achieved such social status that prominent YouTube creators are “cheating.” In this video Redskulled describes the simple method to inflate total views on your video, and identifies some of the “famous” YouTube cheaters — and shows the crude and simple ways to cheat. Consider, then, the…
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Color me as surprised as the next person. They were rotating different “front page” content boxes and i was pleasantly surprised when this showed up one day last week. I was more surprised when it wasn’t rotate out the next day, and when it finally dissapeared (when the baseball guy flew into the building) I was very surprised when it came back a few days later. Aside from my obviously charming accent and incisive social commentary (ahem) I think it speaks to the value of thematic continuity between clips, bright yellow thumbnails and the much repeated maxim (at least around here) that it’s a lot easier to get spotted away from YouTube than on it.
p.s. I’ve since been ousted by pet videos. And at the end of the day, no one wins in a fight with pet videos…