Online Video Poop

ByNalts

So this blog has been more quiet than it’s been in YEARS. Call it writer’s block. In the meantime, check out “Online Video Poop,” a lil curated piece of amateur journalism.

 

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Microsoft Catching Up: Bing and Video

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Thanks to “Seeing Through the Windows” author Preston Gralla and SFGate’s Matt Rosoff for pointing out what I’d missed. While YouTube/Google retains its massive lead in online-video viewing, Microsoft is catching up. I’ve written about comScore’s newest rankings, but failed to recognize that Microsoft quietly crept from #7 (last month) to #2. That fact went largely unnoticed…

They’re Watching Too

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If you’re worried that your information technology people are watching your online video habits, you may find relief in a recent MediaPost article by Wendy Davis. Universal McCann and KnowledgeStorm surveyed more than 5,300 business and IT professionals last month, asking them about online video, social networks and wikis. Nearly all respondents said they viewed…

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Online-Video Marketing for Small Businesses

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How to Advertise in a TiVo Age

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What Oprah Might Learn from YouTube This Week

ByNalts

Oprah did a show about YouTube yesterday. Ironically, I’m not sure many regular YouTube viewers and creators watched it. The show took the typical “mainstream media” angle of YouTube, and missed some of the more subtle but important aspects of online video: Community (there is an entire social fabric at the center of YouTube that…

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