Non US Viewers Aren’t as Valuable: Metacafe Won’t Pay for exUS Views

Many big online-video deals are US focused, and want to exclude paying for exUS markets. I understand this, as my marketing job is US only. I represent the US on a “global marketing team” but I don’t have control on exUS spend, nor does it impact my bonus significantly. Metacafe, a site born is Israel…

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Yahoo Video Confusing I’m Volunteering $2500 of Free Consulting To Help

The last time I checked, it was easier to find Yahoo Video by searching for it, rather than trusting the user-experience folks at Yahoo.com. But let’s give it a shot anyway. You start your Rubiks cube and we’ll see who gets there first. I’m at the Yahoo! Homepage. I see Movies/TV in the primary navigation….

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10 Decent Reasons Online Video Ads ‘r Recession Resistant

Oh shut up about the stupid recession, you big whiner. I’m sick of hearing about it — and just because it’s an economic depression doesn’t mean we all have to get clinically depressed.   Seriously. You’re beginning to sound like that annoying friend who’s always complaining about health problems… The co-worker or neighbor who doesn’t know that…

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How to Link Directly to A Specific Point of Time in YouTube Video

Thanks YouTube for giving us the ability to link directly to a portion of a video. TechCrunch reports that it’s this easy: Just add the following after the video’s URL: #t=1m45s  (where the number prior to m is minute, and before s is seconds). So let’s take my most popular video, which has a long…

NYC YouTube Gathering? BlogTV Iron Man? Nope…Brady Bunch Marathon

Well the YouTubers are at it again. Some are gathering in NYC as I type (see xgobobeanx and supadupaflygirl). Others are on Blogtv.com trying to stay awake for 48 hours… it’s a rematch of “The Iron Man.” The Nalts gang is watching Season 3 of the Brady Bunch. “Oh my nose!” It’s nice and dry…