A new arrival in the battle of video searches. Currently a video searcher might choose Google (which now indexes its own videos, and offers a homepage filter for it), Yahoo (which queries additional videos beyond those on Yahoo), or simply go to YouTube directly (which is typically what I do).
Now there’s a new option. Videoronk.com.
Below is “YouTube in 1985,” a video collaboration Matt Kobal. I had never heard of Matt before he asked if I’d play the role of a YouTube billing agent. The video depicts an imaginary 1985-version of YouTube. For the record, I had that much hair and more but spent my time drinking at the New Orleans World Fair, not working…
A new YouTube documentary, “Please Subscribe” debuts in February, and another titled “I’m Vlogging Here” is fundraising for its coming production. Dani Dobi’s “Please Subscribe” features YouTube vlogger Wheezy Waiter, Joe Penna (MysteryGuitarMan) and dozens more. See the “Please Subscribe” trailer here. YouTube weblebrity ShayCarl (Shay Butler) is joining Corey Vidal in “I’m Vlogging Here,” documentary that…
The Vlogbrothers (Hank and John) helped orchestrate another “Project Awesome,” and I’m sad I missed participating. This thumbnail collection (right) is a collection of “Project 4 Awesome” videos, which are featured on YouTube’s homepage. Individual creators recognized a charity of their choice to help “end world suck.” While I’m glad to see YouTube editors recognize this…
Help name Nalts consulting firm and win $100.
Thanks, Jan, for the Nalts appreciation blog. Good timing since Kevin Nalty has been a little down lately with a bad back and day-job stress (and Nalts has only been able to cheer him up occasionally). On a related note, when I talk to my family, I often field the question, “why do they hate…
It appears YouTube continues to extend benefits to its “Partners,” giving them a distinct advantage over YouTube posters who haven’t qualified. The bar has been steadily lowering on what qualifies a “YouTube Partner” (a group the LA Times calls “the money-making patrician class.” Almost anyone who posts regular videos with a decent audience can become…
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It only finds 8 of my 522 which are distributed to 30 or 50 sites, making it 8 out of 20,000 or so. Not good returns.
The link goes to something called Videowonk…. shome mishtake shurely….
Thanks, Mark. Fixed it.
Marquis- that’s helpful information. I only tried a few searches and it did okay. I wonder what it crawls… title, username, tags, description. Sounds like it’s missing some sites and fields.
The other sad thing is that it doesn’t default to searching all sites. That should be 99% of the user’s goal.
Looks like it prefers GoogleVideo uploads
I crosspost all over the place, including all the ones VideoRonk uses, but it really came up short, only showed YouTube and Google results. Sticking to Dabble, best yet.