ReelSEO Posts from May, 2009
How Top Websites Use Online Video – New Research
Over the past several months we’ve published some great research from the VIEW index, which attempts to measure and index how much websites integrate online video into their website content.
Recently, VideoBloom, the company behind the VIEW index, took a deeper look at all 650 websites used previously for the index and further categorized how these web sites utilize web video, and for what purpose.
Mobile Video & Mobile TV to Soar Over the Next 5 Years
According to research recently released in a new report from Pyramid Research, titled “Mobile Video Services: A Five-Year Global Market Forecast,” mobile video usage will rise at a compound annual growth rate of 28% over the next 5 years. By 2014, more than 500 million users worldwide will subscribe to mobile video services, equal to 8.5% of all mobile subscription services.
Notice Anything New? ReelSEO is Fresh & Clean
Ok, so I planned to do this much earlier, but the truth is, I’m not a professional designer or coder. That is, I didnt used to be. After a few months of learning some basic PHP stuff, CSS styling, and other thing-a-ma-bobs late at night, I’ve overhauled ReelSEO with what I think is a refreshing new look and feel. I hope that you all like it.
Mark Cuban – Internet Video Growth Disappointing
Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, billionaire, Dallas Mavericks’ owner, owner of HDNet, recently said that the progress of online video is ‘disappointing.’
Dailymotion Supports Open Video Formats
Dailymotion, you know, the video entertainment site where you can share your videos on pretty much almost any topic, is now accepting Open Video formats and HTML tags.
FeedRoom and Clearspring Video Sharing for Social Networks
It seems that this is Video on Social Networking Month and no one told us. Today The FeedRoom and Clearspring announced a partnership to create expanded video content distribution and bookmarking on their 4.0 Enterprise Video Platform.
Viral Video Genius Quits Day Job for Online Video
“Viral Video Genius” Nalts, well known in the online video world as one of YouTube’s most prolific viral video creators and YouTube comedians, led two separate lives until last week, when the two worlds recently collided and he was outed as a Consumer Product Director at Merck, where he marketed Propecia. Kevin Nalty had kept his day job private from his viral video fame offering only a vague reference in his online bio that he was a “Consumer Product Director at a Fortune 100 company.”
Vimeo is Better Than YouTube For Sharing Video?
Someone recently dropped me a line to tell me that Vimeo was better than YouTube. Me, being the easy-going guy I am, said “OK.” Of course this might have been a clever plot on their part to get me to check it out for one reason or another. Again, I’m easy-going, so I did.
TwitVid Enables Easy Video Sharing for Twitter
First there was Twitmatic, which let you track and find videos being shared on Twitter. Now there’s TwitVid which actually lets you share videos on Twitter. Convenient no?
TwitVid helps you to actually share your videos on Twitter which is quite useful really. It utilizes the Twitter API so you can login with your Twitter account which is handy.
Xerox Dives into Online Video Marketing
Xerox is doing something strange. They’re alerting you to Information Overload Syndrome by inundating you with information. Now you might think this totally bizarre and that it couldn’t possibly be real…and you’d be right.
Online Video Dating Widget, No Joke
CAMEyeO, Inc. has released their online video dating widget, FaCetalk. Come on, we can’t makes this stuff up. Well we can, but this isn’t one of those times so check it out.
I’m going to pare down one of the longest press releases I’ve ever seen (their PR guy must be paid per word) and distill it into the most basic of information for you. faCetalk is a complete, “Out-Of-The-Box” online video dating component with built-in date scheduling and anonymous communication features ready for implementation in online dating service websites.
Vook.tv Chooses TurnHere for Video Production
Vook.tv is set to change the way people think about book publishing. With its integrated multimedia approach it will use text, video, photos social media and community features to help authors get their stories told and in front of readers/viewers.
