ReelSEO Posts from September, 2009

YouTube Gives Users New Insight Into Video Discovery

YouTube is giving us all some more insight into what's going on with our videos. They just boosted their analytics tools (YouTube Insight) with three new features including stats on mobile users, subscribers and my favorite - discovery over time. 

Leveraging The Power of YouTube for Search Marketing

At SES San Jose 2009 last month, we had a chance to chat with our friend Greg Jarobe, co-founder of SEO-PR and author of "YouTube Marketing - An Hour a Day" Greg talks about YouTube and why internet marketing professionals and search marketers should leverage the power of YouTube.

An Exabyte A Month of Video Viewing? Sooner Than You Think!

I know, you're asking what the hell an exabyte (EB) is aren't you? Well it's 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes - a quintillion, 1018, a billion gigabytes, a...well you get the picture. Yes, quintillion is a word (the US/UK version not the other one). When? Delve into the sea of zeroes with me and find out.

The M&M Show - Mediaite and Magnify Do Video Together

Magnify.net is a white label video platform, and they're growing. Pulling in big names like The Weather Channel, Bicycling and New York Magazine has shown they certainly have something to offer. Now, they've scored another hit.

Brightroll Launches Behavior Ad Targeting

Good old Tod Sacerdoti (not as in old but as in good old Tod) and the folks at Brightroll are at it again. This time they've improved on an area where many people say is holding online video advertising back and in which it is lacking, targeting. Personally I think video ads online are better ...

Monitoring Video Listings for Business – The Search Monitor

I recently interviewed Lori Weiman, CEO of the online reputation management company The Search Monitor, and tested out her company’s Competitor and Trademark Monitoring tools, which have the ability to monitor and segment actual video results across organic search listings, multiple web channels and websites.

Online Video Ad Budgets To Increase 50% In Next 12 Months?

Online Video Ad budgets are set to explode according to new research and expand more than 50% over the next 12 months. The research, conducted by Web TV Enterprise, surveyed media buyers (presumably in the UK where the company is). Around 97% booking pre-roll ad campaigns now said they would be continuing at their present ...

Microsoft Wants You To Use Their Stuff To Stream HD

We all know that Flash rules the roost when it comes to online video. We also know that HTML 5 could put a serious dent in that dominance. Now Microsoft is trying to do the same but in the HD streaming category with their upcoming IIS and Silverlight.

How To Stalk Your Children With Social Media

From time to time, I like to take five minutes out of my day to watch videos from the Onion for a good laugh.  A few months back, I shared with you a video that I found to be quite funny titled, "YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A 'Good' Video." Our friend Larry Kless ...

Sony Wants To Take Your PC Video Away and Replace It With A Bravia

Well, they're not going to give you a BRAVIA they're going to give Europeans the ability to watch downloadable content on their BRAVIA TVs without needing a PC any longer. The new series of BRAVIA TVs, Blu-Ray players and home cinema systems will feature BRAVIA Internet Video.

stream5 Rakes In New Capital To Push Forward

Online video is proving itself a strong place to invest it seems. European online video tech company stream5 recently secured a new round of investment capital. Two new investors have joined on and have brought with them a 'seven-figure sum' we're told to keep the company creating new technologies.

Understanding FLV and SWF - The Basics of Flash Video

If there are any non-technical folks out there that have been wondering what the heck the difference is between FLV (Flash Video) and SWF (Shockwave Flash) file formats, you are in luck.  In this short video from Sorenson Media, Technical Support Specialist Jeff Udall provides a quick overview and helps to explain how FLV and ...

How Rapid Growth In Mobile Technology and HTML 5 Will Impact Video

Michael Boland, Program Director of Mobile Local Media at the Kelsey Group, speaks with us at SES San Jose 2009 about how rapid growth in mobile technology and html5 will impact video in the future.

Social Media and User-Generated Video - The Power of Trust

Nate Elliott of Forrester Research talks about the importance of social media as it pertains to video, the benefits of tapping into user-generated video, and the great opportunity in online video advertising that is presented by the current economy

Simultaneous IPhone, Web and TV Live Video? Wowza!

Telestream and Wowza have shined light on a deal between them that will offer live video production and universal streaming to the iPhone, Web and TV. That is something to say Wowza! about!

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