ReelSEO Posts from November, 2009
Succesful Content Syndication and Aggregation Strategies
I’m at the Streaming Media West conference today in San Jose, CA and thought I would attempt some live blogging from this morning’s session titled, “Successful Content Syndication and Aggregation Strategies.”
YouTube Direct Connects Users and Media Organizations
We all have video cameras or video-capable mobile phones and that means new ways to see what’s happening in the world. Not only for you but for others as well. We get a eyewitness views of the events as they unfold and now, we can do it through YouTube.
Watch Streaming Media West & Online Video Platform Summit Keynotes Live
We’re just about to head over to the Streaming Media West conference in San Jose, CA. For the first time in the history of this important conference, everyone will be able to watch parts of the conference live, both here on ReelSEO (below) as well as on Streamingmedia.com, courtesy of livestream. Coverage will start today with the opening keynote from Bill Stone, president of FLO TV at 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST.
YouTube Closed Captions, Subtitles & Translations
Web-Based Tools for YouTube Captions
DotSub - Any video any language is the motto of this place. No fee, video subtitling site and service in a ‘wiki’ style. You can view, upload, transcribe and translate all right through the site.
YouTube Adds Support For 1080p Full HD Video – Sweet
This is easily the best news in weeks for video producers: YouTube is now supporting true HD 1080p. Yes, you read that right. You can now upload 1080p HD videos to YouTube and share the glorious high definition quality with your friends.
2010 In-Stream Video Advertising Predictions – Interview with Google
I interview Ari Paparo, Group Product Manager of Advertising Product for Google, about his forecast shared at the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association’s 7th Semiannual Interactive Marketing Survey, that in-stream video advertising will be “huge” in 2010, thanks to growing adoption by media sales agencies of Internet Advertising Bureau’s (IAB’s) development of video ad standards. Will this open up video ad serving to more businesses on the smaller scale?
YouTube Has Begun Testing “Skippable” Pre-roll Ads On Videos
YouTube has begun testing “skippable” ads on videos. But before you get offended as an advertiser (“What?! They’re letting people skip my ads?”) or get excited as a user (“Hooray! They’re going to let me skip ads!”), you should probably know that this is research and not necessarily a new permanent feature.
What YouTube—Google, really—is trying to do is ascertain what kind of ads are appealing to viewers, and what kind of ads they won’t tolerate. They’re also hoping to learn more about the demographic make up of audience subsets—“What kind of person is more likely to tolerate this kind of ad?” Or, “Exactly when do they tire of an ad and choose to skip it?”
Streaming Media West & Online Video Platform Summit Podcast Coverage!
Listen to a sneak-preview of our upcoming coverage of the 2009 Streaming Media West Conference – The Business & Technology of Online Video, and the Online Video Platform Summit, happening Tuesday November 17 – Thursday November 19, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California.
Google Gets Juiced up on Caffeine But Not Til 2010
Caffeine, what was once just a sandbox at Google for those who have too much time on their hands, take SEO as the word of god or write about this sort of thing is ready to stream into the veins of the internet after the holidays.
Livestream Helps Stream Live Video to iPhone
Yes you can now, thanks to Livestream and their Procaster application, stream live to the iPhone. Well actually you have to stream to your iPhone website and then iPhone users can pick up the streams from there.
YouTube Fine-tunes URLs and HTML Embed Code
YouTube has always been embarrassed by its unsightly URL format where it was using an ampersand instead of a question mark. Now it’s fixed that problem so it’s time to rejoice
Building your Personal Brand in a New Media Reality
Even if you love your corporate job, you should build your personal brand. That’s the advice of Gary Vaynerchuk, the multi-million dollar businessman, uber-popular video star and now New York Times bestselling author. In his latest book “Crush It,” Gary evangelizes his philosophy on how to build your own brand equity.
