Nielsen's Top Online Video Destinations & Web Brands Of 2011
A lot changed in 2011. Of course... a lot stayed the same too. Nielsen's year end numbers chart everything from the top web brands to the top social networks and the top online video destinations. And looking over the lists, there's an awful lot of familiar names. For us here at ReelSEO, it's once again ...
New Xbox Dashboard Combines TV & Gaming Entertainment
I have been writing about all the big changes with the Xbox for some time now in regards to IPTV and this is the big day, the day when it all launches (though there does appear to be a slight delay in the launch). I have been in the beta for new dashboard for sometime and ...
Microsoft Beefing Up Online Video Discovery With Acquisition
Microsoft is making big moves in the online video world. We know they're working on Xbox LIVE TV already which sounds like we will see the tech giant using their game console as a TV tuner for cable and other premium content. They already have Netflix, Hulu and the slowing dying Zune service on the ...
Online Testing Leads To TV Ad Success For Dotcoms
Here's a weird tangential story about how online testing of ads leads to success on TV. Ace Metrix just released a report stating that top 10 and bottom 10 television ads for Dotcoms. The main deciding factor? Is it a Google ad or not. No, seriously, the main factor was online testing, but Google did ...
Google Reportedly Wants To Help Someone Else Buy Yahoo
According to the Associated Press, Google is reportedly interested in helping a third-party company finance the purchase of competitor Yahoo. The company isn't interested in owning Yahoo themselves, according to the report, but instead would assist another company altogether in making the purchase. So the obvious question is: what the heck for? AP says their ...
Save On SMX East 2011 With Discount Code From ReelSEO
It's time to start thinking about Search Marketing Expo, specifically SMX East 2011, in New York City. Programmed by the minds at Search Engine Land, including Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, SMX 2011 promises to be jam-packed with insight, advice, and the latest search marketing news and information. As a reader of ReelSEO, you're even entitled ...
Multilingual Video SEO: Go Global By Marketing Video In Multiple Languages
Trying to optimize your videos can be like an art-form at times, but what happens when you want to go global? With foreign language use online growing at phenomenal rates, more and more video producers—amateurs and professionals alike—are choosing to go multilingual. And it certainly makes sense. A recent Eurobarometer survey found that 9 out of ...
The Death Knell For Google TV? Logitech Revue Drops Price To $99
Wow! Logitech announced they will take 60% off the price of their Google TV Logitech Revue units because more people are returning the units than buying them more retailers/wholesalers are returning units to Logitech than units are selling it seems. Does that spell the end of the line for the Revue and Google TV or ...
Product Video SEO is Key to E-Commerce Success & Zappos Dominates
Sunday Sky, an e-commerce video solutions provider recently released a report called "The State Of Video In E-Commerce - Q1 2011", which attempts to summarize and provide an update for the latest trends in online retailers' use of video. The company found that e-retailers are adopting video in huge numbers, with Zappos serving as a ...
Un-Viralize Your Video: How To Stop A Video's Rise Once It's Started
I know its every person's dream to have a video go viral on YouTube, but what if it starts to go viral and you need to stop it for one reason or another? That's what happened to me last week. Since I have an active YouTube audience, my brother gave me a funny video of ...
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Rumor Edition
We do our best every to cover the most important, most interesting, and most actionable news and articles in the world of online video. But we can't cover everything... at least, until we start cloning ourselves. So this weekly Sunday column is an attempt to highlight the best of the rest of the news stories ...
Microsoft Buys Video & Messaging Company, Skype, For $8.5 Billion
Seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoft has acquired Skype for $8.5 Billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. There were rumors last night of the deal, and that was the first I'd heard of this possible deal. Now, half a day later, it's official. The move is seen as an attempt by Microsoft to remain competitive ...
Online Video Weekly News Reel - The Big Move Edition
Some of you may know that I live in the Czech Republic, but I'm an American by birth. After six years living in Europe I have decided to return to America. This has caused much happiness and an equal amount of sadness. But as a Buddhist I believe that life is about change. All things ...
Tornado Outbreak Shows The Speed & Power Of Social Video
I spent the better part of my Wednesday evening following media coverage of the tornado outbreak in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, & Georgia. So far, 127 tornadoes have been confirmed, the death toll is at 54-and-climbing, and the devastation is immense and widespread. Online video was my primary method of following the storms---live news streams, YouTube ...
TED 2012 Soliciting Video Auditions For Innovative Conference Speakers
TED is all about big ideas. Conference talks cover a wide spectrum of topics and styles, and have historically been given by some of the world's most well-known personalities and brightest thinkers like Bill Gates or Al Gore. If there's a negative blip on TED's radar, which is arguable, it's been maybe a bit of ...
