Topic - Online Video & bookmarking
Is Your Video A Vehicle Or A Destination?
I had a really interesting and occasionally heated discussion with a client today about the purpose of video, and I thought it was worth a broader discussion.
The issue was the use of online video—specifically with YouTube in this instance—and how it’s intended purpose drives the SEO, link-building, and other various marketing efforts supporting the video.
Find, Bookmark, Watch & Share Your Favorite Videos With PopScreen
Recently I wrote about a new video discovery service, called Jinni, which I’m still using and enjoying. Now comes a similar and somewhat related new service called PopScreen. PopScreen is a video bookmarking service, not unlike Delicious. But it’s a bit more than that too, combining some elements of discovery and sharing that make it robust and unique.
VodSpot Makes Creating Your Own Video Portal A Snap
Video bookmarking service VodPod has officially unveiled a new service called VodSpot, and it’s understandably getting some attention. VodSpot is a video portal creator that you can use to build your own video site.
SES San Jose 2009 Offers New Focus on Social Media & Video
The Search Engines Strategies Conference & Expo (SES for short) has got some big names lined up. It was recently announced that on 11 August, Clickz, Google and YouTube will hold an event (no not for Christophor Rick’s Birthday…though it’s the same day) in conjunction with SES that will be focused entirely on Social Media and Video Strategy.
Kristin Kovner, the Industry Marketing Manager at YouTube, posted the following on the Youtube Biz Blog,
“We’re excited to be a part of this first-time ever event. SES is one of the best places for businesses to learn about search; now that YouTube has millions of searches each day, it’s only fitting that ClickZ and SES are expanding the agenda to include a full day dedicated to video and social media.”
What? That is right, an entire day will be dedicated to Social Media and Video Strategies. Yipee. I’m going.
Video + SEO = Best Practices for Video & E-Commerce
Last week, I had the honor of speaking at the first annual Liveclicker Video Commerce Summit in Seattle, WA. I was asked to discuss and present video search engine optimization and to help educate the audience on best practices for publishing online video in a search engine friendly manner. The title, was Video + SEO – Not Smoke and Mirrors, Just Best Practices for E-commerce Video Publishing. With that in mind, there are slides that are specifically geared towards e-commerce but the concepts and tactics apply across the board for publishing online video.
Upload Videos To Multiple Video Sharing Sites
So, you’ve got some videos made and you want to get them out there as fast and efficiently as possible. That means you probably want some tools to upload them to multiple video sites automatically right? Right! Here’s some of the coolest tools we found that will help you do just that, and in a hurry.
Now, I didn’t say they’d be free and instead of separating them out pay/free I’m just going to give you a good long list of them. I haven’t played with all of them so I can’t vouch for how cool, fast or stable they are. This is more like an informative piece that you can use as a starting point for research on how to get your videos published online with the quickness.
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.
Tvissimo.com – Replacing your Television Schedule? Doubtful for Now
Tvissimo’s tagline is ‘demote the remote.’ Though I’m not exactly sure how much this service would really replace the remote for most people. Sure it’s a handy service in regards to television schedules for your local area, when it works properly.
Where Do People Discover Videos Online? Online Video Discovery Research
There are many ways in which people discover video online; videos embedded on blogs, video search engines, major search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, MSN), email, and social networking, to name a few. In February, our friends over at Tubemogul released some new research which helps to answer the question, ”Where do people discover video online and which sources drive the most video views?”
Ecommerce Video Will Take Off in 2009 – New Report Shows that Product Videos Work!
We know how effective online video marketing and video advertising can be for various industries and sectors across the board. One reason for this is that video can bring brands, products and services to life in a way that text and static images simply cannnot. As a result, we see that online video tends to offer high conversion rates as it offers a more compelling experience for users and can often provide the neccessary last push that a customer needs to actually make a purchase.
Revision3 Gets Optimized with EveryZing SEO Solution
In yet another high-profile customer win for EveryZing, the next-generation universal search and vSEO leader today announced Revision3 will use its solutions to provide enhanced search and discovery of the site’s vast array of original, broadcast-quality Internet television programming.
Evenhere Video Overlays Put the Product in Your Hand
So you’re watching some show or video and see something really cool. Your mind begins to wander and you can’t help but think ‘how and where do I get one of those?’ Well that’s exactly where Evenhere.com comes in. Their service allows you to bookmark and buy products that you see on TV, in magazines, on the web or in a video clip immediately.
