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New YouTube Embed Player Features - Drive Channel Subscriptions & Sharing

It seems that Google and YouTube have quietly added some new features to the embed player in an effort to help drive channel subscriptions and off-site sharing. We take a look at some of these features that were noticed by a member of ReelSEO staff.

Schema Markup For Video: An Overview Of Schema.org VideoObject

Yesterday, Google officially announced support for schema.org video markup. What does this mean?  Well, it's good news for publishers and it may eventually make video indexing issues, a thing of the past. In this post, I'm going to explain why this is important and exciting for video publishers, ...

SundaySky SmartVideo Gives Companies the Power to Really Connect with Consumers Through Video

I recently got some time with SundaySky's President and Chief Revenue Officer, Jim Dicso, to talk about their SmartVideo product which offers real-time personalized video to better engage and connect with consumers. It's an interesting product so I thought it best to get the info ...

Vzaar: An Affordable, Customizable Business Video Platform

Two years ago, I took a look at Vzaar, an online video hosting & delivery platform, and gave them a fairly good write up. But a lot of things can change in two years, just look at ReelSEO for example, and so, I thought it time ...

Future Proof Your Online Video Library With Vid.ly Integration with Encoding.com

Some time ago I wrote about Vid.ly - one upload, universal URL, fire and forget sort of encoding service where you could upload video, grab one single URL and it would work just about anywhere. Today, they're announcing that everything Vid.ly offers will be directly ...

Add Links And Chapters To YouTube Videos - The Reel Web Creator Tip #22

There are several services that let you customize the YouTube player's embed code and the actual YouTube player itself. This week for our Creator's Tip we give you a look at five such services, all varying in levels of complexity and different options that they ...

The New Twitter Design Reveals Secret Crush On Video Content

Everyone's buzzing this week about Twitter's new design--actually, I should say that "everyone who cares about Twitter" is buzzing about Twitter's new design. If you don't use the service, you might not even know there's a new version. But there is. And despite the new ...

Sharing Your YouTube Video With Blogs--The YouTube Creator Playbook

There's no doubt that getting your video to show up in YouTube and other search engines is important.  But when you are first starting out, the search engine isn't going to exactly favor your videos or channel because you aren't popular just yet.  Getting people ...

The Google Interview: Using Video With Google Plus Pages For Business

I interviewed Google's spokesperson Andrea Faville to learn more about the video features available on Google Plus Pages for business; along with a number of examples from businesses across the small-to-large range, and the great new "Hangouts with Extras" they're previewing for everyone!

A List Of Online Video Contest Platforms

Online video contests are growing in popularity and complexity and are now far more savvy than the upload a YouTube video and get people to like it ,etc. A crop of online video contest platforms have sprung up and more are coming all the time. ...

Adobe MAX 2011 Offers Glimpse Into Video Meshes, Synchronized Crowdsouced Video

At Adobe MAX 2011, Adobe showed off some really interesting stuff that the upcoming versions of their software will be able to do including video meshes, an entirely new way to edit videos, and synchronized crowdsource video.

AOL Editors Room Gives Editors New Online Video Resources

Content is hard to come by, or rather it was. Several initiatives in the latter half of this year are creating curated, syndicated premium video content feeds that can give publishers added video content as well as new monetization options, and AOL has just announced ...

4 Tips For Creating A Video Blog Post

Videos don't have to just live on video sharing sites. By embedding your videos into blog posts you are giving both your video and content marketing campaigns a whole new dimension.

Video Marketing Advice For Retailers: Product Videos Alone Aren't Enough Anymore

Mark Robertson, Founder and CEO of the The Online Video Marketer's Guide, ReelSEO.com, recently presented the session, Welcome to the 'REEL' Web: Why Video Marketing has Evolved Beyond SEO, at Liveclicker's 2011 Video Commerce Summit.  While he was at the summit, the online video guru sat down with ...

Edit Existing YouTube Videos, Even After They're Published Live & Shared

YouTube has today announced another killer tool for video creators that should ease all kinds of headaches. Users now have the ability to edit their videos, right from within YouTube, even though it's already been published. The new system allows the videos to maintain the ...