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Google+ is a social networking service operated by Google Inc. The service launched on June 28, 2011, in an invite-only testing phase. The following day, existing users were allowed to invite friends, who are above 18 years of age, to the service to create their own accounts. However, this was quickly suspended in a day after there was “insane demand” for accounts.
Google+ will be built as a layer that not only integrates different Google social services, such as Google Prof...

How To Convert 2D Videos Into 3D on YouTube - The Reel Web #6

Welcome to this week's episode of The Reel Web, ReelSEO's very own web series featuring the latest news stories, opinions, announcements, and insight from the world of online video. This week's stories include new YouTube features like how to convert your 2D videos into 3D ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Google Plus Stampede Edition

Seems like just a handful of major companies dominated the past week in online video. There were numerous stories and opinions about the public launch of Google Plus. Netflix prompted headlines galore with a huge announcement, and questions continued to surround the possible sale and ...

How to Increase YouTube Video Views Through Tent-Pole Events: The YouTube Creator Playbook

The calendar is filled with a number of special events that get people excited: Halloween, Christmas, the Super Bowl, and those aren't nearly the only ones.  When it comes to online video, releasing content that capitalizes on the buzz surrounding those events can also mean ...

Google Plus Is "Exploding" With Growth With Millions Joining Every Day

Well, in my last article about Google Plus, regarding their cute attempt to lure Facebook users disgruntled at the recent layout changes, I mentioned I was looking forward to hearing some of those early speculative numbers on growth. It turns out... I didn't have to ...

Google Lures Frustrated Facebook Users, Points The Way To Google Plus

If you're a Facebook user, you've no doubt noticed the changes today that have their users in an uproar. You know you have a high percentage of angry users when there are hundreds of actual news stories solely about the users' dislike of the changes, ...

Google Plus Open To Everyone, Adds Killer Video Features To Hangouts

Google Plus, the social networking service that has long been in a restricted field test, is now officially in beta. That's right, folks, you can stop leaving comments on this post asking people to invite you and just head on over and sign up yourself ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Streaming Internet TV Edition

It was another huge week for online video news, with final bids for Hulu being turned in on Friday. I'm pretty surprised we haven't seen any leaks on those bids as of yet, but it is the weekend. Expect there to be news on the ...

Google Plus +1 Button Now Lets You Share Video Content With Your Circles

Google Plus +1 buttons have been popping up all over the web for the last several weeks--you might have noticed them here on ReelSEO. But up until today, the purpose and function of these buttons has been rather nebulous. What happens when you click +1? ...

The YouTube Google Hangout Button Wants You Talking About Video

Google Hangouts just got a major boost in publicity from one of the biggest properties in the Google empire: YouTube. The video platform has just added a new sharing option below every video player on the site that allows viewers to start a Google Hangout ...

Google Plus & Video: Real-Time Collaboration, Video Games, & More Invites

Google Plus is barely more than a month old. And while it's seen staggering growth rates in new user sign-ups during that time, sign-ups alone aren't going to sustain Google Plus' future. Thankfully, it's proving itself useful in a number of ways, particularly with video, ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Internet TV Edition

Another big week for major world news, as the UK riots took center stage for most of the week. It was a huge week for online video and online video news as well. Because we know many of you are even busier than us (if ...

Short Films & A Mariachi Band: The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons

It's that time once again, as Friday finally arrives and pretty much everyone's ready for the weekend to start immediately. Most of us have to find a way to grind it out through one more work day. And for those people, we created this round ...

People Still Really Want To Get Into Google Plus - Here Are More Invites

Google Plus is still a juggernaut in terms of buzz (pardon the Google-product pun). Interest levels are still quite high for the fledgling social network. Earlier this morning, the company announced that every Google Plus user had received 150 invites in their account via a hyperlink. ...

Google Plus Gives All Users 150 Invites - Here, You Can Have Mine

Google Plus has been playing a bit of a supply-and-demand game with the social networking public. Since the service's launch just a handful of weeks ago, there have been far more people interested in joining than there have been available invitations. Whether Google needed extra ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Google Edition

Another week has flown by and, as usual, there was too much online video news to keep up with it all. Thankfully for you, we have created this weekly online video news round up, which collects the very best news stories, opinions, and tips from ...