Ovguide Articles

OVGuide is a website aggregator which allows users to find online video content. The name of the site stands for Online Video Guide. Created in 2006, it is considered to be the world’s first popular guide to video content and sites that for the first time allowed users to go beyond exploring video on a limited set of known providers. A relatively small number of video sites were known when OVGuide first launched. It opened up an entirely new world of video content for many people that had only been exposed to a couple of sites, such as youtube.
Sites are submitted by users and selected based on editorial review. Once a site is approved for inclusion, it is categorized according to its niche content. Editor’s do not review specific video titles, but look at the overall quality of a site, such as checking for enough unique video content, potential spyware, excessive ads, or other factors which would make a video site unacceptable for inclusion. Categories include movies, TV, general…

What's Next for Media In 2010 - Media Minute

What's the next big thing in new media? To answer that question, Daisy Whitney of the New Media Minute turned to Bill Tancer, author of of Click and the research guru at online audience measurement firm Hitwise.

OVGuide Launches 2nd Annual Online Video Viewer's Choice Awards

OVGuide.com, the Internet's most comprehensive guide to online video sites, including TV shows, movies, user-generated content, video games and music, today launched its second annual Viewers Choice Award contest to identify the top online video sites of 2008. Nominations open today for individuals to enter their favorite Web video destinations. Consumers can manually submit sites ...

OVGuide Unveils A New and Improved Video Search Engine

OVGuide.com, the Internet's most comprehensive guide to online video sites, including TV shows, movies, user-generated content, video games and music, today unveiled a new search engine that makes finding online video more precise, fast and thorough than other alternatives on the Web.

OVGuide - Top Online Video Destinations for June

OVGuide.com identified the top online video destinations for June. With over 80 million pages viewed, OVGuide.com's user base experienced significant growth in the past month: June: 21 million visits (17% increase compared to May) 11.5 million unique visitors (10.5% increase) 10 million searches conducted (11% increase) The statistics for June include: Top five searches: 1. ...

OVGuide.com - Viewers Prefer Long-Form Videos

OVGuide, the Internet's most comprehensive guide to online video sites, including TV shows, movies, user-generated content and video games, today identified the top destinations for the month of May. The majority of the most popular sites, search terms and genres all consist of long-form content, highlighting the trend that online video viewing is on the ...