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SEO Ranking Factors, Trends & Search Predictions for 2011

Bruce Clay is a name that should mean at least a little something to you if you're in the search engine optimization business. They are one of the oldest, largest, and most trusted search firms in the world. And they're using their considerable experience and ...

Video Is The Fastest Growing Mobile Application: 2/3rds of All Mobile Data In 2015

Cisco released their Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update just the other day and they have adjusted their predictions for online video usage over the next five years. Due to rapid uptake of tablets, smartphones and the expected superphones, they predict ...

The Viral Future: What We Can Expect From Branded Video Advertising In 2011

Every website remotely related to online marketing has published a year-end list of the best videos of 2010--I even wrote one.  Most folks who wrote list articles like that just lumped all viral videos into the same pool, whether they were created by a brand ...

Online Video Predictions for 2011: Are You Ready for The Storm?

Friends, online-video is going to be a fun storm in 2011 as the drama has just begun. It's the first official business day of 2011, and that prompted me to awaken at 3:00 a.m. with great curiosity. I spent 4-plus hours diving into dozens of ...

2010 Internet Television In A Nutshell and 2011 Predictions

Some might say that 2010 was the year of Internet TV's emergence. Sure, there were a lot of things that went right for it during the year and a couple things that didn't. So let's take a look at the highlights including the new Apple ...

eCommerce Video Trends To Watch In 2011

It's that time of year when predictions are made about the year ahead.  As we predicted at the start of last year, 2010 saw online retailers from Golfsmith and Verizon Wireless to Moosejaw and JC Penney deploy product video and realize rapid ROI. In 2011, ...

Weekly Web Video Industry News Reel - 18 Dec 2010 - The Brno Edition

It was a busy week here at ReelSEO. While Mark was away the mice played and wrote and watched a lot of video (some of them even Christmas related). The news still rolled as we get ready to wind down the year and so I'm ...

2011 Online Video Advertising Trends & Predictions - Part II - Real-time Bidding

I reached out to some of the biggest names in the online video advertising industry to get their replies to just a couple questions about what they believe 2011 will hold for online video advertising. The responses were so good and expansive that I decided ...

2011 Online Video Advertising Trends & Predictions - Part I - Branded, Interactive, and Mobile

I reached out to the biggest names in the online video advertising industry to get their replies to just a couple questions about what they believe 2011 will hold for online video advertising. The responses were so good and expansive that I decided to run ...

Twit Happens: Tips To Overcome Legal Dangers With Video On Twitter

I interviewed Internet technology and intellectual property attorney Evan Brown about the most important legal issues today when it pertains to businesses doing twitter and video marketing.  Evan talked with me about social media legal issues and gave advice as to how to select an attorney ...

The Future of Display Advertising Is Interactive, Social, and Customizable

Did you ever have that one friend that was always late to every party, but then when that friend finally arrived the party would change completely for the better?  Google is that friend, and the party is display advertising.

Viral Video Lessons Round Up - Shocking Footage, Video Game Predictions, and Phone Calls

Welcome back to another Viral Video Lessons Round Up, where we attempt to pick a few of the week's hottest viral hits and figure out why people enjoyed them so much.  The hope is that by pulling this success stories apart to see what makes ...

Viral Video Nostradamus - Bieber, Bears, and Actors - Will These Videos Go Viral?

It's time again for another round of Viral Video Nostradamus, where I act like I can predict which brand new viral offerings will actually get popular.  There are several sites now that are attempting to play the role of viral soothsayer, from Bitly.tv to the ...

Viral Video Nostradamus - Babies, Cats and Turtles - Will These Videos Go Viral?

It's been several weeks since our last Viral Video Nostradamus post, and another attempt at predicting viral success is long overdue.  The hope is that I can hit on at least one of these, and over time begin to have a better understanding about what ...

Is YouTube Moving Into The Live Video Streaming Market?

A few weeks ago I wrote an article here at ReelSEO entitled Speculation On What YouTube's 6th Year Might Bring.  It was around the time of their 5th anniversary fanfare, and was intended as a playful look at some of YouTube's possible future moves.  I ...