Topic - Online Video & MRSS
In Search of Video SEO that Works – Beyond the Hype
Earlier this year, I was contacted by Nico McLane for an interview on the subject of Video SEO. Nico was looking for specific guidance with regard to the topic of Video SEO. To give you a bit more background, Nico wrote the following in an early email correspondence;
“The subject of VIDEO SEO frustrates me because everyone is telling us we need it, but for who and for what benefit?”
Google MRSS & RSS2.0 for Video Sitemaps – Tips & Info
When Google first announced the support for video sitemaps, there were many folks who asked why they didnt support MRSS feeds as video sitemaps. It then became clear that Google did accept MRSS feeds from some partners, but that they were interested in creating a xml sitemap protocol (which is a good idea – more to follow) for video. Either way, if you were to look at the sitemap instructions on Google, you would not have seen mention of MRSS as an acceptable format for video sitemaps. In fact, if you look at their main page in the help section “About Video Sitemaps,” there is still no mention of MRSS feeds.
Reel Simple Syndication Service – New – Video Ads for Feeds
This week, according to a post on their blog, Pheedo, has launched video ads that can reach users via RSS feeds subscribed to in Google Reader, Bloglines, NewsGator and other feed readers.
Vimation Launches Dynamic XML Sitemap Capabilities for Flash Video
Searching Flash has never been an easy task. Optimizing your Flash content for searching has been an ever more difficult task requiring you to manually generate files, information and sitemaps. So the folks over at Vimation thought they would make a platform called VIM which would make it all far simpler.
Tutorial – Syndicate Video with Media RSS (MRSS)
Syndicating your news with an RSS feed is easy. Syndicating your media and videos with MRSS? Well that’s easy as well, here’s is a complete tutorial on how to do it.
How to use Google Video XML Sitemaps for Video SEO
UPDATED TIPS – Using MRSS and XML Sitemaps for Google Video
The Problem.
Video Sitemap Support At Google Sitemaps
In an effort to help users search all the world’s public videos, the Google Video team announced support for Video Sitemaps—an extension of the Sitemap Protocol that helps make your videos more discoverable via Google Video Search.
Where to Submit Videos and Video RSS/MRSS Feeds
I am not sure why but it is a pain in the ass to find the URLs for the various video search and video sharing websites where you can upload your video and/or submit your video RSS and/or MRSS feeds. So, I spent some time online looking at the various sites to find these submission URLs.
Detailed Instructions on Video Blogging – Vlogging Guide
Vlogging is the short form of video blogging; sometimes it is also termed videodcasting. Mostly all blog sites provide syndicated feeds through RSS, Atom etc. and some feeds provide enclosures too. Video is contained within the enclosures. Vlogging is the practice of attaching video to RSS and Atom enclosures. There are many parts of the process called vlogging. For your ready reference they are:
Top 15 Feeds for Online Video News & Marketing
Here they are, in no particular order: (well, maybe 
)
- Reel SEO
http://feeds.feedburner.com/videoseo
- PaulNilsen
http://www.paulnilsen.com/feed/
- Media Post Video Insider
http://blogs.mediapost.com/video_insider/?feed=rss2
What is MRSS? RSS vs. MRSS for Video Syndication.
What is and how to use RSS and MRSS for video syndication?
