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Google Now Indexing URLs with Embedded YouTube Videos

A few weeks ago, I noticed a drastic change in Google's video index that's something many people have been asking for and has some pretty interesting ramifications.  I didn't post about it right away as I wanted to make sure that what I was seeing ...

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, ...

Sorenson 360 v3: Video Sitemaps, WebM, and Facebook Tools

Sorenson Media today announced a series of robust new features within the Sorenson 360 online video platform "version 3", which they say will provide their customers with increased flexibility and customizability to improve delivery of dynamic video content across the Web, along with integrating new ...

Dear Google... I Love You BUT, You Could Do A Better Job With Video Search

Dear Google... I've had a crush on you since our very first encounter in 1998.  You mesmerized me with your quick and efficient search results.  It almost seemed like you were telepathic.  I would never have to go beyond the first page of search results ...

The Definitive Video SEO Guide: SEO Tips & Tutorials for Video

The following is an index of our more popular video search engine optimization (Video SEO, VSEO, video search optimization - whatever you want to call it) tips, tutorials, guidelines, presentations, and articles about everything from distribution techniques for VSEO; to MRSS feeds and XML sitemaps ...

The YouTube Black Hole: Where Good Videos Go To Die

We're missing out on a ton of great videos, and something has to be done about it. I've been thinking a lot about video curation lately. It's Nalts' fault, really—he's the one that got me started off down that line of thinking with his awesome ...

Apple Announces The iPad They Should Have Released A Year Ago

Apple just made Xoom's road to success a lot harder, by announcing the iPad 2. Apple's big product announcement event today has garnered a ton of press, and rightly so. You'll never guess what they announced... A new iPad! Called the iPad 2! And guess what?! ...

SEO for Ecommerce Product Videos – Do It Now If You Want To Stay Ahead!

"Oh here we go”, you may be thinking to yourself. "More advice on the million and one things I supposedly need to do to stay ahead in the wonderful world of ecommerce. Everyday it may seem, to those of you who stay abreast of the latest ...

Following Google’s Lead for A Super Obvious and Powerful Video Marketing Tip

While researching possible article topics today, I ended up going down a rabbit hole of my own making over at the main Google blog.  See, I started by reading a post about the new Nexus S smart phone, which will run the much-hyped Gingerbread version ...

Why Viddler WAS Bad for Website Video SEO - UPDATED

Certain video hosting/streaming platforms are excellent choices for video SEO (automatic sitemap capabilities, metadata exposure, etc...), some are OK (few platform features but still able to optimize), and then there are a handful whereby if you're interested in optimizing video for your own website, you ...

The Reel Video Search Engine Optimization Secret Sauce

Want to get more views for your videos? Have you optimized your videos for the search engines? Knowing how to get your videos found via search can make a big difference in your video views. But it's something that relatively few video producers are aware ...

The Weekly Online Video News Reel - November 6, 2010

So we're going to test the NewsReel on Saturdays and see if that works better. Then you've got the whole weekend to peruse the round up of news here at ReelSEO and elsewhere. Drat! I need to edit the image, next week. Roll Film.

How To Get Your Videos On Google TV - One More Benefit of Video Sitemaps

I've certainly been a proponent of Google's Video Sitemaps for getting into Google Videos and Google Universal Search results...  I've also eluded to the notion that one reason behind Google's push to educate publishers about video sitemaps had to do with their desire to increase ...

The Sunday News Reel – Week of 11-17 October, 2010

Hey hey! Another week in the books as we wind down summer in the Northern Hemisphere and rapidly hurtle toward lower temps and the holiday season. Here in my part of the world the leaves are falling along with the temps. So it's time once ...

The Sunday News Reel - The Week in Review 12-18 Sept. 2010

We know, you're all busy and don't have time to catch everything that was important this week. So we are going to bring you a weekly news round up. Of course being ReelSEO we have to put a Reel in the title. I thought up ...