Topic - Online Video & video search
Reel Video Discovery and Video SEO Webinar
Last week, I had the privledge of speaking along with Marcien Jenckes, Co-President of Grab Networks, in a free webinar produced by StreamingMedia.com around the topic of Video SEO. Dan Rayburn moderated the event which was titled, “The ‘Reel’ Story on Getting your Online Video Discovered.”
My focus was to provide a high-level overview of video search, video discovery along with a few definitions and tips for Video SEO. Marcien, from Grab Networks, then went into a bit more depth with regard to tactics that can be utilized to garner greater search engine visibility, in particular with regard to automated tactics for those with large video libraries. If you did not have the opportunity to view the webinar, there are a few options available to you.
HD Online – Watch Upload & Share High-Definition Videos
With the ever expanding acceptance of high definition video it’s no wonder that making a list of sites that support it is an ongoing task. So this time around it’s my turn to update you on all the latest and greatest places where you can find, watch, upload and share HD video online.
Video SEO Tips & Techniques – SEO for Online Video Content
The following is a set of links to some of our more popular video search engine optimization (Video SEO, VSEO, video search optimization – whatever you want to call it) tips, tutorials, guidelines, presentations, articles, etc…. Learn everything from distribution techniques for VSEO; to MRSS feeds and XML sitemaps for optimizing hosted video for universal search video thumbnails; to YouTube optimization best practices and more. I hope that these will help you with your video search marketing and optimization efforts. Good luck!
SES San Jose 2009 Offers New Focus on Social Media & Video
The Search Engines Strategies Conference & Expo (SES for short) has got some big names lined up. It was recently announced that on 11 August, Clickz, Google and YouTube will hold an event (no not for Christophor Rick’s Birthday…though it’s the same day) in conjunction with SES that will be focused entirely on Social Media and Video Strategy.
Kristin Kovner, the Industry Marketing Manager at YouTube, posted the following on the Youtube Biz Blog,
“We’re excited to be a part of this first-time ever event. SES is one of the best places for businesses to learn about search; now that YouTube has millions of searches each day, it’s only fitting that ClickZ and SES are expanding the agenda to include a full day dedicated to video and social media.”
What? That is right, an entire day will be dedicated to Social Media and Video Strategies. Yipee. I’m going.
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?”
Digitalsmiths Lets You Search Inside Video
Digitalsmiths claims to have a so-called ’skin detection algorithm’ that will allow users of the video search engine to search for dialogue, nude scenes and more… How peculiar.
Surf for Videos Using Twitter – Video Search Twitter Bot
VideoSurf, and innovative video search engine that utilizes computer vision technology (facial recognition) to assist with video indexing , has developed a quick and effective way to search for videos directly within Twitter. By combining the Twitter API, bit.ly API, and VideoSurf API, they have created a mashup that makes it simple to search for videos without ever leaving the twitter stream.
Bing, Google Re-ignite Search Engine Wars
Bing goes the giant! Microsoft has finally revamped, renamed and re-aimed it’s search capabilities (Bing video search reported earlier). But what does it mean for you me and Google makes three?
Microsoft Bing Video Search – A Quick Overview
Microsoft has launched their new Google competitor, bing, complete with video search and everything.
Twitter Viral Video Search – Twitmatic Video Search Application
Twitmatic, created by San Francisco startup ffwd, relaunched their Twitter video search application yesterday to help users more easily find video content shared via Twitter. Now before you go getting your hopes up you need to understand, this is a twitter video search app – IE, it only pulls in videos that are being shared through Tweets. None-the-less, this is a very cool application.
Videosurf Announces New Search and Video Lookup APIs
VideoSurf recently announced some new APIs are ready for everyone to tinker with. Videosurf is a video search engine that covers some of the largest video site like Hulu, ESPN, YouTube and more.
blinkx Teams with Miniweb
blinkx announced today that they are working on a technology integration with Miniweb. This will help everyone get their interactive videos and web-styled adverts on television. Miniweb will use Blinkx video search and other features as part of its online platform.
