video sharing Articles

Video hosting services refers to websites or software where users can distribute their video clips. Other sites such as file hosting services, image hosting services and social network services might support video sharing as an enhancement to their primary mission, but in general, they are not listed here. Many services have options for private sharing and other publication options. Video sharing services can be classified into several categories, among them: user generated video sharing webs...

The YouTube Reel Deel (Clearing Some of The Air Around YouTube)

YouTube seems to think that we're not exactly up to speed on what it is they are doing over there. Apparently they don't like the pigeonhole they have been put into as just user-generated, short-form, low-quality, freely available video with no revenue channels or monetization ...

Wistia Embedded Video Metrics – The Video Solution for SMBs?

I review the video sharing application and project management service, Wistia, and talk with CEO Chris Savage on how they are positioning themselves as an affordable top-tier business solution for the SMB crowd.

Intangible Values of Online Video - Beyond Monetization

D2DVD recently blogged about whether or not online video has some sort of value not based in money. While many of us equate popularity and views with value ,some of us might have forgotten about a great deal of other avenues that might be considered ...

Joost Reinvents Service As Brandable Video Platform

Joost was what the creators of Skype went on to after it was sold. They've recently announced a new focus for the company, mainly they want to be a white box video platform and they're working toward that goal now. The new Joost will seek ...

About YouTube's New Channels - YouTube Channels 2.0

In case you thought YouTube Channels 1.0 were shite, they've now given us version 2.0 (beta). But really, what's in a name and version number? Ok so YouTube is getting ready to release a new version of YouTube channels and they're quite pleased with themselves ...

Youtube Adds AutoSharing - YouTwitFace Is Now Real

For those of you that may have missed it, a few weeks back, Conan O'Brien, on his  Tonight Show sketch called "In the Year 3000,” predicted that in the future, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook would merge and create "one super time-wasting site called 'YouTwitFace'."  1 week later, ...

FeedRoom and Clearspring Video Sharing for Social Networks

It seems that this is Video on Social Networking Month and no one told us. Today The FeedRoom and Clearspring announced a partnership to create expanded video content distribution and bookmarking on their 4.0 Enterprise Video Platform. The FeedRoom will pull Clearspring's technology into their ...

Vimeo Is Better Than YouTube for Sharing Video?

Someone recently dropped me a line to tell me that Vimeo was better than YouTube. Me, being the easy-going guy I am, said "OK." Of course this might have been a clever plot on their part to get me to check it out for one ...

TwitVid Enables Easy Video Sharing for Twitter

First there was Twitmatic, which let you track and find videos being shared on Twitter. Now there's TwitVid which actually lets you share videos on Twitter. Convenient no? TwitVid helps you to actually share your videos on Twitter which is quite useful really. It utilizes ...

Quicktime To Have Built In YouTube Support

If you're an iPhone user you already know you can watch your favorite YouTube videos on it via the app. However, if you're a Quicktime user you've always had to do your encoding and video editing and then go either to YouTube's page or use ...

Hulu Is A Mouseketeer

In case you haven't managed to read any of half a dozen places today. Disney has invested in Hulu. No big surprise really, someone was bound to do it sooner or later. Hulu, that wunderkind of premium video sharing spaces, is now a three-way love ...

Major Google Video Changes Meet With Mixed Reviews

On April 14th Google announced, via their blog, that they would no longer support video uploads to Google Video but that it would continue to be a place for people to find videos (Google Blog), Changes have since been implemented at the video search page ...

Youtube Contest and Suggestions for Making A "Good" Video

According to the reputable news organization, The Onion, Youtube has just released a new contest and is offering a $100,000 cash prize to the first user to upload a "good video" that has a "shred of originality or artistic merit," and is "actually worth watching." ...

Myspace and Fox Let You Report

MySpace has teamed up with FOX News Channel and announced an exclusive partnership on MySpace uReport at http://www.myspace.com/ureport. The partnership, the first between MySpace and FOX News, gives the global MySpace community the ability to share their citizen journalist produced content with the MySpace community, ...

"Fair Use" In Online Video Marketing – The Daisy Whitney Interview

ReelSEO's Grant Crowell interviews Internet video and social networking expert and e-media personality, Daisy Whitney, on her upcoming eBook,Keeping Your Content (and yourself) Out of Court –A guide to understanding the Fair Use doctrine in the digital media age. Daisy's eBook digs into the what ...