Online Video: Video Search
Video search websites and video search engine sites for finding online videos. Industry news regarding online video search technology, indexing web video, and video search platforms
Digitalsmiths Lets You Search Inside Video
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June 30, 2009 |
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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
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June 24, 2009 |
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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.
Microsoft Bing Video Search – A Quick Overview
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June 2, 2009 |
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Microsoft has launched their new Google competitor, bing, complete with video search and everything.
The thing is, I don’t know what all the hype is about. People are talking about it like it’s going to be some actual competition to Google and from what I can see it’s nothing special.
blinkx Takes You Courtside with FOXSports.com on MSN
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May 23, 2009 |
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blinkx shoots and scores! MSN and FOXSports.com choose blinkx over the kid no one ever wants on their team and hands them the ball giving them a chance to shine on the online sports video court.
Twitter Viral Video Search – Twitmatic Video Search Application
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May 21, 2009 |
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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
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May 18, 2009 |
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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.
The two new APIs they’ve announced are Video Search and Video Lookup. Here’s a quick rundown of each:
blinkx Teams with Miniweb
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May 12, 2009 |
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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.
Adobe Making Video Script Search
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April 29, 2009 |
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We at ReelSEO are always keen on finding new ways to search videos and more importantly, the content of the videos.
Adobe has taken the problem to heart and found a solution that begins at the source – the Script.
Major Google Video Changes Meet with Mixed Reviews
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April 23, 2009 |
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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 and have met with mixed reviews from the userbase.
The Google Blog stated:
Anyone can easily search for videos from all over the web using Google Video. Finding things is the heart of what Web Search is all about so we’re gladly taking Google Video under our wings [Google Web Search Help Forum].
Universal and YouTube Team up for Premium Service – VEVO
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April 10, 2009 |
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What do You get when You cross U(MG) with YouTube? Well aside from a lot of U’s in the sentence you get a premium music and video service.
Universal Music Group (UMG) and YouTube are going to create and launch a new service called VEVO which is set to be a music and video entertainment service that will feature UMG’s premium video content.
