Viral Video Nostradamus - Babies, Cats and Turtles - Will These Videos Go Viral?
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It’s been several weeks since our last Viral Video Nostradamus post, and another attempt at predicting viral success is long overdue. The hope is that I can hit on at least one of these, and over time begin to have a better understanding about what it is that makes some videos skyrocket and others fizzle. My track record thus far is pretty… average. Nowhere to go but up, right? Let’s give it another shot. Here are a few videos I’ve seen this week that I believe have great potential to go viral:Racing Babies
Viral Ingredients: Cute kid, potentially controversial activity (baby racing)
Uploaded: June 22, 2010 (two days ago)
Current View Count (as of this writing): 16,222
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsKN2yik4-Y" rel="nofollow, external" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/HsKN2yik4-Y/0.jpg" alt="YouTube Preview Image" /></a> Smart Cat
Viral Ingredients: Cute animals, animals behaving abnormally, cat triumph over dog
Uploaded: June 23, 2010 (one day ago)
Current View Count (as of this writing): 367
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GH4pxu_igc" rel="nofollow, external" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/2GH4pxu_igc/0.jpg" alt="YouTube Preview Image" /></a> Fast Turtle
Viral Ingredients: Cute animals, turtles, animals behaving abnormally
Uploaded: June 22, 2010 (two days ago)
Current View Count (as of this writing): 675
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byvpthzQWXQ" rel="nofollow, external" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/byvpthzQWXQ/0.jpg" alt="YouTube Preview Image" /></a> How did I do on my last round of predictions?
Let’s take a quick look back at my last set of picks to see how I did:
Ole Miss Student Union Jai Ho Break-Out
View count upon prediction: 19,849
View count today: 698,408
Prediction outcome: correct!
View count upon prediction: 6,818
View count today: 13,879
Prediction outcome: incorrect
View count upon prediction: 3,495
View count today: 1,451,324
Prediction outcome: correct!
Running tally on Viral Nostradamus
Predictions: 9
Correct Predictions: 5
Accuracy: 55%
What do you think? ▼
About the Author - Jeremy Scott
Jeremy Scott is the Editor-in-Chief at ReelSEO.com. He is also founder of The Viral Orchard (http://www.viralorchard.com), an Internet marketing firm offering content writing and development services, viral marketing consulting, and SEO services. Jeremy writes constantly, loves online video, and enjoys helping small businesses succeed in any way he can. - View All Posts By Jeremy Scott
