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Google Does Support MRSS & RSS2.0 for Video Sitemaps - Tips & Info

When Google first announced the support for video sitemaps, there were many folks who asked why they didnt support MRSS feeds as video sitemaps.  It then became clear that Google did accept MRSS feeds from some partners, but that they were interested in creating a xml sitemap protocol (which is a good idea - more to follow) for video.  Either way, if you were to look at the sitemap instructions on Google, you would not have seen mention of MRSS as an acceptable format for video sitemaps. In fact, if you look at their main page in the help section “About Video Sitemaps,” there is still no mention of MRSS feeds.

Interactive Video Marketing To Dominate Focus for Marketers in 2009

Marketers will increase their use of online video in 2009, according to a new survey by PermissionTV and reported on eMarketer.  It’s about time… ;-)

In the online survey of 400 senior marketing and media executives, 67%, or 2/3rds,  identified online video as a primary focus of their 2009 digital marketing campaigns and budgets.  More than 50% planning the launch of an online video project by the second quarter.

Video SEO “Posers” Piss Me Off!

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Online video has become incredibility opportunistic for many new businesses to enter the space, with more people claiming to be “experts” in Video SEO. But can anyone just say they’re a video SEO specialist? What level of “expertise” is needed to distinguish ones self from those just claiming to be and exploiting our industry at the expense of real, committed experts as well as potential customers?

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Evenhere Video Overlays Put the Product in Your Hand

So you’re watching some show or video and see something really cool. Your mind begins to wander and you can’t help but think ‘how and where do I get one of those?’ Well that’s exactly where Evenhere.com comes in. Their service allows you to bookmark and buy products that you see on TV, in magazines, on the web or in a video clip immediately.

Why Newspapers Should Do More Online Video Marketing

The Internet has now surpassed newspapers and all other media except television as an outlet for national and international news, according to a survey by Pew Center for the People & The Press, an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes towards the press, politics, and public policy issues.

SpotMixer Expands Distribution with Google Adwords Video Ads

Just last week, we posted our interview with John Love, CEO of One True Media and their product SpotMixer, which is an online self-service video advertising solution targeted at small and medium sized businesses . John talked with us about the importance of distribution for online video marketing for SMBs.  In May of last year, Spotmixer formed a partnership with GoogleTV to syndicate videos as television advertisements.

Personalized Video Discovery & Monetization - An Overview of Taboola

Taboola.com is one of an ever-growing list of video aggregation services. So why should you be reading about it? Well they do a little more than some of the others. Not only are they organizing the videos for the users to find more easily, they’re also working towards making things better for the publishers and the advertisers. You might think of Taboola as the point where the three pieces of online video monetization meet - producer, advertiser, consumer.

Usability Standards for Web Video (Where the hell are they??)

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Most companies producing online video content aren’t giving enough consideration to the end user’s experience with the video they’re watching. Despite the huge business growth of online video, not a single major usability organization or video solutions provider has put out any publicly available ‘best practices’ information on the web video experience for the end user!

Listen to my podcast on web video usability.

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Video Production for Real Estate - Interview with WellcomeMat

Intel & Adobe Team to Optimize Flash technology for Web TV Processors

Adobe and Intel recently announced that they will work to extend the Adobe Flash platform for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100. This means a better Flash experience in set-top boxes, Blu-Ray players and other AV connected devices.

2009 Huge List of Video Sharing Websites - UPDATED

One of the top viewed pages on ReelSEO is that of a post that I put out late in 2007 with a resource list of 180 video sharing (now replaced by this post).   This weekend, I finally took the time to update the list entirely, and add a bunch more - 338 in total.  So, after many hours of clean up, I am pleased to present a brand new, list of  338 video sharing websites below. I encourage you to bookmark this post as I’ll be updating it every now and then.

2009 List of Video Search Engines & Video Search Sites

After many hours of clean up, I am pleased to present a brand new and updated, 2009 list of  video search engines - below. I encourage you to bookmark this post as I’ll be updating it every now and then.