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Search Marketing Expo East – Video Search Engine Optimization Recap

Grant Crowell of ReelSEO has an audio clip from his coverage of the SMX East conference at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City earlier this week, from October 6-7th.  Listen to Grant offer his Video SEO perspective on the following SMX sessions: Search Marketing and Social Media Marketing for Newspapers and Magazines, What’s New With Video Search Marketing, Search and Reputation Management, and Search and the U.S. Presidential Campaign.


Dailymotion Launches new High Quality Video Player

Dailymotion, the world’s largest independent video sharing site, today announced the launch of a new player that will provide improved video playback quality for Dailymotions users around the world. The release of the new Dailymotion HQ video player provides Dailymotions global audience of over 37 million (comScore June 2008) unique visitors with the best possible web video and audio experience without requiring any additional bandwidth.


The Obama-Ayers Video SEO “Terrorist Connection”

Little did I realize that an innocuous video I did of former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers nearly 2 years ago and put on YouTube is now being shown on cable news stations and circulated by hardcore McCain supporters to support their claim that Democratic Presidential Candidate Barak Obama pals around with terrorists.



Video SEO Tip: Optimize your YouTube “click-to-action” link (part 2)

When I first posted a Video SEO tip on how YouTube’s click-to-action buttons can be duplicated by anyone with their own YouTube account for every single video, responses we got were that it sounded too good to be true, or that it was just meant for YouTube’s partner sites, or that maybe it might be viewed as spam? After further testing, we discovered even better tactics of how to optimize a “Hot URL” link in your Description field to get optimal call-to-action results. Read on…


Online Video Mixing and Publishing Network Eyespot Shuts Down

3 years ago, an online video startup, Eyespot, raised $3.7 million in funding for its online video editor and mashup tool. Earlier this week, co-founder David Dudas announced on twitter that eyespot was being shut down.


BitGravity Launches an API for High-Definition Web video

BitGravity, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, today announced the new release of its patent-pending Advanced Progressive(TM) application programming interface (API), which provides extensive control over progressive downloads within Flash. This new API enables developers to inject advertising, automatically adjust bitrates, add virtual clips and other additional advanced features into their H.264- and FLV-encoded video, unlocking the ability to create affordable and scalable interactive HD video applications for the first time.


New Study - Engaged Online Video Viewers Pay Attention To Ads

veohWhen it comes to advertising, not all online video viewers are created equal, according to a new commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Veoh Networks. Released today, Watching The Web: How Online Video Engages Audiences reveals that while some online video viewers still only snack on short clips, there exists a large audience of young, influential, engaged viewers who watch a great deal of long-form online video and pay attention to the brand messages delivered to them in online video environments.


Internet Video Campaign Helps Young Americans Do Their “DUTY”

Thought it would be worthwhile showing you a unique online video marketing campaign titled, “Time for a Change.”



Video SEO Tip: How to Create Your Own YouTube “click-to-buy” Link – for FREE

YouTube has now begun placing click-to-buy links beneath its videos, as part of a larger plan to offer an e-commerce platform to all its partners. However, YouTube partners are typically large and well-established companies, leaving out the 99.9% of businesses and individuals of this opportunity. Fortunately, we have a tip on how anyone can create their own “hot URL” to any web page they want, which shows up in a better position than these links, and without having to shell out any cash. Read on…


Hollywood Takes a Stab At Creating Online Video Standards

The Web lacks a standard way of organizing and playing media files, let alone gearing the playback for the growing variety of TV, computer and mobile screens. That’s the problem the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) hopes to address in a new standards effort it will kick off this month.


Online Video Advertising Market in India Doubles Each Year

india flagOnline video media advertising is on an upward rise across the globe including India.

Zoom business head MK Anand said, “Potential online video advertising market in India is estimated at Rs 600 million. Video streams originating from India is doubling year-on-year.”


Adapt.tv Introduces New Pre-Roll Video Ad Format

Adap.tv, creators of OneSource, the first platform to help publishers fully monetize their online video content, today introduced a new ad format for online video advertising designed to enable video publishers to maximize revenue while protecting viewers from lengthy pre-roll video ads. The new format will also help online advertising networks sell lucrative video ad campaigns to clients without the need for building costly video infrastructure and employing unnecessary staff.


WebTrends Named Best in Reporting and Analytics in the 2008 Streaming Media Readers´ Choice Awards

webtrendsWebTrends Inc., a leading provider of web analytics and online marketing solutions, was named the top reporting and analytics tools provider at the recent Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards. This annual award recognizes the best products and services in the online audio and video industry as chosen by the readers of Streaming Media magazine and streamingmedia.com.


How Important is a Video SEO Strategy For Newspapers?

online videoJust how important is video SEO for newspaper companies? “Their survival depends on it at this point,” says Jake Matthews, Partner and VP of Business Development for 10e20, and head of their search marketing campaigns and video strategy. Jake’s company spoke today at the session for Search Marketing Expo East in New York, “Social Media Marketing for Newspapers and Magazines.” ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell interviewed Jake just prior to the conference to talk about the specific opportunities and challenges of video SEO for newspapers and news magazines, both by the newspaper companies themselves, and search marketing companies looking to make the case with them for video SEO.


Jivox Launches New Online Video Ad Platform for SMBs

jivox logo

Jivox, the online video advertising service that helps small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) reach local customers, today announced that Jivox AdSlate 3.0, the latest version of its online video ad platform, is now live. Jivox combines a self-service video ad creation tool, proprietary targeting technology, sophisticated reporting capabilities and an extensive network of premium local publishers to offer advertisers a complete service for local online video advertising.


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