All Posts Tagged With: "web video"

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Why Does Google Return Strange Results For Web Video?

No one can argue that Google is the king of the search game.  But when it comes to web video, Google seems to often return strange…even conflicting…results.  This is easier demonstrated than explained, so I’ve put together a short video to show you what I mean.  Just click the play button below to watch now:

October 2nd, 2009 | Dave | 1 comment | Continued
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How a Single Web Video Made An Entire City Mad

Right now cities around the world are making a bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.  Chicago is in the running.  And so is Rio de Janeiro.
But a one minute and 12 second web video…featuring around a dozen people…has the city of Chicago mad enough to spit.  Why?  Because in the video, these people (all from [...]

September 28th, 2009 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued
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Yet Another Free Web Video Site Stops Being Free

The list of major players in the web video market has been reduced by one.  Today it was announced that Joost will be leaving the free web video business.
Or as outgoing Joost CEO Mike Volpi said “it’s been increasingly challenging to operate as an independent, ad-supported online video platform”.
If you’re not familiar with Joost, they [...]

July 1st, 2009 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued
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Web Video Predicted To Drive 60% of Internet Traffic In 4 Years

Cisco Systems just published a new white paper analysis…and in it they predict that web traffic will quintuple by 2013…driven largely by video.
Right now, web video makes up about one-third of Internet traffic.  But within four years, that number is expected to swell to 60%.
And once you figure in ALL the ways video is consumed…on [...]

June 10th, 2009 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued
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The #1 Reason Why People Fail With Web Video

When you specialize in one field for any length of time, it becomes easy to spot trends in other people starting out in that same field.
For example, a martial arts instructor will see people always making the same mistake with kicks.  A chef will see people making the same mistakes in a kitchen.  Or a [...]

May 18th, 2009 | Dave | 1 comment | Continued
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The Next Frontier For Web Video? Your Television

According to a new report by In-Stat, by 2013 web video will not only become common place on our TV sets, but it will be a 3 billion dollar a year business.
Already, 40% of “younger” households are watching web video on their TV’s.  And it’s predicted that once the process becomes simpler and more convenient, [...]

May 8th, 2009 | Dave | 4 comments | Continued
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People Spend 8.5 Hours a Day Staring At Screens

The Council For Research Excellence yesterday released a comprehensive study on what people essentially do with their time when it comes to video and media.
And what they found was the average person spends a little over 8 hours a day staring at screens; TV, mobile devices and computers.  In fact, between these devices, 61 minutes [...]

March 27th, 2009 | Dave | 1 comment | Continued
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Who Were The New Media Guru’s Behind Obama’s Election?

I can remember a former U.S. President, back when he was the active President, commenting in amazement about how supermarkets use scanners at the checkout line (a practice that had been in use for over a decade at the time).
Today there is a U.S. President who does weekly video addresses via YouTube.  Times have changed.
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February 20th, 2009 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued
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Why Mobile Devices Are Making Web Video About More Than Just The Web

Conventional wisdom is that when people want to watch web video, they sit down at their computer, browse the Internet, click a play button and watch.
But recent statistics from Neilsen Company paint a different picture.  A picture that shows a fast-growing trend of web video being watched on mobile devices (iPods, cell phones, etc.).
In fact, [...]

February 2nd, 2009 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued
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Funeral Homes Begin Webcasting Funeral Services

First it was user-generated content.  Then porn.  Then large media and entertainment companies joined the game.  Next came lawyers, physicians and hospitals.  And now funeral homes have joined the web video phenomenon…seemingly completing the circle of life.
Yes, now instead of traveling to the funeral service of a deceased, you can watch it via live, streaming [...]

January 21st, 2009 | Dave | 5 comments | Continued
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