Before we go into the details of how to boost website traffic, first lets try to understand what Web 2.0 is. There is not a clear definition to what exactly Web 2.0. But it has got many faces and some of them can be used to drive traffic to any website old or new.
In this phenomenon a community of users share the content at a website and other users comment on the content developed by others. It's a win/win situation. if your content has a unique angle or creativity you end up receiving traffic in thousands in a very short time.
The content creation is normally in 4 media types.
1) Text 2) Photos 3) Audio 4) Video
If you visit Alexa.com and go to "Traffic Rankings" section you will see a list of "Global Top 500" most visited websites, you'll notice that many are community websites where people gather in thousands everyday. All you have to do is use your brain, develop unique content in the form of text/photos/audio/video and you get tons of traffic in a very short period.
* If you are good at writing articles, you can submit them to technorati.com or digg.com or del.icio.us where people are looking for new information. You will receive votes (good/bad) from other members. Depending upon the number of votes you receive, your text will be read by all other member (usually in thousands) making your article a "hot" topic
* Are you good at taking photographs/sketches/digital art/3d art, you can submit this to flickr.com and will be seen and appreciated by tons of other artists and art enthusiasts. If done well can generate great business 100% free without a dime on advertising.
* Do you have a video series that's funny or educational, you can submit this to youtube.com or Goggle video website and will be seen by thousands with their own comments to make you a hero in a few hours.
So the bottom line is getting your message in front of a big crowd with little creativity and you can boost your website traffic instantly.
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
Youtube - The Left Wing Lapdog Of The Internet
Conservative web users argue that their views are being suppressed on youtube. Even heavyweights like Republican Hollywood filmmaker David Zucker can be censored.
A short film by Zucker, who worked with "Scary Movie 4," "Airplane!" and other comedies, reportedly had been offered to the Republican Party for use as an ad, but it was declined. It appeared briefly on YouTube, until it was flagged as being "inappropriate for some users".
On the YouTube Web site, anyone can post videos. Above is a still from a montage of some of President Bush's speaking blunders posted as "Stupid Bush."
Michelle Malkin was first blogger to point out the leftist leanings of YouTube.
While bloggers played a role in the last presidential election, most advertising and message delivery still comes from campaigns, political parties and interest groups with enough money to bankroll a television blitz. But the YouTube revolution -- which includes dozens of sites such as Google Video, Revver and Metacafe -- could turn that on its head.
If any teenager can put up a video for or against a candidate, and persuade other people to watch that video, the center of gravity could shift to masses of people with camcorders and passable computer skills. And if people increasingly distrust the mainstream media, they might be more receptive to messages created by ordinary folks.
"YouTube is a campaign game-changer, shifting the dynamics of how to reach voters and build intimate relationships," says Julie Supan, senior marketing director for the small, California-based firm, which by one measure now runs the 39th most popular Web site. "YouTube levels the playing field, allowing well-backed and less-known candidates to reach the same audience and share the same stage."
Even the seemingly simple act of posting footage of a politician's interview on "Meet the Press" or "The Daily Show" has a viral quality, because it can be seen by far more people than watched during a single broadcast.
The internet web site You Tube is a free and open area for internet users to post and view all kinds of video content. While there is a terms of service (TOS) that users must agree to before posting You Tube videos, the truth is that there is no real submission approval process. While posting copyright protected content is forbidden under the TOS, there is no mechanism to automatically screen for copyright protected material.
Detection of such material is left to the You Tube community, but, from the incredible number of protected videos that have appeared on the site, it seems clear that the TOS are not rigorously enforced. Of course, it is the responsibility of the users, not You Tube, to post material that is legal. Nevertheless, there have been some legal challenges to You Tube videos posted in recent months.
Contributors to YouTube seem to lean to the left. There are videos of verbal stumbles labeled "Stupid Bush" and "Bush Screwups," along with "President Bush Drunk," a bit on CBS's "Late Late Show" that slowed down a tape of the president so it appeared as if he were slurring his words. Another shows Bush, in his Texas days, extending his middle finger. (One positive video features a group called the Right Brothers singing "Bush Was Right.")
Any registered user can form a group, and the site includes one called "Support George Bush," which says, "Don't be afraid of your beliefs -- most campuses nationwide have a liberal bias anyway . . . as does the media." But it doesn't crack the top 100 in terms of membership, unlike "Bush Sucks," which is designed "for everyone who hates Bush and all his Republican cronies."
A short film by Zucker, who worked with "Scary Movie 4," "Airplane!" and other comedies, reportedly had been offered to the Republican Party for use as an ad, but it was declined. It appeared briefly on YouTube, until it was flagged as being "inappropriate for some users".
On the YouTube Web site, anyone can post videos. Above is a still from a montage of some of President Bush's speaking blunders posted as "Stupid Bush."
Michelle Malkin was first blogger to point out the leftist leanings of YouTube.
While bloggers played a role in the last presidential election, most advertising and message delivery still comes from campaigns, political parties and interest groups with enough money to bankroll a television blitz. But the YouTube revolution -- which includes dozens of sites such as Google Video, Revver and Metacafe -- could turn that on its head.
If any teenager can put up a video for or against a candidate, and persuade other people to watch that video, the center of gravity could shift to masses of people with camcorders and passable computer skills. And if people increasingly distrust the mainstream media, they might be more receptive to messages created by ordinary folks.
"YouTube is a campaign game-changer, shifting the dynamics of how to reach voters and build intimate relationships," says Julie Supan, senior marketing director for the small, California-based firm, which by one measure now runs the 39th most popular Web site. "YouTube levels the playing field, allowing well-backed and less-known candidates to reach the same audience and share the same stage."
Even the seemingly simple act of posting footage of a politician's interview on "Meet the Press" or "The Daily Show" has a viral quality, because it can be seen by far more people than watched during a single broadcast.
The internet web site You Tube is a free and open area for internet users to post and view all kinds of video content. While there is a terms of service (TOS) that users must agree to before posting You Tube videos, the truth is that there is no real submission approval process. While posting copyright protected content is forbidden under the TOS, there is no mechanism to automatically screen for copyright protected material.
Detection of such material is left to the You Tube community, but, from the incredible number of protected videos that have appeared on the site, it seems clear that the TOS are not rigorously enforced. Of course, it is the responsibility of the users, not You Tube, to post material that is legal. Nevertheless, there have been some legal challenges to You Tube videos posted in recent months.
Contributors to YouTube seem to lean to the left. There are videos of verbal stumbles labeled "Stupid Bush" and "Bush Screwups," along with "President Bush Drunk," a bit on CBS's "Late Late Show" that slowed down a tape of the president so it appeared as if he were slurring his words. Another shows Bush, in his Texas days, extending his middle finger. (One positive video features a group called the Right Brothers singing "Bush Was Right.")
Any registered user can form a group, and the site includes one called "Support George Bush," which says, "Don't be afraid of your beliefs -- most campuses nationwide have a liberal bias anyway . . . as does the media." But it doesn't crack the top 100 in terms of membership, unlike "Bush Sucks," which is designed "for everyone who hates Bush and all his Republican cronies."
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Youtube And Marketing Opportunities For Home Based Internet Businesses
More and more people are turning to online media in order to promote their home-based internet businesses. While blogging and e-zine marketing are effective forms of promotion for your business, another desirable method is to do it by way of the popular website http://www.youtube.com. One of the best things about creating a video clip on Youtube is that it is free and it is very simple to make. If you are industrious enough you can create a variety of video clips surrounding your home-based business and you can choose to release a different version as you see fit.
Youtube is an excellent way to get information out about what your internet business has to offer in terms of products and services as the exposure you receive is tremendous. Visitors to Youtube can easily share the links of video clips with other people which means that not only will the people you contact see your video about your internet business but so will others as well. This form of networking and word of mouth is invaluable to the success of your business. Due to the fact that Youtube hosts your video you do not need to be concerned about any special software or having advanced technical skills.
Youtube offers so much more than video clips to its audience. You can set your video advertisement up however you wish. You can include whatever sort of mood music you feel is suitable as well as creative imagery and taglines. Search for royalty-free photographs and royalty-free music over the internet if you are not in possession of your own as copyright infringement is a serious offence to be found guilty of.
Make sure that your video on Youtube regarding your internet business shows savvy and creativity and do not make it too long, boring or predictable in any way. Make sure you include a tagline that will immediately grab the audience's attention and have them interested in seeing more. It is recommended that your clip be anywhere from thirty seconds to two minutes. It is not recommended that your clip exceed two minutes as if you make it too long you are very likely to bore your audience as well as to lose their attention very quickly. Online people like things that are short and get to the point very quickly.
When you create your video clip on Youtube make sure not to use PowerPoint and it is not advisable to set it up as an interview of yourself in regards to your home-based business. That shows no incentive or originality on your part. Think outside the box! Always make sure that the web address for your business is clearly visible in the video clip as well.
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Youtube is an excellent way to get information out about what your internet business has to offer in terms of products and services as the exposure you receive is tremendous. Visitors to Youtube can easily share the links of video clips with other people which means that not only will the people you contact see your video about your internet business but so will others as well. This form of networking and word of mouth is invaluable to the success of your business. Due to the fact that Youtube hosts your video you do not need to be concerned about any special software or having advanced technical skills.
Youtube offers so much more than video clips to its audience. You can set your video advertisement up however you wish. You can include whatever sort of mood music you feel is suitable as well as creative imagery and taglines. Search for royalty-free photographs and royalty-free music over the internet if you are not in possession of your own as copyright infringement is a serious offence to be found guilty of.
Make sure that your video on Youtube regarding your internet business shows savvy and creativity and do not make it too long, boring or predictable in any way. Make sure you include a tagline that will immediately grab the audience's attention and have them interested in seeing more. It is recommended that your clip be anywhere from thirty seconds to two minutes. It is not recommended that your clip exceed two minutes as if you make it too long you are very likely to bore your audience as well as to lose their attention very quickly. Online people like things that are short and get to the point very quickly.
When you create your video clip on Youtube make sure not to use PowerPoint and it is not advisable to set it up as an interview of yourself in regards to your home-based business. That shows no incentive or originality on your part. Think outside the box! Always make sure that the web address for your business is clearly visible in the video clip as well.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
CNN's Youtube debate draws impressive ratings
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Monday's CNN-YouTube debate brought in pretty good numbers, delivering the highest viewership for a debate among adults 18-34 in cable news history.
The two-hour debate featured answers from the Democratic candidates responding to videos from YouTube users. It was moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper live on Monday night from the Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
The debate averaged 2.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, making it the second-most-watched debate so far this season. It was just behind CNN's June 3 Democratic candidates debate in New Hampshire, which averaged 2.8 million viewers, and ahead of Fox News Channel's May 15 GOP candidates debate, which averaged 2.5 million viewers.
Included in the latest viewership numbers were 407,000 viewers in the coveted adults 18-34 demographic, which topped the previous record of 368,000 for the New Hampshire debate. Both are higher than the previous record holders, CNN's February 15, 2000, GOP debate (357,000), Fox News Channel's January 22, 2004, Democratic candidates debate (340,000) and MSNBC's South Carolina debate on April 26, 2007 (327,000).
Among adults 25-54, another prized demo, the YouTube debate averaged 890,000 compared with 1.1 million for CNN's New Hampshire debate.
The two-hour debate featured answers from the Democratic candidates responding to videos from YouTube users. It was moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper live on Monday night from the Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
The debate averaged 2.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, making it the second-most-watched debate so far this season. It was just behind CNN's June 3 Democratic candidates debate in New Hampshire, which averaged 2.8 million viewers, and ahead of Fox News Channel's May 15 GOP candidates debate, which averaged 2.5 million viewers.
Included in the latest viewership numbers were 407,000 viewers in the coveted adults 18-34 demographic, which topped the previous record of 368,000 for the New Hampshire debate. Both are higher than the previous record holders, CNN's February 15, 2000, GOP debate (357,000), Fox News Channel's January 22, 2004, Democratic candidates debate (340,000) and MSNBC's South Carolina debate on April 26, 2007 (327,000).
Among adults 25-54, another prized demo, the YouTube debate averaged 890,000 compared with 1.1 million for CNN's New Hampshire debate.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
What is YouTube video?
YouTube is an Internet website that specializes in publishing user-posted video clips. As of early 2007 YouTube is one of the top ten most popular websites on the Internet. Started in late 2005, the site was purchased one year later by Google for over one and a half billion dollars. During that time the website amassed a fanbase of over twenty million users, mostly teens and young adults. Two million videos are added to YouTube's stock of 100 million videos every month. While much of the content consists of original amateur home video, many advertisers and media producers are now providing professional content. Media giants CBS, EMI Group, Universal MG, Sony BMG, and Warner MG have all agreed to either provide content to YouTube, or to license their respective copyrighted material for use in independent videos released on the site.
What does Naevius YouTube Converter do for me?
Unlike other similar services, YouTube Video allows only viewing video inside client's browser (YouTube's video player is designed to be used within your browser as an Internet experience), and currently you can't download our videos to your computer. But it can be easily downloaded and converted to the common "avi" format with Naevius YouTube Converter!
Naevius YouTube Converter is a convenient tool to download and convert your favorite videos from YouTube website into the standard AVI DivX video format: www.naevius.com
How Naevius YouTube Converter Works.
1. Run Naevius YouTube Converter.
2. Enter the YouTube URL
3. Click "Start" button to download and convert YouTube Video to AVI format.
4. As result will be AVI DivX file.
What does Naevius YouTube Converter do for me?
Unlike other similar services, YouTube Video allows only viewing video inside client's browser (YouTube's video player is designed to be used within your browser as an Internet experience), and currently you can't download our videos to your computer. But it can be easily downloaded and converted to the common "avi" format with Naevius YouTube Converter!
Naevius YouTube Converter is a convenient tool to download and convert your favorite videos from YouTube website into the standard AVI DivX video format: www.naevius.com
How Naevius YouTube Converter Works.
1. Run Naevius YouTube Converter.
2. Enter the YouTube URL
3. Click "Start" button to download and convert YouTube Video to AVI format.
4. As result will be AVI DivX file.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
What is Youtube?
What is the big fuss over Youtube? You have to live in a cave to have not heard of Youtube, but what is it and how is it changing the internet. This article will tell you everything you need to know about the latest internet craze.
WHAT IS YOUTUBE?
YouTube is a popular free video sharing Web site which
lets users upload, view, and share viral video.
Video sharing refers to a site that allows user to distribute their video clips.
The site utilizes Adobe Flash technology to display video.
On the About Us page at Youtube.com it states, "YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily."
YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 100 million videos on the site daily. Our users determine what is popular on the site, and can unleash their creativity and broadcast their talents to a global audience.
On the YouTube Fact Sheet it continues, "YouTube is creating a community for personal video, musicians, amateur filmmakers and comedians, and professional content owners. .... Anyone can broadcast themselves by creating content and distributing it through YouTube. And the community decides what is popular through their ratings and comments."
CREATION
Youtube was founded by three employees of PayPal, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim on February 14, 2005. Since its creation Jawed Karim left the company to pursue an advanced degree at Stanford.
WHAT TYPES OF VIDEOS ARE ON YOUTUBE?
The wide variety of site content includes movie and TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging.
There are candid videos of stars:
Britney Spears at the gas station http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZbXv5x-g4w&NR
Clips from star appearances:
The Tonight Show clip of Matt Damon doing an impression of Matthew McConaughey
Clips of nobodies:
A girl named Esmée Denters singing… she’s good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GffFQZVdpZM&mode=related&search=
The evolution of dance by a comedian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg
Crazy dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cSRpu7bI04
9 Month Gestation in 20 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6ojtBW0Qo
WHAT IS THE YOUTUBE HYPE ABOUT?
YouTube is currently serving 100 million videos per day, with more than 65,000 videos being uploaded daily. According to Hitwise, YouTube videos account for 60 percent of all videos watched online and people are spending an average of 17 minutes per session on the site. According to Nielsen NetRatings, YouTube has nearly 20M unique users per month.
Currently staffed by 67 employees, the company was named TIME magazine's "Invention of the Year" for 2006. In October 2006, Google, Inc., announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for $1.65 billion USD in Google's stock. The deal closed on 13 November 2006.
Now you can join the rest of the planet and know the basics of youtube.com!
WHAT IS YOUTUBE?
YouTube is a popular free video sharing Web site which
lets users upload, view, and share viral video.
Video sharing refers to a site that allows user to distribute their video clips.
The site utilizes Adobe Flash technology to display video.
On the About Us page at Youtube.com it states, "YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily."
YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 100 million videos on the site daily. Our users determine what is popular on the site, and can unleash their creativity and broadcast their talents to a global audience.
On the YouTube Fact Sheet it continues, "YouTube is creating a community for personal video, musicians, amateur filmmakers and comedians, and professional content owners. .... Anyone can broadcast themselves by creating content and distributing it through YouTube. And the community decides what is popular through their ratings and comments."
CREATION
Youtube was founded by three employees of PayPal, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim on February 14, 2005. Since its creation Jawed Karim left the company to pursue an advanced degree at Stanford.
WHAT TYPES OF VIDEOS ARE ON YOUTUBE?
The wide variety of site content includes movie and TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging.
There are candid videos of stars:
Britney Spears at the gas station http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZbXv5x-g4w&NR
Clips from star appearances:
The Tonight Show clip of Matt Damon doing an impression of Matthew McConaughey
Clips of nobodies:
A girl named Esmée Denters singing… she’s good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GffFQZVdpZM&mode=related&search=
The evolution of dance by a comedian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg
Crazy dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cSRpu7bI04
9 Month Gestation in 20 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6ojtBW0Qo
WHAT IS THE YOUTUBE HYPE ABOUT?
YouTube is currently serving 100 million videos per day, with more than 65,000 videos being uploaded daily. According to Hitwise, YouTube videos account for 60 percent of all videos watched online and people are spending an average of 17 minutes per session on the site. According to Nielsen NetRatings, YouTube has nearly 20M unique users per month.
Currently staffed by 67 employees, the company was named TIME magazine's "Invention of the Year" for 2006. In October 2006, Google, Inc., announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for $1.65 billion USD in Google's stock. The deal closed on 13 November 2006.
Now you can join the rest of the planet and know the basics of youtube.com!
Youtube
If you browse the web, you'll come across many websites that has one or more video clips embedded in it. News websites such as BBC and CNN fall in this category. But, what about a website that has only video clips and nothing else? This is exactly what the Youtube Phenomenon is all about. To those who have not heard about Youtube, it is a video sharing website where one could upload, share, and watch video clips - Youtube videos - for free. It is owned by Google.
Here is a bit history of what all went behind in the making of Youtube.com. Little had the three former PayPal employees - Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen - anticipated about the growth and fame Youtube would achieve in less than one year since its inception, when they first planned such a video sharing website. An out-of-the box idea, Youtube.com was launched as an unknown new website on February 15, 2005 with virtually no promotion. The website with its full features become operational few month later; the first preview of the website was offered in May 2005 and its official debut in November the same year. As it had been with many great path breaking projects in the past, the incubation days of Youtube took place in a modest garage in California, much like its present owner's - Google - beginnings, who started their journey from a leased space in a Menlo Park garage in 1998.
The beginnings of Youtube was pretty modest and its creators more than once at least went through a cash crunch as the visitors to the website grew and the need for better infrastructure and technology became inevitable. Irony it may be that the first helping hand they got which had pulled them out of the financial crisis was that of the venture capital firm Sequoia, the very same firm that had funded Google in its early years. Sequoia invested $3.5 million initially in Youtube, the stake which they upped to $8 million few months later, realizing the vast potential Youtube.com has in the fast growing world of infotainment in the near future.
Another development that had immensely helped catapulting Youtube into the forefront of online entertainment industry came from rather unexpected quarters, in the form of new software tool - the Flash Player 8 by Macromedia - that enabled people to view Youtube videos directly from their web browsers without having to download it into their PCs and view it with the help of third party software programs such as Windows Media Player or RealOne Player. In fact, it not only eliminated the need to view downloaded files in third party tools, but also provided a far improved video quality than its predecessor, Flash Player 7. Had it not been for the new Flash Player, the Flash Player 8, it is unlikely that Youtube.com would have taken off this fast, in such a short span of time.
Here is a bit history of what all went behind in the making of Youtube.com. Little had the three former PayPal employees - Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen - anticipated about the growth and fame Youtube would achieve in less than one year since its inception, when they first planned such a video sharing website. An out-of-the box idea, Youtube.com was launched as an unknown new website on February 15, 2005 with virtually no promotion. The website with its full features become operational few month later; the first preview of the website was offered in May 2005 and its official debut in November the same year. As it had been with many great path breaking projects in the past, the incubation days of Youtube took place in a modest garage in California, much like its present owner's - Google - beginnings, who started their journey from a leased space in a Menlo Park garage in 1998.
The beginnings of Youtube was pretty modest and its creators more than once at least went through a cash crunch as the visitors to the website grew and the need for better infrastructure and technology became inevitable. Irony it may be that the first helping hand they got which had pulled them out of the financial crisis was that of the venture capital firm Sequoia, the very same firm that had funded Google in its early years. Sequoia invested $3.5 million initially in Youtube, the stake which they upped to $8 million few months later, realizing the vast potential Youtube.com has in the fast growing world of infotainment in the near future.
Another development that had immensely helped catapulting Youtube into the forefront of online entertainment industry came from rather unexpected quarters, in the form of new software tool - the Flash Player 8 by Macromedia - that enabled people to view Youtube videos directly from their web browsers without having to download it into their PCs and view it with the help of third party software programs such as Windows Media Player or RealOne Player. In fact, it not only eliminated the need to view downloaded files in third party tools, but also provided a far improved video quality than its predecessor, Flash Player 7. Had it not been for the new Flash Player, the Flash Player 8, it is unlikely that Youtube.com would have taken off this fast, in such a short span of time.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
copyright fight over YouTube
Dick Parsons, the chairman and chief executive of Time Warner, fired a shot across the bows of Google, saying his group would pursue its copyright complaints against the video sharing site YouTube.com.
Google paid $1.6bn for YouTube this week amid concerns that some of the fledgling website's 100m videos breached copyright rules. Time Warner, the media and entertainment group that owns the Warner Brothers movie studio, Time Inc magazines and the HBO TV channel, is one of several large media companies concerned about possibly illegal use of its material on YouTube.
Mr Parsons told the Guardian: "You can assume we're in negotiations with YouTube and that those negotiations will be kicked up to the Google level in the hope that we can get to some acceptable position."
He denied the decision to pursue any potential infringement had been prompted by this week's acquisition. Google, whose core search function attracted 204 million users in August, four times those who used YouTube, has a higher market capitalisation than Time Warner. "We were going to pursue it anyway," he said. "If you let one thing ignore your rights as an owner it makes it much more difficult to defend those rights when the next guy comes along."
He took a more emollient stance than some when he said: "We'd like to have our content displayed on these platforms, but on a basis that it respects our rights as the owner of that content."
This echoes many of his media peers, who are keen to come to some agreement with sites such as YouTube, which has 35 million regular users. However, Doug Morris, the chief executive of Universal Music, attacked YouTube and MySpace, the social networking site bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation last year, as "copyright infringers" at an investors' conference last month. News Corp is understood to be talking to Google about the possibility of extending an existing advertising deal involving MySpace. News executives say 60-70% of YouTube's traffic comes from the social network site.
With clips limited to 10 minutes maximum, many of the most popular videos on YouTube are music or humour based. Some music companies have recently signed revenue-sharing arrangements with YouTube. Warner Music, which is no longer part of Time Warner, agreed to make its music video library available to YouTube this month in one of the site's earliest commercial agreements. The deal was followed by agreements with Sony BMG and US television channel CBS.
Mr Parsons said that, like many media companies, Time Warner had looked at buying YouTube but balked at the price. "The best buyer for YouTube was Google because it has the most advanced ability right now to monetise traffic. Whether they overpaid or not, time will tell."
Both YouTube and Google, which has also come under fire for infringing copyright, remove content where breaches can be demonstrated.
Mr Parsons said Time Warner looked at "everything" when it came to acquisitions. But it was unlikely to be interested in ITV, which did not meet the US group's financial or operational disciplines. The hiatus at the top of the organisation is understood to be a deterrent to potential bidders. He has expanded Time Warner's cable operations and signed off a radical overhaul of its struggling AOL internet business, but said he had concerns about the "broadcast business" more generally.
Google is facing legal challenges to Google News and Google Books.
YouTube founder Chad Hurley has also sought to play down copyright fears. "We're committed to developing tools to identify the content and monetise it so [content owners] can have a new outlet for their content."
Source : http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1921154,00.html#article_continue
Google paid $1.6bn for YouTube this week amid concerns that some of the fledgling website's 100m videos breached copyright rules. Time Warner, the media and entertainment group that owns the Warner Brothers movie studio, Time Inc magazines and the HBO TV channel, is one of several large media companies concerned about possibly illegal use of its material on YouTube.
Mr Parsons told the Guardian: "You can assume we're in negotiations with YouTube and that those negotiations will be kicked up to the Google level in the hope that we can get to some acceptable position."
He denied the decision to pursue any potential infringement had been prompted by this week's acquisition. Google, whose core search function attracted 204 million users in August, four times those who used YouTube, has a higher market capitalisation than Time Warner. "We were going to pursue it anyway," he said. "If you let one thing ignore your rights as an owner it makes it much more difficult to defend those rights when the next guy comes along."
He took a more emollient stance than some when he said: "We'd like to have our content displayed on these platforms, but on a basis that it respects our rights as the owner of that content."
This echoes many of his media peers, who are keen to come to some agreement with sites such as YouTube, which has 35 million regular users. However, Doug Morris, the chief executive of Universal Music, attacked YouTube and MySpace, the social networking site bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation last year, as "copyright infringers" at an investors' conference last month. News Corp is understood to be talking to Google about the possibility of extending an existing advertising deal involving MySpace. News executives say 60-70% of YouTube's traffic comes from the social network site.
With clips limited to 10 minutes maximum, many of the most popular videos on YouTube are music or humour based. Some music companies have recently signed revenue-sharing arrangements with YouTube. Warner Music, which is no longer part of Time Warner, agreed to make its music video library available to YouTube this month in one of the site's earliest commercial agreements. The deal was followed by agreements with Sony BMG and US television channel CBS.
Mr Parsons said that, like many media companies, Time Warner had looked at buying YouTube but balked at the price. "The best buyer for YouTube was Google because it has the most advanced ability right now to monetise traffic. Whether they overpaid or not, time will tell."
Both YouTube and Google, which has also come under fire for infringing copyright, remove content where breaches can be demonstrated.
Mr Parsons said Time Warner looked at "everything" when it came to acquisitions. But it was unlikely to be interested in ITV, which did not meet the US group's financial or operational disciplines. The hiatus at the top of the organisation is understood to be a deterrent to potential bidders. He has expanded Time Warner's cable operations and signed off a radical overhaul of its struggling AOL internet business, but said he had concerns about the "broadcast business" more generally.
Google is facing legal challenges to Google News and Google Books.
YouTube founder Chad Hurley has also sought to play down copyright fears. "We're committed to developing tools to identify the content and monetise it so [content owners] can have a new outlet for their content."
Source : http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1921154,00.html#article_continue
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Move Youtube Video On To Your Ipod
You finally bought yourself the IPod that can play videos. Congratulations. I’m actually a little jealous since I don’t have one yet. Now, you have thousands of songs uploaded on to it for your listening pleasure but where are your videos? It’s actually a pretty common problem people are discovering. They just don’t know where to find videos for the IPod.
Have you thought about YouTube? They have tons of movies on anything and everything imaginable. The only issue with them with their videos is that you don’t want to stumble on any copyright infringement claims. That can be messy.
However, if you convert the video to a more compatible format, you can easily transfer it to your iPod. Doing this appears to be in compliance with YouTube’s Terms of Use and as long as you do not distribute the videos to others and retain any copyright notices on the files, you should all right. Here are few instructions on how to do it for those of you who aren’t the most tech savviest of people.
Option 1: Windows
Browsers on a Windows platform don’t have any convenient controls for finding and saving the Flash video file from YouTube. You're better off selecting a standalone solution that downloads and produces the file at the same time.
The YouTube to iPod Converter at DVDvideosoft.com works great. It is fast and easy to use, even though it produces MPEG-4 files only, and not H.264. It converts all files to 24 frames per second, while 29.97 fps is the normal frame rate for videos. Bearing in mind the video downloaded from YouTube is already degraded quality; you’ll probably not notice the difference.
The program operation is extremely simple: Just copy and paste in the URL, choose a preset, and click "Download & Convert." You’re done.
Option 2: Online
Your second option can apply to both Mac and Windows computers and is a free, totally online beta service available at vixy.net.
Simply paste in the URL you want, choose a format, and hit "Start."
The site converts the video to a 320-by-240 MPEG-4 video at 29.97 fps and eliminates the need to download or install any software at all.
Take note of the additional MP3 audio option. It’s a great add-on for any concert videos you may want YouTube.
Option 3: Mac
The Mac requires a little more work since it has a few additional steps involved which Windows does not.
Download - You can take care of the downloading and encoding manually.
It’s nice and easy on the Mac. In Safari, open the Activity window after starting the playback in YouTube, and double-click the downloading video file. It will have a "get_video?video_id" code in the line. That should start a download in Safari to the default location of your hard drive.
Encode - The best free iPod encoder for the Mac is the iSquint program.
Download the program, drag the downloaded video file in, choose the presets you want, and hit "Start."
"Optimize for iPod" will encode the video at 320-by-240 resolution, which fits the iPod screen near perfectly.
"Optimize for TV" encodes at 640-by-480, which is best for viewing on a television screen using the iPod's TV output port.
However, since YouTube runs most files at 320-by-240, you're not going to improve the output by encoding at 640-by-48o. The file will just take up wasted space.
Your iPod can accept one of two video formats, H.264 and MPEG-4. The former lets you get more video onto your iPod, but will have longer encoding time.
Have you thought about YouTube? They have tons of movies on anything and everything imaginable. The only issue with them with their videos is that you don’t want to stumble on any copyright infringement claims. That can be messy.
However, if you convert the video to a more compatible format, you can easily transfer it to your iPod. Doing this appears to be in compliance with YouTube’s Terms of Use and as long as you do not distribute the videos to others and retain any copyright notices on the files, you should all right. Here are few instructions on how to do it for those of you who aren’t the most tech savviest of people.
Option 1: Windows
Browsers on a Windows platform don’t have any convenient controls for finding and saving the Flash video file from YouTube. You're better off selecting a standalone solution that downloads and produces the file at the same time.
The YouTube to iPod Converter at DVDvideosoft.com works great. It is fast and easy to use, even though it produces MPEG-4 files only, and not H.264. It converts all files to 24 frames per second, while 29.97 fps is the normal frame rate for videos. Bearing in mind the video downloaded from YouTube is already degraded quality; you’ll probably not notice the difference.
The program operation is extremely simple: Just copy and paste in the URL, choose a preset, and click "Download & Convert." You’re done.
Option 2: Online
Your second option can apply to both Mac and Windows computers and is a free, totally online beta service available at vixy.net.
Simply paste in the URL you want, choose a format, and hit "Start."
The site converts the video to a 320-by-240 MPEG-4 video at 29.97 fps and eliminates the need to download or install any software at all.
Take note of the additional MP3 audio option. It’s a great add-on for any concert videos you may want YouTube.
Option 3: Mac
The Mac requires a little more work since it has a few additional steps involved which Windows does not.
Download - You can take care of the downloading and encoding manually.
It’s nice and easy on the Mac. In Safari, open the Activity window after starting the playback in YouTube, and double-click the downloading video file. It will have a "get_video?video_id" code in the line. That should start a download in Safari to the default location of your hard drive.
Encode - The best free iPod encoder for the Mac is the iSquint program.
Download the program, drag the downloaded video file in, choose the presets you want, and hit "Start."
"Optimize for iPod" will encode the video at 320-by-240 resolution, which fits the iPod screen near perfectly.
"Optimize for TV" encodes at 640-by-480, which is best for viewing on a television screen using the iPod's TV output port.
However, since YouTube runs most files at 320-by-240, you're not going to improve the output by encoding at 640-by-48o. The file will just take up wasted space.
Your iPod can accept one of two video formats, H.264 and MPEG-4. The former lets you get more video onto your iPod, but will have longer encoding time.
Move Youtube Video On To Your Ipod
You finally bought yourself the IPod that can play videos. Congratulations. I’m actually a little jealous since I don’t have one yet. Now, you have thousands of songs uploaded on to it for your listening pleasure but where are your videos? It’s actually a pretty common problem people are discovering. They just don’t know where to find videos for the IPod.
Have you thought about YouTube? They have tons of movies on anything and everything imaginable. The only issue with them with their videos is that you don’t want to stumble on any copyright infringement claims. That can be messy.
However, if you convert the video to a more compatible format, you can easily transfer it to your iPod. Doing this appears to be in compliance with YouTube’s Terms of Use and as long as you do not distribute the videos to others and retain any copyright notices on the files, you should all right. Here are few instructions on how to do it for those of you who aren’t the most tech savviest of people.
Option 1: Windows
Browsers on a Windows platform don’t have any convenient controls for finding and saving the Flash video file from YouTube. You're better off selecting a standalone solution that downloads and produces the file at the same time.
The YouTube to iPod Converter at DVDvideosoft.com works great. It is fast and easy to use, even though it produces MPEG-4 files only, and not H.264. It converts all files to 24 frames per second, while 29.97 fps is the normal frame rate for videos. Bearing in mind the video downloaded from YouTube is already degraded quality; you’ll probably not notice the difference.
The program operation is extremely simple: Just copy and paste in the URL, choose a preset, and click "Download & Convert." You’re done.
Option 2: Online
Your second option can apply to both Mac and Windows computers and is a free, totally online beta service available at vixy.net.
Simply paste in the URL you want, choose a format, and hit "Start."
The site converts the video to a 320-by-240 MPEG-4 video at 29.97 fps and eliminates the need to download or install any software at all.
Take note of the additional MP3 audio option. It’s a great add-on for any concert videos you may want YouTube.
Option 3: Mac
The Mac requires a little more work since it has a few additional steps involved which Windows does not.
Download - You can take care of the downloading and encoding manually.
It’s nice and easy on the Mac. In Safari, open the Activity window after starting the playback in YouTube, and double-click the downloading video file. It will have a "get_video?video_id" code in the line. That should start a download in Safari to the default location of your hard drive.
Encode - The best free iPod encoder for the Mac is the iSquint program.
Download the program, drag the downloaded video file in, choose the presets you want, and hit "Start."
"Optimize for iPod" will encode the video at 320-by-240 resolution, which fits the iPod screen near perfectly.
"Optimize for TV" encodes at 640-by-480, which is best for viewing on a television screen using the iPod's TV output port.
However, since YouTube runs most files at 320-by-240, you're not going to improve the output by encoding at 640-by-48o. The file will just take up wasted space.
Your iPod can accept one of two video formats, H.264 and MPEG-4. The former lets you get more video onto your iPod, but will have longer encoding time.
Have you thought about YouTube? They have tons of movies on anything and everything imaginable. The only issue with them with their videos is that you don’t want to stumble on any copyright infringement claims. That can be messy.
However, if you convert the video to a more compatible format, you can easily transfer it to your iPod. Doing this appears to be in compliance with YouTube’s Terms of Use and as long as you do not distribute the videos to others and retain any copyright notices on the files, you should all right. Here are few instructions on how to do it for those of you who aren’t the most tech savviest of people.
Option 1: Windows
Browsers on a Windows platform don’t have any convenient controls for finding and saving the Flash video file from YouTube. You're better off selecting a standalone solution that downloads and produces the file at the same time.
The YouTube to iPod Converter at DVDvideosoft.com works great. It is fast and easy to use, even though it produces MPEG-4 files only, and not H.264. It converts all files to 24 frames per second, while 29.97 fps is the normal frame rate for videos. Bearing in mind the video downloaded from YouTube is already degraded quality; you’ll probably not notice the difference.
The program operation is extremely simple: Just copy and paste in the URL, choose a preset, and click "Download & Convert." You’re done.
Option 2: Online
Your second option can apply to both Mac and Windows computers and is a free, totally online beta service available at vixy.net.
Simply paste in the URL you want, choose a format, and hit "Start."
The site converts the video to a 320-by-240 MPEG-4 video at 29.97 fps and eliminates the need to download or install any software at all.
Take note of the additional MP3 audio option. It’s a great add-on for any concert videos you may want YouTube.
Option 3: Mac
The Mac requires a little more work since it has a few additional steps involved which Windows does not.
Download - You can take care of the downloading and encoding manually.
It’s nice and easy on the Mac. In Safari, open the Activity window after starting the playback in YouTube, and double-click the downloading video file. It will have a "get_video?video_id" code in the line. That should start a download in Safari to the default location of your hard drive.
Encode - The best free iPod encoder for the Mac is the iSquint program.
Download the program, drag the downloaded video file in, choose the presets you want, and hit "Start."
"Optimize for iPod" will encode the video at 320-by-240 resolution, which fits the iPod screen near perfectly.
"Optimize for TV" encodes at 640-by-480, which is best for viewing on a television screen using the iPod's TV output port.
However, since YouTube runs most files at 320-by-240, you're not going to improve the output by encoding at 640-by-48o. The file will just take up wasted space.
Your iPod can accept one of two video formats, H.264 and MPEG-4. The former lets you get more video onto your iPod, but will have longer encoding time.
Monday, July 9, 2007
How To Become A Billionaire Via Youtube
Youtube is a somewhat new video system that allows people to share entertaining pieces as well as informative snippets. This is the new way to bring targeted traffic to your sites. By applying a few simple principles, you will become a billionaire via youtube.
In this age, many people are more comfortable learning by watching videos than by reading a book. It is just how it is these days. People can search youtube to find almost anything they are looking for. Right from the beginning people were uploading top video youtube information and short films. Now even psp youtube information is available. By tapping into this new arena you can learn create a new stream of income to really launch your site.
By taking advantage of the willingness of individuals that want to watch videos on their computer, you can target specific people who have an interest in the products or information that you have available for them. The web youtube is an amazing, untapped market with literally millions of eager people that look for something new every day. You can learn to be a youtube fanatic and make lots of money.
The first thing you need to do is clearly articulate who your target audience is. Once you have that then you can proceed to create the right video for them. Try to get into the minds of the people you are speaking too. What are their needs? What makes them want to buy anything? What sort of information are they always on the look out for?
Next, your audience will search youtube for the information that they need and here is where you start making your money with youtube. Have an opt in list for them to get to the highly informative information that awaits them once they log into your site and after you capture their email. With top video youtube information, you will have more people sign up with your site than ever! All because you are presenting the hook, or top level information, in a visual way.
You can learn to become a billionaire via youtube just by learning the how to use youtube. You can reach more people that might not take the time to read information you have and you are sure to get more targeted traffic this way.
If you would like to learn more about how to create opt in lists, plug youtube marketing into your existing affiliate marketing plan, and properly set up your youtube account for maximum profits than click on the link provided or cut and paste into your browser.
In this age, many people are more comfortable learning by watching videos than by reading a book. It is just how it is these days. People can search youtube to find almost anything they are looking for. Right from the beginning people were uploading top video youtube information and short films. Now even psp youtube information is available. By tapping into this new arena you can learn create a new stream of income to really launch your site.
By taking advantage of the willingness of individuals that want to watch videos on their computer, you can target specific people who have an interest in the products or information that you have available for them. The web youtube is an amazing, untapped market with literally millions of eager people that look for something new every day. You can learn to be a youtube fanatic and make lots of money.
The first thing you need to do is clearly articulate who your target audience is. Once you have that then you can proceed to create the right video for them. Try to get into the minds of the people you are speaking too. What are their needs? What makes them want to buy anything? What sort of information are they always on the look out for?
Next, your audience will search youtube for the information that they need and here is where you start making your money with youtube. Have an opt in list for them to get to the highly informative information that awaits them once they log into your site and after you capture their email. With top video youtube information, you will have more people sign up with your site than ever! All because you are presenting the hook, or top level information, in a visual way.
You can learn to become a billionaire via youtube just by learning the how to use youtube. You can reach more people that might not take the time to read information you have and you are sure to get more targeted traffic this way.
If you would like to learn more about how to create opt in lists, plug youtube marketing into your existing affiliate marketing plan, and properly set up your youtube account for maximum profits than click on the link provided or cut and paste into your browser.
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