Below is a resource and set of links to some of our more popular video search engine optimization tips and tutorials from the past year. We will update this list from time to time as we post additional video SEO tips, tutorials, guidelines, etc…. Good luck with your video search marketing and optimization efforts.
It’s time again for another Viral Round Up (it’s actually a day or so past the time for another Viral Round Up, and I’m hoping you’ll forgive my tardiness).
As usual, the past week offers us several examples of viral success—some intentional, some accidental, and all holding valuable lessons for us video marketers. Let’s dig in.
uSocial, the company that has created controversy regarding their services in the past, is at it again. You might remember them as the company that sold Diggs for your Digg submission, friends for your Facebook account, and followers of your Twitter ramblings. Now they’re offering a new service: views for your YouTube video.
Need to embed a video in a site super-duper fast? Why not try the 3 form version of Bitgravity Player 6. Give it a video URL, width and height and you’re all set. But is it truly that easy?
It is making the rounds on the webosphere that 
YouTube has implemented two new buttons on the partner interface that pertain to blocking of videos.
Just a quick note to all readers… Streaming Media West – the leading online video industry conference & expo – is offering a $100 discount until FRIDAY, November 6 to attend Streaming Media sessions.
I interviewed Chris Tolles, CEO of the online news portal Topix, on his predictions for how video will mature into the local landscape, and its impact for audiences and businesses.
I’ve often made the assertion that quality video production is important for successful online video marketing. Sure, some viral videos aren’t the most professional when it comes to the video production aspects, but, if you plan to produce your own videos for marketing your business, why not shoot for the best.
Encoding.com offers, get this, web-based, on-demand, video encoding. Nope, no joke. They will grab your video encode it and then send it back to you. Sign up is free and you can even do a test run but after that, you’ll have to pay
ComScore has released their online video numbers for September 2009, and the trend continues. Online video views are again at an all time high.
More than 168 Million U.S. viewers watched online video during that month, accumulating nearly 26 Billion total views. Holy cow.
Today Sorenson Media announced the launch of the latest update to their video encoding software program, Squeeze 6. Read my interview with Sorenson’s CEO and President Peter Csathy on why his company is billing this update, the first in over a year, as “first total video workflow solution” for businesses. (Click the play button at the bottom of this post to listen to our podcast for my initial review of the software.)
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There are a million and one new advertising platforms, technologies and tools today, it seems. So how can you figure out which new media opportunities to test and try? Use the same criteria a venture capitalist would use for investing.
I interview the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association’s (CIMA) partner analyst Troy Mastin about their newly-released 7th Semiannual Interactive Marketing Survey, and we discussed what the findings say about the emphasis that agencies are giving to online video and search marketing for business.
