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Google unifies, updates terms of service and policies

Google unifies, updates terms of service and policies

Updates to Google The title sounds geeky, but this is important information for all Google users from Gmail to YouTube. Google announced today that they are not only updating their Terms of Service to be more easily understood by common people, but the policies will be consistent between their services and will take effect on March 1st. This update comes ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/01/24  | 12 Comments Tech News

Top 5 most viewed tech videos of 2011

Top 5 most viewed tech videos of 2011

Popularity of web videos We recently reported that in October alone, 200 billion web videos were viewed online with YouTube remaining the top destination with nearly half of all video views occurring on their site. Consumers are using the video site as a de facto search engine when looking for answers to questions like “how do I unclog a drain?” ...

AGBeat | 2011/12/23  | 10 Comments Social Media

Top 10 videos viewed on YouTube in 2011

Top 10 videos viewed on YouTube in 2011

The rise of web video We recently reported that in October alone, 200 billion web videos were viewed online with YouTube remaining the top destination with nearly half of all video views occurring on their site. Businesses are desperately trying to incorporate web video into their marketing tool belt while consumers are proving their willingness to watch all types of ...

AGBeat | 2011/12/23  | 24 Comments Social Media

Twitvid creates social video network, referred to as an open YouTube

Twitvid creates social video network, referred to as an open YouTube

Twitvid’s new direction Twitvid.com expands their existing model from capturing raw video and posting on Twitter to allow users to share any kind of video from anywhere, says CEO Mo Al Adham in the video interview above. Twitvid was formerly the largest repository of videos on Twitter other than YouTube and is well known as the TwitPic of video. The ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/14  | 37 Comments Social Media

Over 200 billion web videos viewed in October alone – report

Over 200 billion web videos viewed in October alone – report

Video on the rise According to a report today from comScore, over 200 billion web videos were viewed globally in the month of October with YouTube delivering 2 of every 5 videos worldwide. The report reveals that in October 201.4 billion video views occurred, comprised of 1.2 billion video viewers over the age of 15. Google, which owns YouTube was ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/14  | 12 Comments Video

New YouTube video editor has already enhanced four million videos

New YouTube video editor has already enhanced four million videos

YouTube video editing This fall, YouTube (which is Google) launched onsite video editing as demonstrated above, allowing users to edit uploaded YouTube videos while keeping the same URL so videos don’t lose view counts, they simply click “Edit Video” on their video’s page. The editing tools are not as sophisticated enough to replace a real estate videographer’s editing suite, rather ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/11/27  | 6 Comments Video

How to combine social network feeds into one embeddable widget

How to combine social network feeds into one embeddable widget

Keeping a clean website Often when designing a website, a business owner says “I want these 800 badges and widgets” and the designer says “I want 0 badges and widgets to keep the UI clean and the site fast.” The battle rages on between function and form, but there are tools out there to help bridge these two entities’ desires. ...

Tara Steele | 2011/10/18  | 5 Comments Social Media

Top 5 most viewed political videos on YouTube this week

Top 5 most viewed political videos on YouTube this week

Shifts in politics by the week Because the rise of web video is so prevalent, not just in politics but in business in general, we find it interesting to look at how the political climate changes from week to week, simply based on which web videos are the most popular. We reported that in August alone, nearly 7 billion viewing ...

AGBeat | 2011/10/14  | 0 Comments Politics

Top 5 most viewed political videos on YouTube this week

Top 5 most viewed political videos on YouTube this week

Politics through the eyes of YouTube According to a recent report, in August alone, 6.9 billion viewing sessions occurred of web video and the average web video viewer watched an astounding 18 hours of video in the month with 85.8 percent of American web users viewing web video, an all time high. In elections of the past, web video watchers ...

AGBeat | 2011/10/07  | 4 Comments News

YouTube plus Picnik equals ridiculously simple video editing

YouTube plus Picnik equals ridiculously simple video editing

YouTube editing for existing and new videos YouTube has launched onsite video editing allowing users to edit uploaded YouTube videos while keeping the same URL so videos don’t lose view counts, simply click “Edit Video” on your video’s page. The editing tools are not as sophisticated enough to replace a real estate videographer’s editing suite, rather is meant for simple ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/09/15  | 33 Comments Social Media

Google Video is ending, will all hosted videos disappear?

Google Video is ending, will all hosted videos disappear?

RIP, Google Video This month, Google announced that Google Videos would be no more as of April 29 and playback of any videos hosted there would end. The user community did not react positively, so Google evaluated how the transfer of videos to YouTube would work. According to Google, “Google Video users can rest assured that they won’t be losing ...

AGBeat | 2011/04/25  | 8 Comments Social Media

“View my listings on YouTube. Click here”

“View my listings on YouTube. Click here”

Video is a Social Media phenomenon. Have you noticed Youtube has been ranking as the Number Two search engine? Not only can you find out how to do literally anything, you can start building a library of videos that create a conversation with your prospects. Avoid selling. Instead, your goal is to “inform and entertain.” A topical video will get ...

Amy Chorew | 2009/09/19  | 33 Comments Marketing