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Free Websites Showcase Your Videos Online



- by Jim Edwards



© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved

http://www.thenetreporter.com

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If you didn't realize that video will take over online this

year, you haven't been paying attention.



Everything from video blogs to full-blown website

infomercials keep cropping up all across the Internet.



The driving force behind this video explosion is a

combination of cheap bandwidth, easy-to-use authoring tools,

and Flash video (a video format that works on both PC and

MAC).



With the sudden increase in homemade videos about everything

from "how-to break dance" to infomercials about real estate

products, it seems only natural that another explosion

should follow: the appearance of numerous websites that

showcase these homegrown Steven Spielberg's.



In fact, these online videos have gained so much popularity

some have even crossed over into mainstream television.



Of the three main online video hosting services I looked at,

they all shared the following characteristics.



They all allow you to upload your video and host it free of

charge, making it super easy for even the most technically

challenged videographer.



They all allow visitors to search their sites using

keywords, so describing your video and choosing a good title

(with keywords people search for) will help increase your

exposure.



One of the most exciting features common to these sites is

that they allow you and others to get copy-and-paste code

that you can place on a blog or website (or anywhere else

you can paste html code) and display a video without hosting

it yourself.



This one feature can cause an explosive "viral" effect if

you create a video that appeals to a mass audience because

people can not only pass it along, but post it in additional

locations for everyone to see.



Video.Google.com - Google's video service makes it possible

to upload and play your videos for people searching through

their growing catalog of homegrown video.



You'll find everything from web-cam karaoke to infomercials

and "live" seminars. One of the best things about Google

video is the daily report about how many pages views your

video got during the previous day or week.



Also, Google allows you to charge for your videos if you

want, something the other sites don't yet offer.



A disadvantage of the service is that, of the three, Google

Video takes the longest to approve your videos and make them

available, sometimes taking 48 hours or longer to make a

video "live."



YouTube.com - YouTube seems to want to foster a feeling of

community with its video portal.



Unlike Google Video, which requires a separate software

program to upload video, YouTube allows users to upload

video right through their website interface. Of the three

sites profiled here, YouTube's embedded player makes it

easiest to share and pass along video from a blog.



They also approved my video and had it live online in less

than 10-minutes.



IFilm.com - The coolest thing about IFilm.com is the fact

that they have a show on VH1 every Friday called "Web Junk

20" which features the funniest web videos of the week on

real television.



They also actively promote the concept of "viral videos"

with a separate category in their directory profiling videos

you want to share.



The only negative was that their pass-along player forces

viewers to watch a short ad about IFilm at the beginning,

something the other two don't do.



--

Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the

co-creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-

step and click-by-click how to get your own money-making

videos posted online...



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