YouTube is the worlds biggest Internet video platform and as such it’s rapidly growing every single day. Over 2 billion videos are being viewed and interacted with daily, by a mass worldwide audience. So, why don’t you have your own YouTube Channel? Bloggers, business and brands are all using YouTube to their Internet marketing advantage and you should be making the most of YouTube’s Internet influence too. The following article outlines the top 5 reasons why you should be getting yourself a YouTube Channel. 1. YouTube Is Universally Popular YouTube videos are being viewed worldwide and being shared across all social media platforms. Comscore reported that in the UK alone over 15 million people watch 200 million videos every day. When you consider that number, plus the rest...
Imagine the old days with the traditional yellow pages. Now imagine that you could add a photo, video or coupon to your traditional yellow pages ad. Now let’s take that one step further and imagine you could change your photos, videos or coupons in the traditional yellow pages…anytime you wanted! I think the traditional yellow page gods are turning over in their graves. Such preposterous imagination was unheard...
When I talk SEO with clients or businesses, sometimes I notice a pullback or negative reaction when discussing video seo, or viral video marketing, as a way to enhance search presence in the Google, Yahoo and Microsoft search results. A lot of businesses have a 1990's mindset that video production is an expensive and time consuming process. Recent changes in the costs of equipment, production and online video sharing sites such as YouTube or Facebook however,...
Online videos are 53 times more likely to appear on the front page of search results than regular pages, according to Business Week and a study of the front page rankings of 40 of the most popular keywords in Google (thanks to Monica Wright for this stat). Google Universal loves videos, and not only from YouTube, but also from DailyMotion, Truveo and MetaCafe. So be sure to optimize your video files and upload...
