VIDEO NEWS

November 2009

YOUTUBE is rising in the search engine rankings. 'Youtube surpassed Yahoo for the first time in total U.S. search queries, making it the second largest search engine in the U.S.' (real seo.com 2009) The power of video on the internet is growing so quickly. Many companies will miss out on the advantages of video and fall behind their competitors. Videos need to be recognised as a marketing tool that can generate real results in a very short space of time.

'BING VIDEO' is a re-launch of MSN video which takes content from sites such as MSN, YOUTUBE and HULU. In terms of video, this site will have it all with videos such as viral clips, sports and news clips to full length TV shows. This site launches mid November so watch this space!

MUSIC STILL RULES I just checked out the current viral video chart and found that 5 out of the top 20 are music videos with two from the same artist! This does not tell us much about video for business, but it is fascinating to discover why some music videos dominate Youtube and others don't. No prizes for guessing why Shakira's 'She Wolf' video got so many hits!

AUTOMATIC CAPTIONING FOR YOUTUBE Google have decided to add automatic captioning to Youtube videos. This shows that they recognise how important video is to people and that everyone should have access to it.