Oct 12, 2010 at 7:41pm ET by Matt McGee

Facebook's tenure as the number two video site in the U.S. was short-lived. According to the latest comScore video rankings, Yahoo returned to second place in September after Facebook held the spot in August. Here's the chart for September: Video viewing overall was down slightly in September in the U.S. [...]

Google News Has “Spotlight Video” Section

Oct 8, 2010 at 8:55am ET by Barry Schwartz

The Google News blog announced they added a new section to the right hand column of Google News. The new section is called "Spotlight Video" and shows news related videos for that day. Google said the Spotlight Video works like the popular Spotlight News section. Google explained, "Spotlight articles are selected by our computer algorithms, but they aren't your typical breaking news. Instead you'll find stories of enduring appeal such as feature articles, investigative reporting and opinion pieces." Here is a picture: If you are a Google News publisher, this may encourage you [...]

Related Topics: Channel: Video | Google: News | Google: YouTube & Video

Facebook Tops Yahoo As No. 2 Video Site

Sep 30, 2010 at 2:26pm ET by Matt McGee

There's no drama or news when talking about the most popular video site on the web; that battle was won long ago by YouTube and doesn't seem likely to change anytime. But after that, the landscape changes a bit. Hulu and VEVO seemed like they might be on the rise, but now it's Facebook that's surpassed Yahoo to become the second-most popular video site online. Here's the latest chart from comScore, covering online video rankings for August, 2010. ComScore says that 178 million U.S. internet users watched online video in August, and averaged 14.3 hours per viewer. [...]

Google Wins YouTube Copyright Case In Spain

Sep 23, 2010 at 12:41pm ET by Matt McGee

Google says that it's won a copyright infringement case in Spain over the uploading of copyrighted videos by YouTube users. Telecinco, a Spanish broadcast TV channel, had argued that YouTube is responsible when its users upload videos that infringed on the channel's copyrights. According to Google's blog post about the legal decision: The court rejected Telecinco’s claim, noting that YouTube offers content owners tools to remove copyright infringing content and this means that it is the responsibility of the copyright owner – not YouTube – to identify and tell YouTube when infringi [...]

German Court Finds YouTube Liable In Copyright Case

Sep 3, 2010 at 3:53pm ET by Matt McGee

A German court has found YouTube liable for copyright damages after one of its users uploaded copyrighted music videos. A Google spokesperson tells the AP that it's evaluating the court's decision and will appeal. The case stems around a YouTube user who uploaded several videos of singer Sarah Brightman. While YouTube specifically warns users not to upload copyrighted material, the court's ruling says that isn't enough. From the AP article: The Hamburg state court said the standardized question to users about whether they have the necessary rights to publish material is not enough to rel [...]

Report: Google’s YouTube To Offer Streaming Pay-Per-View Hollywood Rentals

Aug 30, 2010 at 9:31am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google plans pay-per-view films from the Financial Times reports Google is in talks with several major Hollywood film companies to offer a pay-per-view service of their films. Reports say that the streaming movie service from YouTube will bring these movies to online consumers at about $5 per movie. The movies would not download to the user's computer, but rather stream as they watch it. They will also become available typically around the same time the movie comes out on DVD and other competing services such as Apple's iTunes store and Amazon.com. The Financial Times says Google hope [...]

Related Topics: Channel: Video | Google: YouTube & Video

Video Sitemaps Errors Now In Google Webmaster Tools Labs

Aug 9, 2010 at 9:33am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google has added a new report to the Google Webmaster Tools Labs section. The new report is named "Video Sitemaps" and it should include errors specific to Video Sitemaps files. Google's Matt Cutts has said at SMX Advanced not once and but twice that video sitemaps is one, of many, areas Google's search quality team will focus more on over the course of the year. So seeing a new report in labs for video sitemaps is not too surprising. What does surprise me is that the report doesn't seem to currently add any new information that the Sitemaps section under "Site configuration" in Web [...]

Report: Google Working On New “Interactive Video Ads”

Jul 12, 2010 at 6:56am ET by Greg Sterling

The Wall Street Journal reports on new ad formats being developed by Google (and others) that would "outperform" or are intended to succeed traditional online ad formats. New "interactive video" units were briefly and vaguely discussed at the Allen & Co media confab in Sun Valley Idaho: Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt championed "interactive video ads," which he said are on the way. Such ads, which could appear anywhere on a Web page, not just inside a video, would be like mini-Web pages. That means they could allow Web users to watch a video, leave a comment and see real-time u [...]

Google Considering Display Ads Across Network, Including In Maps, Gmail

Jul 7, 2010 at 11:08am ET by Greg Sterling

Google is already a major player in display advertising and is poised to become even more formidable in the next few years. Not so quietly the company has amassed or built a huge array of assets that could see it best many if not most other display competitors and networks, including market leader Yahoo. Google clearly also sees display and rich media (across PC, mobile and maybe TV) as helping to power its next phase of revenue growth. To that end AdAge reports that Google is prepared to integrate display advertising beyond YouTube across its various properties including, potentially, Goog [...]

YouTube Hits All-Time Highs In May, ComScore Says

Jun 25, 2010 at 2:04am ET by Matt McGee

May was a banner month for YouTube. ComScore's latest video rankings report shows that the site hit all-time highs with 14.6 billion videos viewed and more than 100 videos seen per user. Needless to say, YouTube remains the dominant player in video rankings, with 43% of online videos being seen on the site, according to comScore. [...]

YouTube Still Owns Video Share; Vevo Gaining Viewers

Jun 2, 2010 at 10:30am ET by Matt McGee

YouTube continues to dominate the video search landscape, but Vevo is off to a good start according to the comScore numbers for April 2010. YouTube's 43% market share remains light years ahead of everyone else in the space, with Hulu and Microsoft in second and third, respectively. ComScore estimates that YouTube served more than 13 billion videos during April. (See chart below left.) Meanwhile, in terms of unique viewers, Vevo is gaining ground. The new music video site formed by several international record labels, and hosted by YouTube, jumped to the number four spot with more tha [...]

FAQ: What We Know So Far About Google TV

May 20, 2010 at 4:34pm ET by Greg Sterling

It's very had to overstate the potential impact of Google TV (GTV) announced today. While there have been numerous efforts to put the internet on TV in the past (including Apple TV), none have really succeed with mainstream consumers. This may be the first Web-TV integration that has that potential. Our Why Google TV Might Threaten The iPad post has some reflection on the potential deeper implications of Google TV, and we'll have even more "big picture" pieces later. But for now, the nuts-and-bolts of on how it will work, how to get it and more: What is Google TV and when will it be [...]

YouTube Surpasses 13 Billion Videos Viewed In March, comScore Says

Apr 30, 2010 at 12:38am ET by Matt McGee

There seems to be no end to our collective appetite for watching video online. According to the latest comScore numbers, more than 180 million U.S. internet users watched video online during March. That number is a 3.5% jump from the February video viewing audience. As you'd expect, the vast majority of all this happened on YouTube. While YouTube's share of that total dropped slightly as a percentage, its total number of videos viewed jumped from 11.95 billion in February to 13.05 billion in March. For perspective, it was only seven months ago that comScore said YouTube became the fi [...]

Google Adds Episodes Filter To TV Searches

Apr 26, 2010 at 9:47am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google noted that they added a new search option for TV show related queries that let you filter by show episode. For example, here is a search query with the search options showing video and episodes: This is a pretty neat filter to have, especially when you are trying to find that show you remembered, but didn't quite know how to find. [...]

Google-Viacom Court Documents Out; Google Says Viacom ‘Secretly’ Uploaded Videos

Mar 18, 2010 at 2:51pm ET by Matt McGee

The three-year-old lawsuit in which Viacom is seeking $1 billion from Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube moved a step forward today with the release of several court documents. The three documents unsealed today are: Viacom: Memorandum in support of motion for partial summary judgment (2.7mb PDF) Viacom: Statement of undisputed facts (5mb PDF) Google: Memorandum in support of motion for summary judgment (500k PDF) As a refresher, Viacom sued Google in March 2007 for "massive intentional copyright infringement," claiming that Google allowed thousands of Viacom videos to be po [...]

Italian Court Finds Google Execs Guilty Of Violating Privacy Code

Feb 24, 2010 at 2:11pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Three Google executives have been found guilty of criminal charges over a bullying video that appeared on the Google Video service. Google has responded with a blog post pledging to appeal the convictions and suggesting that they undermine "the very principles of freedom on which the Internet is built." The video involved a youth with Down's syndrome in Italy being taunted by four teenagers. The video was posted to Google Video in September 2006. Google has argued that it removed the video within hours and worked with authorities to find the teenagers, something it repeated in its blog post [...]

The Key To Top Video Rankings On YouTube & Google

Feb 11, 2010 at 1:38pm ET by Drew Hubbard

Can a YouTube video rank well on both YouTube and Google? Yes. But it’s not easy. Here’s a look at the ranking algorithms on both, and SEO tactics you can use to improve your chances of gaining top listings.

Related Topics: Channel: Video | Google: YouTube & Video | Video Search

The YouTube Music Discovery Project

Jan 21, 2010 at 9:51am ET by Barry Schwartz

YouTube has launched the YouTube Music Discovery Project. It is a new tool they are testing, which helps you search for music and create YouTube playlists based on that query. You basically enter an artist's name into the search box, hit "Disco" and it then returns results which you can add to your playlist. Here is a screen shot: In other YouTube news, they are now testing HTML5 support on TestTube, YouTube's play site. They are also offering movie rentals, which you can learn more about in the help section. [...]

Related Topics: Channel: Video | Google: YouTube & Video

Google Video Adds Cartoon & Slideshow Search Filters

Dec 14, 2009 at 9:17am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google Operating System noticed that Google Video added two search filters to the search options side bar. One option is to filter for videos that are slideshows and the other is to filter for videos that are cartoons. Here is a picture of those new search filters: I am not sure how good these filters are at picking out slideshows and cartoons, some of my early tests were not too positive. But for more generic queries, such as [run], it worked pretty well. [...]

Related Topics: Channel: Video | Google: YouTube & Video

Google Experiments With Paid Inclusion & Does “Promoted” Meet FTC Guidelines?

Nov 16, 2009 at 1:35pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Just when you thought paid inclusion was finally dead with holdout Yahoo getting out of the space, it's come back from the most unlikeliest of sources: Google. Below, a look at the experiment plus reexamining the FTC's guidelines about disclosing paid ads. Does saying "Promoted Videos" on YouTube rather than "Sponsored Videos" meet these? For those unfamiliar with paid inclusion, it is where advertisers pay to have their listings included within editorial results, rather than being listed separately from them as paid placement search ads. In paid inclusion, there's also no guarantee that th [...]

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