Marketers, young men, and YouTube’s many bikini-clad seductresses are about to get an unpleasant surprise. As part of what appears to be a crackdown on both sexual content and more general attempts to mislead users, the video-sharing site is pushing the pretty ladies off some of its most popular pages.
YouTube Goes Big and Wide
YouTube has now launched a bigger version of its video player. The decision to do so came after a large amount of feedback about things that users would like to change about the site indicated the need for a bigger size.
YouTube Owes SNL For Its Success?
Here’s what we know: Before MTV put its video library online, YouTube was the go-to place for music videos; before Viacom sued now-in-Google’s-deep-pockets-YouTube, NBC had beef over a particular Saturday Night Live sketch appearing on a still virally-promoted, user-generated video site only trend setters and trend watchers were aware of.
YouTube Gets Some Company on the iPhone
Blip.tv has announced that its hosted video clips can now be viewed on the iPhone through its Safari browser. Previously, YouTube was the only player that let users watch videos on both desktop browsers and the iPhone’s browser. The technology team at blip.tv created this “magic” iPhone embed because Adobe’s Flash player is currently not available on the iPhone. Blip.tv explains that this technology allows show creators to use the same embedded player code to target desktop browers and the iPhone browser.
YouTube in HD – What A Concept
I have not seen any official announcements yet, but YouTube looks to be venturing into High-Definition territory, a place where its competitors are already residing. Meghan Keane at Wired writes:
YouTube Goes Live
YouTube announced its first-ever live programming aimed at user-generated content, which will take place on Saturday, November, 22. YouTube may not be the first to offer live video online, but the brand power behind it (not to mention the force of Google) might be enough to push the concept into the mainstream.
Top 5 Reasons YouTube is a Great Educational Tool
Google may be frequently coming up with different ways to monetize YouTube lately, and the community may be full of silly, or dare I even say stupid videos, but there are plenty of educational ones too, and besides that, YouTube can make for a great platform for education in general. I’m not talking just about in schools, although I don’t see why it can’t apply there too. 1. Powerpoint Presentations
YouTube Offering Sponsored Videos
YouTube’s at it again. Monetization that is. They’re now offering Sponsored videos.
YouTube, Hulu, iTunes Welcome “Sesame Street”
YouTube, Hulu, and iTunes have a received a high honor: the "Sesame Street" stamp of approval. This much-loved PBS program is in the process of establishing and/or expanding its presence on each of these sites.
YouTube Takes Their Embedded Videos More Seriously
44% of YouTube users watch embedded videos. To be clear, that is not 44% of the site’s total views as NewTeeVee points out, but still nearly half of users are watching videos from other sites, blogs, social media profiles, etc.