Comments on: How to increase video viewership http://blogmaverick.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/ the mark cuban weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:01:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Herb http://blogmaverick.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-48280 Herb Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:18:05 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-48280 Hello, Mark. I agree - providing visitors/members multiple ways to consume the website's content is invaluable. We (BlackBottom.com) have targeted the African-American niche (we're known within the community as the "Black YouTube") and have, thus far, performed extraordinarily well due to the sharing and "network effect" (see http://www.quantcast.com/blackbottom.com). We haven't allowed downloads, though. Hello, Mark. I agree – providing visitors/members multiple ways to
consume the website’s content is invaluable. We (BlackBottom.com) have
targeted the African-American niche (we’re known within the community as the
“Black YouTube”) and have, thus far, performed extraordinarily well due to the
sharing and “network effect” (see http://www.quantcast.com/blackbottom.com).
We haven’t allowed downloads, though.

]]> By: Gary http://blogmaverick.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42254 Gary Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:48:54 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42254 I think the amount of type in traffic from a URL on a video that someone is sent is pretty small. It wouldn\'t compensate for the ad revenue you would get from people coming to your site via a link instead. Links are easily clickable and video files aren\'t. Also the amount of type in traffic depends on the character length of your domain name. <br><br>Despite the ability to put an actual link to your site in the video description area on YouTube, almost no one clicks on those links. So how may people will go to the bother of typing in a URL shown on a video caption? Not many...<br><br>As mentioned above, providing a download just encourages misuse of your video elsewhere. <br><br>Soon everyone is going to realise that RSS is a licence to steal your content and that uploading the same videos, tags and descriptions everywhere is a mistake. It\'s far better to have one destination for your video -- on your own site. People will find it on Google. <br><br>If the same video is on YouTube and dozens of other video sharing sites, likely they will appear above your site in the Google search results (because those sites all have so much more great content in total than your site does!). So say bye bye to visitors to your site. <br><br>They\'ll be busy on all those other video sharing sites that are showing their own ads alongside your video content! While almost no one clicks through to you (why would they when they can see all your content somewhere else?). I think the amount of type in traffic from a URL on a video that someone is sent is pretty small. It wouldn\’t compensate for the ad revenue you would get from people coming to your site via a link instead. Links are easily clickable and video files aren\’t. Also the amount of type in traffic depends on the character length of your domain name.

Despite the ability to put an actual link to your site in the video description area on YouTube, almost no one clicks on those links. So how may people will go to the bother of typing in a URL shown on a video caption? Not many…

As mentioned above, providing a download just encourages misuse of your video elsewhere.

Soon everyone is going to realise that RSS is a licence to steal your content and that uploading the same videos, tags and descriptions everywhere is a mistake. It\’s far better to have one destination for your video — on your own site. People will find it on Google.

If the same video is on YouTube and dozens of other video sharing sites, likely they will appear above your site in the Google search results (because those sites all have so much more great content in total than your site does!). So say bye bye to visitors to your site.

They\’ll be busy on all those other video sharing sites that are showing their own ads alongside your video content! While almost no one clicks through to you (why would they when they can see all your content somewhere else?).

]]> By: Rob Thrasher http://blogmaverick.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42253 Rob Thrasher Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:53 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42253 My guiding biz philosophy is give the customer, viewer, reader as many ways to digest your product, article, info as possible. i.e. RSS, Email, MP3, Downloads, Demos, Limited Function Downloads, PDF, Doc, RTF, HTML, User Licenses, Downloadable Installs, etc. The more ways they can get it, the more likely they are to get it. In new millennium business, the cost to deliver in many formats is very low, so why not. Keep up the gr8 work Mark! My guiding biz philosophy is give the customer, viewer, reader as many ways to digest your product, article, info as possible. i.e. RSS, Email, MP3, Downloads, Demos, Limited Function Downloads, PDF, Doc, RTF, HTML, User Licenses, Downloadable Installs, etc. The more ways they can get it, the more likely they are to get it. In new millennium business, the cost to deliver in many formats is very low, so why not. Keep up the gr8 work Mark!

]]> By: Coach Koran Godwin http://blogmaverick.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42250 Coach Koran Godwin Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:44:12 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42250 I agree with you Mark. When I started my online basketball training website www.JumpStartHoops.com all I had was DVDs distributed through Amazon.com. As soon as I allowed customers to download my material and watch it \"On Demand\" I hit a whole new market. Thanks for the post. I agree with you Mark. When I started my online basketball training website http://www.JumpStartHoops.com all I had was DVDs distributed through Amazon.com. As soon as I allowed customers to download my material and watch it \”On Demand\” I hit a whole new market. Thanks for the post.

]]> By: sales training http://blogmaverick.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42248 sales training Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:32:40 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42248 Right on. I always want the option to download so I can watch later. Especially if the video is long. Right on. I always want the option to download so I can watch later. Especially if the video is long.

]]> By: Brad Z. http://blogmaverick.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42247 Brad Z. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:42:08 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/how-to-increase-video-viewership/#comment-42247 Have you heard about Miro? It is a free, cross-platform video player that allows you to download your videos and watch them on your own time - kind of like Tivo but for your web videos. <br>Enjoy!<br><br>Brad Have you heard about Miro? It is a free, cross-platform video player that allows you to download your videos and watch them on your own time – kind of like Tivo but for your web videos.
Enjoy!

Brad

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