Apple only included YouTube into their applications because YouTube is the largest video site on the planet. They arent stupid. They know where the people go.
I put my videos up on YouTube over a year ago. Currently I get more than a 100 times the views on my own site over YouTube. Why is that? I'll tell you. The majority of people going and watching YT videos dont want to see the sort of work that I do. Plain and simple. They want to see some kid falling off a roof or surfing on the hood of a car as it rolls down the street, a cute kitten or some guy crying to the camera about how mean people are to Brittany Spears. To be overly general, the majority of YT *is* a bunch of kids making apparent "funny/slapstick/talking head* videos. People love YT because it's the new America's Funniest Home Videos. I personally have never had any amount of "success" on YouTube other than a video I shot of my television screen with a news report of the bridge collapse here in Minneapolis. Do I hold a grudge against YT? No. There are some good videos there. I hold a grudge against MSM promoting the hell out of YT and ignoring the independent people. Just recently the local news here did a report of people from Minneapolis that are getting "famous" on YT. So sad when there are so many independent people here making online media that were completely passed on by. I bitched about it to the reporter that did the story. His response was that's what his producers wanted. To the MSM, videoblogging, vlogging, vidcasting, online video, whatever you want to call it, *IS* YouTube. Now, will I put any more videos on YT in the future? I doubt it. I went, I saw, I tried...*meh* I'm done. At this point, I don't want to be YouTube famous. I'll stick to the tried and true method for me of putting my videos on my own site and doing whatever I can to promote people that are the "independents". David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > People think YouTube because that is what the MSM and companies are > feeding them. Look at Apple, they promote YouTube on the Apple TV, > on the Iphone, etc. TV shows now are referring to YouTube, and there > is that whole Google buying them for over a billion dollars....so of > course when regular people think of online video or video blogging, > they are going to think YouTube. But I also think that YouTube is > not just people talking into their camera's, I mean there is a lot of > variety beyond just talking into the camera. > > I personaly don't know what the big deal is, it could be worse. I > tell people here in Cincinnati what I do and they go "you're doing > porn?" I'd love for them to go, "oh, like YouTube" and then I could > go, "Well, sorta but....." > > As long as YouTube is the 800 pound gorilla it's going to be what > people talk about. The biggest issue I really see it as, is that > some serious artist's haven't figured out how to promote on YouTube > to get that mass exposure and substain it. I've talked to a lot of > local filmmakers here, and most of them try YouTube, they will put up > a trailer or something and it goes no where and then they see what is > popular and go "well, youtube is just a bunch of kids, talking into a > camera and cat videos" and dismiss it and then dismiss the idea of > online distrubution. THAT is the attitude we need to work on, you > can't do a fly by, there is no magic pill, it's hard work to make > good stuff and get it noticed, but it's always been hard work, so.... > > Heath > http://batmangeek.com > http://mobilevlog.blogspot.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <rupert@> wrote: > > > > Yeah. I agree. It's the term that people understand. > > You yell vlog or video podcast, people go "Huh? What?" > > You yell "video blog", you got a panic on your hands on the fourth > of > > July. > > > > However, David Howell was raising concerns the other day on > Twitter > > about the connotations of the term. The general public knows the > > word, and they *think* they understand it... > > > > BUT they think solely in terms of Youtube, and the picture that > comes > > into their mind when you say 'video blog' is that of a person > droning > > into their webcam at great length about what they've done today. > > People aren't aware that video blogs and user-generated (sorry) > > online video comes in a million flavours. That's a barrier which > > stops intelligent and creative people being aware that there's > > challenging, varied and engaging new content online by independent > > vloggers, artists and filmmakers. At best, they know about the > big > > name shows. And soon, they'll be spoonfed commercial 'channels' > via > > things like Joost and Windows Media Center. > > > > As a community, we now need to put as much (if not more) effort > into > > evangelising about the content as we have previously put into > > evangelising about the technology. > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > > > > > On 1 Nov 2007, at 06:37, Mike Meiser wrote: > > > > I hadn't thought to check into this in a long while. > > > > video blog vs. vlog vs. video podcast > > > > Which terms is winning out? > > > > http://www.google.com/trends?q=video+podcast%2C+vlog%2C+video+blog% > 2C > > +videoblog&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 > > > > Alternate tiny url: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3b6j4u > > > > It would appear that "video blog" is THE clear term of choice, which > > makes me quite happy. The masses have pretty much spoken at this > > point. I think it's safe to say the dust is starting to settle and > > can't forsee anything changing the picture anytime soon. > > > > In fact the only thing more popular then "video blog" is simply > > "podcast", with an order of magnitude. > > > > http://www.google.com/trends?q=video+blog%2C+podcast > > > > On a side note it's interesting to note that while popularity the > term > > podcast has obviously peaked the term videoblog continues to rise > very > > steadily. Most interesting. > > > > I would think that podcast is the prefered term for audio specific > > media, but I could well be wrong, which brings me to my next point. > > > > **Google can't tell us what people thing these terms mean.** > > > > Do people think of podcasts as generally audio only? > > > > What percentage of these articles that are refering to "podcasts" > are > > actually referring to video specific podcasts? > > > > When people here "video blog" what do they think? > > > > When people here "video blog" do they think simple "youtube"? > > > > or do they think "like a blog but instead of text primarily video"? > > > > Is blog itself yet a household term, or do people still think it > means > > "to throw up"? > > > > And finally and most importantly... what is the state of RSS in > all > > this? > > > > My guess is the vast majority will never know the term, RSS. Nor do > > they necissarily need to. > > > > They may understand two things: 1) subscribing, 2) syndication (if > > they make media). > > > > RSS is undisputeably and undeniably integral to this space. As 1) a > > subscription mechanism, 2) a serch mechanism, and 3) a syndication > > mechanism even though the vast majority of the public may not know > it > > or even need to know it. > > > > What interests me though, is how far have we come in loosening media > > from the confines of the "web page" so it may flow freely beyond the > > boundries of the traditional web to set top boxes, portable devices, > > cell phones and such. > > > > How far have we really gotten in that big picture? > > > > What percentage of web originating video is viewed on a web page? > > > > What percentage is viewed on the web page it originated on, as > opposed > > to through a syndication, reblog, or search site? > > > > Just some late night ramblings. > > > > -Mike > > mefeedia.com > > mmeiser.com/blog > > evilvlog.com > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
