Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'youtube'

Ever wonder how exactly Google/YouTube counts a "view" in YouTube? Is it each time a video page in YouTube is opened? Is it each time a video is played? Does "Autoplaybacks" count? YouTube Anna, an official YouTube representative has confirmed...

Posted on July 31, 2008 8:34 AM

The YouTube Blog announced that they have launched a YouTube support forum at Google Groups. The forum can be found at groups.google.com/group/youtube-help. As you know, we track forums for new discoveries, insights and hot topics. So we will be adding...

Posted on July 17, 2008 8:11 AM

Earlier this month, we reported that Viacom ordered Google to turn over YouTube records. Google will now have to give Viacom the records, but in a compromise, without data that will identify users, according to BBC News. Many people are...

Posted on July 16, 2008 9:50 AM

A recent ruling has people reeling about how a judge recently ordered YouTube to hand over its history to Viacom. All of the sudden, your privacy is not being honored. To summarize the recent story, Wired says that "Google will...

Posted on July 3, 2008 9:44 AM

The other day, I mocked Matt Cutts, by editing a video that caught him saying, "I watch porn all day." I did the video editing while sitting in the session, so the editing is subpar, to say the least. How...

Posted on June 9, 2008 7:12 AM

Talk about theories! A WebmasterWorld thread has a theory that was posted by senior member, travelin cat, who noticed that his top ranking pages tend to have related YouTube video's embedded on them. The YouTube videos are not his videos,...

Posted on May 29, 2008 7:40 AM

The Google News Blog has announced that it is now incorporating YouTube videos with Google News results. As the blog post explains, "You'll see the prefix "Video" next to story titles, and clicking on these video links will open a...

Posted on May 13, 2008 9:41 AM

YouTube and Google both announced YouTube Insights, a new way to see more detailed statistics on your YouTube videos. I did a detailed post at Search Engine Land on the topic. If you have YouTube videos, you can see the...

Posted on March 28, 2008 8:07 AM

I am not sure why there isn't more discussion around this topic, but yesterday Google's YouTube announced new APIs to allow you to add YouTube's features, content and more to your own site. So let's say you wanted to create...

Posted on March 12, 2008 8:37 AM

We reported on the YouTube partner program in the US in October. Now the program has extended to UK users. UK users can access the Partner Programme page to sign up. How does it work? The difference with this and...

Posted on February 1, 2008 10:08 AM

We reported an issue not allowing AdSense publishers post AdSense Video units not only once but twice, dating back to December 21st, I believe. A Google AdSense representative, AdSensePro Ashley, posted that the issue is now resolved. She said: Thanks...

Posted on January 11, 2008 7:18 AM

Google, on October 9th, launched Video AdSense units with YouTube. I then explained how to link up your YouTube account with AdSense to start displaying AdSense Video units. But as we reported on December 28th, there has been bugs with...

Posted on January 10, 2008 7:38 AM

A number of people are trying to set up Google AdSense video units via YouTube and are running into a really strange error: AdSense error: The publisher must be associated with the developer account before the developer can invoke operations...

Posted on December 28, 2007 9:42 AM

If you have been logged onto Gmail in the last day or so, you might have seen a link where you can share your Gmail story. That's right. Google is looking for you to share your stories on how you...

Posted on December 11, 2007 9:58 AM

The following Microsoft Unified Communications video had mixed results at the Cre8asite Forums. To some, it resonated; to others, it didn't click. What are your criteria for viral videos? What do you like most? Do you consider this an effective...

Posted on November 27, 2007 7:07 AM

Let's face it: even if Alexa is not a good measure, it still shows interesting data. Forum members note that YouTube now has an Alexa rank of 3, which beats out Live.com and MSN (ranking 4 and 5 respectively). Do...

Posted on November 19, 2007 9:49 AM

The Inside AdSense blog has alerted the community to a pretty cool contest: share your experience with AdSense and you can be featured on the Inside AdSense blog. In order to do this, you need to have a YouTube account....

Posted on October 26, 2007 9:09 AM

Yesterday I reported at Search Engine Land that Google announced the release of YouTube Video Identification Beta system. In short, Google and YouTube came under a lot of pressure for not doing enough to stop those who upload copyrighted materials....

Posted on October 16, 2007 7:23 AM

Yesterday I wrote about the launch of Google AdSense video units, but like I said, no one with an AdSense account was able to use the feature yet. As of last night that changed. Here is a how to, on...

Posted on October 10, 2007 6:09 AM

Last night Google announced at the AdSense blog that now all US publishers who are in the AdSense program can add video units to their sites. A video AdSense unit looks like this: Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com At...

Posted on October 9, 2007 7:22 AM

ProBlogger is reporting a lot of AdSense publishers noticing that Google is offering them the ability to place video content from YouTube on their sites, which will display video ads within the ads. There is a corresponding thread at DigitalPoint...

Posted on October 1, 2007 7:51 AM

YouTube Initiates Monetization Strategy With Transparent Video 'Overlays' by Greg Sterling sums it all up well. Google has started to try to monetize YouTube with video overlay ads that are a bit transparent. Here is a screen capture from Greg:...

Posted on August 22, 2007 10:10 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks, why is there no apparent connection between YouTube videos and Google Maps. Well, technically, there is. After you upload a video, you have an option of setting the "Date and Map Options." Here are screen captures...

Posted on August 14, 2007 7:22 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread asks if Google counts the links from YouTube videos. The simple answer is no. If you look at a YouTube video that has a link in the description field, you will notice that in the code...

Posted on August 7, 2007 7:24 AM

digg_url='http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/014024.html'; A WebmasterWorld thread points us to a Telegraph.co.uk article that says that MySpace intends to launch a rival to YouTube allowing for video sharing. The new product, dubbed MySpaceTV, allows users who are not members of MySpace to...

Posted on June 28, 2007 9:52 AM

I don't think this is a tough question to answer, but a DigitalPoint Forums member asks whether YouTube is better than Google Video for sharing videos. Part of me says to submit my vids w/ YouTube b/c that's where all...

Posted on June 13, 2007 10:00 AM

The YouTube blog announced some interesting news last week. The most popular YouTube contributors will be paid for their original content. Initial user participants have been selected from the content creators that you have helped popularize by watching their videos...

Posted on May 7, 2007 8:56 AM

Cre8asite Forums moderator posted a thread named Official Google Channel On Youtube. Yes, there is an official Google YouTube channel located at youtube.com/google. The channel has a collection of videos specific to Google. The featured one right now is a...

Posted on April 19, 2007 7:08 AM

A member at the Cre8asite Forums asks the inevitable question: will YouTube, which is succumbing under pressure from several media outlets for publishing videos containing copyrighted material, keep its membership as the videos themselves -- which are behind the success...

Posted on March 22, 2007 4:04 PM

Yesterday I reported at Search Engine Land that Viacom Sues Google For $1 Billion Over Unauthorized Videos. Viacom said they are basically tired of Google not doing enough to remove their content from YouTube. Google said they have "not received...

Posted on March 14, 2007 7:29 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread notes how a Google search on shoes returns a YouTube result. The YouTube video can be found here and it shows a humorous movie on shoes. The thread wonders why anyone searching on shoes would be...

Posted on February 26, 2007 8:13 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion on recent news that Google's YouTube has handed over the identity of two YouTube users. These YouTube users uploaded Fox Network's 24 and other shows, prior to them being aired on Fox. This upset Fox...

Posted on February 14, 2007 10:28 AM

The news over the weekend was all about Google's YouTube sharing ad dollars with their users, the users who generate the video content. Jennifer Slegg has her Search Engine Land post YouTube to Begin Revenue Sharing for Video Providers. WebmasterWorld...

Posted on January 29, 2007 7:29 AM

Yesterday I reported at Search Engine Land that Google Video Search Now Includes YouTube Results based on a Google announcement. So a search on Scooba Cleaning in Action brings up my YouTube video that I used in My Scooba In...

Posted on January 26, 2007 7:51 AM

Seems like everyone is taking a stab at Google and YouTube's recent fortune - but that would have been expected. Everyone is talking about it now, UTube.com is suing YouTube.com for "site confusion." What is the issue, the Guardian explains;...

Posted on November 3, 2006 7:15 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread reports that Google is indexing and ranking YouTube results in Google Images. An example search that brings up results is [+"good times with weapons"]. I currently see four YouTube results displaying, there is also a screen...

Posted on October 23, 2006 7:45 AM

I reported this morning at Search Engine Watch that YouTube Deletes 30,000 Japanese Media Files & Deals With Record Labels. Basically, they were hit with a copyright infringement notice and YouTube complied. It has drum up some discussion in the...

Posted on October 20, 2006 2:37 PM

A cute thread at DigitalPoint Forums ask members to rename YouTube after the Google acquisition notice. Some ideas include; GooTube YouTuble Toogle YouToogle TubeOfGoo So far GooTube is winning the vote. Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums. This entry was written...

Posted on October 16, 2006 7:18 AM

Google bought YouTube but how are they going to make money with it? Jen has her post here with her thoughts, honestly, it is a bit long and I didn't read it. But I would assume Google will be embedding...

Posted on October 13, 2006 7:59 AM

The sixth edition of the Search Pulse has now been archived. Tim Mayer from Yahoo! was our special guest. Tim told us that we can expect support from Yahoo! on the NOODP tag, but it would be a lot more...

Posted on October 11, 2006 7:18 AM

You all heard the news already, Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock; MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 9, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for...

Posted on October 10, 2006 7:27 AM

Google to buy YouTube? That is the rumor Techcrunch started and then the Wall Street Journal backed. Web-search giant Google is in talks to acquire YouTube for roughly $1.6 billion, a person familiar with the matter says. An acquisition of...

Posted on October 9, 2006 7:58 AM