Resources for Information Product Producers from Ghost Leg Media
Mar 13 2009
Some months ago, I made a short Camtasia video about YouTube’s Audio Swap feature. Now, I must admit that I am not all that emotionally invested in the background audio for my videos. In fact, it’s been awhile since I thought of any music as more than background noise. I don’t define myself by my [...]
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Nov 25 2008
Today You Tube changed the size of their default player to a wide screen, 16:9 aspect ratio. This comes after a steady demand that You Tube increase the quality of their videos. Although You Tube still has more than twice as many users as any of its competitors, it hasn’t been wiling to stand pat [...]
Nov 15 2008
New bloggers – or people who are new to You Tube – frequently ask if it’s OK to “steal” You Tube videos to post on their own blog. Of course! If it were really stealing, it wouldn’t be OK. But it isn’t stealing; it is sharing. That’s what social media is about. That’s the way [...]
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Oct 21 2008
Objective observers pretty much agree – You Tube quality stinks. When quality is critical – or even minimally important – an embedded You Tube video has been the very last choice. Lately, however, You Tube has been experimenting on site with higher quality video. You may see a small link underneath a video saying “Watch [...]
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Oct 18 2008
When you think “search,” you probably think of Google. Then maybe Yahoo or MSN or… what? Well, according to what I read in Bill Myers’ Tip of the Week today, the Number 2 search engine in the world is … You Tube. Bill writes: According to ComScore’s August 2008 search engine rankings, YouTube is now [...]
Aug 14 2008
Finding the right music for your You Tube video just got a little easier. You Tube has introduced a new feature called Audio Swap. They have licensed music in a variety of genres, which you can overlay on your videos audio track. The new You Tube music will replace any exisitng audio – so this [...]
Aug 09 2008
Once you achieve Viral Nirvana on You Tube (or even the lesser popularity of appearing fleetingly on the front page), your comments will be filled with SPAM. It is inevitable – and there is almost nothing you can do about it. Look at today’s statistics for the Christian the Lion video: Almost 16,000 people [...]
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Jul 08 2008
When video first burst on the scene, the quality of the video wasn’t as important as the watchability of the video. You Tube’s genius was to stream flash videos with a smooth, uninterrupted playback that almost anyone could watch, without downloading new software or waiting for long periods for the files to be buffered. The [...]
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Jun 05 2008
I found this in my inbox. I think it has something to do with … aaarrrgh…. Vista Print from Dany Byrne on Vimeo.
Jun 04 2008
A shocking development in the What’s Janelle’s Secret campaign. What does this mean for eBay Live? I never believed Dick York and Dick Sargaent were the same guy and I’m not buying this, either.
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May 27 2008
It looks like there has been another OSI Rock Stars celebrity sighting – and this one is big – super big! Apparently some people are dying to let Janelle’s secret out of the bag. It’s getting very Deep Throatish now.
May 13 2008
Here’s an example of a quick Flip Video posted to You Tube. Cindy is planning to blog and video blog about the process of writing her next book (the first with a major New York publisher). She was looking for a fast way to do the videos – and the Flip is exactly the right [...]
Sep 28 2007
All You Tube, all the time…. Here’s the breakdown of Video Sites’ ratings for June 2007 from WebOptimizer Click the picture for a full size view. If you combine You Tube and Google Video (both owned by Google), that’s almost 70 MILLION viewers. The next closest competitor is AOL with under 16 Million – not [...]
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Sep 12 2007
We’ve all been dismayed, I’m sure, by the fuzzy photos You Tube shows in the player preview. Your video – and your channel thumbnail – looks like this: But the player preview looks like this: What happened? You Tube takes the 320 x 240 video you upload, and then displays it at 425×353. But they [...]
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