YouTube
How to Embed YouTube Video Without Related Videos
There are times when you don’t want related videos playing in a YouTube video embed. I know, because a few minutes ago I had that very need! It’s actually quite simple to embed a YouTube video by way of their on-site forms these days – and they’re bound to change the options by the time [...]
Five Things to Avoid When Producing Web Video
There are a million guides out there that will tell you what frame rate, bit rate, codec, and editing software to use. These tips are excellent and should be followed to create as professional a broadcast or podcast as possible. Unfortunately, there are some common traits among amateur web video that find their way in [...]
Using Semantic Search on Video Sites with Semex and Media Globe
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Semantic search attempts to improve accuracy – and your search experience – by understanding contextual meaning of terms. Being able to use semantic search within multimedia is an issue that all video sites are working hard to solve. Think of it [...]
How to Download YouTube Videos With Any Browser
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’ve talked before about different ways you can download YouTube videos. This week, Matthew is sharing his favorite browser addon – Download YouTube Videos as MP4. This video downloader which works in virtually any browser. It allows you to download the [...]
How Do You Download Videos from YouTube?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Someone in the community asked me last night what is the best way to download videos from YouTube. The two best methods I’ve come across happen to be browser extensions, one for Chrome and one for Safari. Neither are platform-dependent and [...]
Users Cry Foul Over New YouTube Home Page
Once again, YouTube has made pretty big changes on their home page. And once again, people hate it. Reading through the comments on the official announcement and seeing what’s being said on Twitter has been nothing short of a train wreck today. Some of the brutal things being said are just impossible to look away [...]
YouTube Video Limits
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Someone asked recently what my thoughts are concerning the new limits that YouTube has placed upon content producers. They raised the length of video allowed to fifteen minutes for many of you. The problem is, though, that many of us don’t [...]
Christmas Unboxing Geek Style
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Merry Christmas to all and to all a good haul! This happens to be my favorite holiday, even when I happen to be celebrating it alone. I’m very glad to know you’re here with me (even virtually, in homes of your [...]
How to Watch YouTube Videos in HD
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Patrick Norton from Tekzilla joins us this week to share the secret to watching everything in YouTube at the highest quality possible. A special Chrome extension does all the work for you instead of toggling the quality setting and restarting the [...]
New YouTube Home Page
Beginning today, you can opt-in to take part in the brand-new YouTube home page. According to the press release, this new layout offers a homepage that has a real emphasis on a personalized video browsing and watching experience. It’s quite different looking, definitely. The question is – is it something we really need in order [...]
Find out What’s Hot with YouTube Trends
Most of us are impatient creatures. We want to know what’s happening, where it’s happening – right when it’s happening. New YouTube videos are no exception to these rules. We crave the hottest content and we are pretty ticked off when we miss out. How much do you hate seeing the newest fad a day [...]
How To Create a Screencast
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed We have had more screencast submissions lately than we can even count. I know all of you are anxious and hoping to be featured in our channels. However, you’re wasting your time – and ours – if you aren’t following a [...]
Facebook vs YouTube Videos
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Not long ago, Jamie asked in the live chat room if I thought Facebook video would ever replace YouTube. I felt it was actually a good question, given how prevalent Facebook is in today’s society. However, I don’t think Facebook will [...]
Should You Be Using YouTube Instant?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Scott has created another screencast for us. This time, he’s going to dive into YouTube Instant. You’ll find out what it’s all about, and how it can help you. YouTube Instant is very similar to Google Instant. You’ll receive results as [...]
What are Your Best YouTube Tips?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed As part of an ongoing educational series of blog posts, YouTube has asked me to create a video on how to build your brand and audience. This is the last video in a series of 4 videos from different partners. Don’t [...]
