Should My Business Related Videos Go on YouTube Or Not?

If you're a business getting into making online videos, you're probably wondering if you need to worry about video sharing sites like YouTube. In other words... does it even make sense to upload my business related web videos to YouTube and other sharing sites?

The quick answer is yes, and here's why. There are simply too many eyeballs out there with the potential to view your videos. YouTube reaches so far and so wide, and even though not many "business-type" people use it to find content, the chances are still pretty good that you can drive leads and publicity for your business.

So you HAVE to be on YouTube. No question about it. A big problem though is that YouTube doens't really want your content. They don't give you a place to upload "business" content/videos. Why? I'm not sure just yet. Some people think that in the future they'll have a special walled-off business zone for professional content.

But for now, as a business, you should worry about uploading your videos into your own business named YouTube channel.

Another, and probably the biggest, reason to put your videos on YouTube is Google Universal Search. In the future, when Google Universal Search is fully implemented, your videos are more likely to be including in the main, organic Google results if they are indexed and housed in the YouTube server database.

It just makes sense. Google owns YouTube, so there is a natural benefit for YouTube videos. Some day your videos will be indexed and injected into the main organic Google results.

UltraGet: The Ultimate YouTube Video Downloader?

So I was surprised to come across the free UltraGet Video Downloader. It, too, is a YouTube video downloader, but with a difference: it's extremely well-designed and has some neat features.

First off, to download a video, just copy and paste the URL of the video you want to grab into UltraGet and press Start Downloading. So far everything is ordinary. The trick is that UltraGet saves the Flash video file with the name of the YouTube video, not the random string of letters and numbers that you usually get.

If you use Firefox, you can drag-and-drop video links that you want to grab into UltraGet.

For bulk YouTube video downloading, you can save a YouTube webpage to your computer and have UltraGet parse it to extract all the video URLs for download (File->Parse HTML/Text File). You can schedule as many downloads as you like and have your computer shut down once UltraGet is finished.

The handy internal Flash video player lets you watch all your YouTube videos from one place.

Still, UltraGet isn't perfect. Other unique YouTube downloaders include DownloadHelper (for bulk YouTube downloads) and Orbit Downloader.

You can Download UltraGet here

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What Is Youtube - What You Need To Know To Be In The Know

What is the big fuss over Youtube? You have to live in a cave to have not heard of Youtube, but what is it and how is it changing the internet. This article will tell you everything you need to know about the latest internet craze.

WHAT IS YOUTUBE?

YouTube is a popular free video sharing Web site which
lets users upload, view, and share viral video.

Video sharing refers to a site that allows user to distribute their video clips.

The site utilizes Adobe Flash technology to display video.

On the About Us page at Youtube.com it states, "YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily."

YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 100 million videos on the site daily. Our users determine what is popular on the site, and can unleash their creativity and broadcast their talents to a global audience.

On the YouTube Fact Sheet it continues, "YouTube is creating a community for personal video, musicians, amateur filmmakers and comedians, and professional content owners. .... Anyone can broadcast themselves by creating content and distributing it through YouTube. And the community decides what is popular through their ratings and comments."

CREATION

Youtube was founded by three employees of PayPal, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim on February 14, 2005. Since its creation Jawed Karim left the company to pursue an advanced degree at Stanford.

WHAT TYPES OF VIDEOS ARE ON YOUTUBE?

The wide variety of site content includes movie and TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging.

There are candid videos of stars:

Britney Spears at the gas station

Clips from star appearances:
The Tonight Show clip of Matt Damon doing an impression of Matthew McConaughey

Clips of nobodies:
A girl named Esmée Denters singing… she’s good!

The evolution of dance by a comedian:

Crazy dog:

9 Month Gestation in 20 seconds

WHAT IS THE YOUTUBE HYPE ABOUT?

YouTube is currently serving 100 million videos per day, with more than 65,000 videos being uploaded daily. According to Hitwise, YouTube videos account for 60 percent of all videos watched online and people are spending an average of 17 minutes per session on the site. According to Nielsen NetRatings, YouTube has nearly 20M unique users per month.

Currently staffed by 67 employees, the company was named TIME magazine's "Invention of the Year" for 2006. In October 2006, Google, Inc., announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for $1.65 billion USD in Google's stock. The deal closed on 13 November 2006.

Now you can join the rest of the planet and know the basics of youtube.com!