Video Sharing Sites

YouTube Video Bar Displayed on Your Own Vlog

Above you can see an example of YouTube’s new video bar application. Instead of simply embedding single videos on your vlog, you can choose to display a sample of various videos from a YouTube channel.



High Definition Video Comes to Vimeo

Thanks to Vimeo (teaming up with Canon), vloggers now have a place to share their high definition video.



Facebook Video Hits 1 Million Daily Active Users

It seems Facebook is becoming quite a large platform for video bloggers who want to share their vlogs



Thailand Unblocks YouTube after Five-Month Ban

The Thai government recently announced they were removing the 5-month-old ban they had placed on YouTube after a vlogger had posted a video that was deemed insulting to the King.



Improved Ads for YouTube Videos – Overlay Advertising

YouTube recently announced that they are now offering select partners the ability to incorporate “InVideo” overlay ads into their content. The transparent, animated ads appear on the bottom 20% of the screen at set points in the video and are generally perceived to be a less intrusive form of advertising than “preroll ads” — which are the video clips a user is forced to watch before watching the main content.



Choose Your Own Thumbnail Picture on YouTube

YouTube has a little more functionality now, allowing you to choose between three different thumbnail images for the “face” of your video.



Deep Tagging Video – A Very Cool Future is Already Here

There are a lot of cool things that can be done with deep tagging, including allowing others to put comment inside the clip, both text and video comments. Very cool.