It seems common sense that some genres are more popular on YouTube than others. But how much more popular? There are a few ways this could have been compiled, but the way that I chose to give a quick snapshot was to take the top 5 channels in each genre and add up their combined views. This does not take… [ Read More ]
Last time we talked about the super-basics of search engine optimization (SEO). This time, we’re talking about a very YouTube specific trick, and how to do it. Adding closed captions can get your video bumped higher on searches. This is because the video content has a text file attached that is searchable by engines. Adding closed captions takes a little… [ Read More ]
15
May
SEO is an acronym that gets thrown around a lot, and it’s one of those that people seem to assume that everyone knows, and knows about. Let’s face it though, some of us only have a vague idea about SEO and the views it seems to promise. I wanted to give a quick overview on the core basics of SEO…. [ Read More ]
10
May
Copyright and Fair Use seem to be hot topics for YouTubers. If you have a problem monetizing, chances is that it has to do with copyright, even if you don’t think you violated copyright in your videos. It can also be a surprise to find that one of your videos has been claimed by someone else because of a copyright… [ Read More ]
2
May
You hear it at the end of almost every video; “Comment, rate and subscribe!” Comments and ratings give feedback, but what really is the purpose of subscriptions? People brag about how many subscribers they have, but does that really count? The number of subscribers you have really doesn’t say anything about your channel other than you convinced a lot of… [ Read More ]
It looks like the entertainment industry is catching up to us. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.—the maker of film franchises like Shrek, Madagascar, How to Train Your Dragon, and currently in theaters The Croods—announced yesterday that they purchased YouTube network AwesomenessTV for about $33 million. Not bad for a network that’s just about to hit it’s first birthday! Brian Robbins developed… [ Read More ]
26
Apr
Ever had a YouTube question and didn’t know where to go? In our continuing effort to provide more resources to the Social Blade community, today at 2pm EST, the Social Blade forum is going from BETA to LIVE. This is a forum that is designed to help the Social Blade community help itself by providing a place where YouTubers can… [ Read More ]
20
Apr
I recently saw a movie that could have been great. The plot wasn’t bad, the script was okay, the visual effects were stunning, and the actors were awesome. Unfortunately, the last 30 seconds of the movie ruined the whole thing. Everything the characters had struggled for, everything they had sacrificed during the movie was pretty much made meaningless at the… [ Read More ]
16
Apr
The bombing at the Boston Marathon yesterday was a massive tragedy, but it also illustrated an issue that all of us YouTubers need to be aware of, and that is when a video is appropriate to post. Right now if you did a search online of photos or video of the Boston Marathon Explosion, you would find thousands of results…. [ Read More ]
12
Apr
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, comedy can be “a ludicrous or farcical event or series of events,” or “humorous entertainment.” For YouTubers, comedy is a very important part of making videos. Even if your channel is not primarily comedic, keeping an audience (and subscribers) means entertaining them, and that often entails throwing in some comedy. The author E.B. White famously… [ Read More ]