Posts Tagged ‘YouTube’

Back in June, Ryan Nugent from the YouTube Next Up Lab revealed that YouTube was working on a new initiative—a document chock full of tips to help partners build their audiences, optimize discovery and maximize their overall YouTube success.  This week the YouTube Creator Playbook has gone live.  The playbook is a 70-page guide packed [...]

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The News Corp. News of the World phone hacking scandal marked its third consecutive week atop the list of the most tweeted news articles, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index for the week of July 18-22.

According to a new Report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 71 percent of online Americans are now using video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo.

Jonathan Harchick has created and uploaded the longest YouTube video of all time, clocking in at 571 hours, 1 minute and 41 seconds. He says, “I challenge anyone to try and make a longer video.”

In an effort to prove that “everything is better with cute animals,” travel search site Hipmunk has created a video of humans reenacting some of the cutest viral videos starring animals. Humans reenact Dramatic Chipmunk, Maru Loves Boxes, Keyboard Cat, Surprised Kitty, Cat Mom Hugs Baby Kitten, and Sneezing Baby Panda and indeed, these remakes are anything but adorable.

According to Allot Communications’ MobileTrends Report, “YouTube remains the single most popular mobile internet destination, accounting for 22% of mobile data bandwidth usage and 52% of total video streaming.” More stats after the jump.

Equipped with a stunning 360-degree stage that allowed for surround-sound and panoramic viewing, the concert put every attendee directly into the action. This unique concert experience was part of LG’s “Bring Your World Alive” campaign empowering users to experience the benefits of mobile 3D entertainment by creating content that is unique and personal.

Hugo Boss is taking YouTube campaigns where they’ve never been before with a new interactive experience to promote their new Hugo Just Different fragrance. The Just Different campaign features an art film with three different variations and, with the help of your webcam, you can switch back and forth between the variations by simply tilting your head from side to side. It’s a head-turning experience…literally.

On the road to YouTube success, one of the best ways to monitor your growth and performance is through YouTube’s analytics feature, Insight. In his presentation of the YouTube Partner Playbook, Ryan Nugent offered up some tips on how to use YouTube Insight to learn from your successes and failures, and fine-tune your content so that you can be the best you can be.

The world is still in shock following the atrocious attacks in Norway last Friday. Anders Behring Breivik admitted to murdering more than 90 people and just hours before his killing spree, Breivik uploaded a 12-minute video to YouTube. Watch the video after the jump.