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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Post Viral Videos to these Top YouTube Alternatives

So we all know who is King of the Video Sharing Sites. YouTube, YouTube, YouTube. If you want to upload a video on the Internet, pretty much anyone will default to the web's standard. And why shouldn't they? YouTube has been the platform for viral sensations, from huge brands to home videos that accidentally go viral. Let me tell you why should consider alternatives and why you should post Viral Videos to these Top YouTube Alternatives below.

When you post to YouTube the wisdom is: "Go where the people are." It makes YouTube tempting, especially as it continues to expand its features and reach. But there are some things that YouTube can't do, or doesn't do so well. There are plenty of other high-quality video platforms with competitive features or specialized markets. Also YouTube is so large that your videos might get lost in the crowd and it is always good to supplement, get additional exposure and extend your reach in places where most people would not think to post their videos so the competition might not be as fierce as YouTube

So I picked out a couple YouTube Alternatives (and I might add more as I see fit) and why I think you should post your soon to go Viral Videos on these sites. Shall we Proceed ?

Post Viral Videos to these Top YouTube Alternatives


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1) DailyMotion


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Brief Summary: Organized more like a content aggregator, DailyMotion offers videos of varying length organized by category. There's plenty of user-made videos, but professional, quality clips are more prominently featured.

Features: The site supports the most common video formats but restricts storage capacity to less than 150 MB and less than 20 minutes per video. The emphasis is on community, with the ability to add other users in a contact list and send feedback. Most high-powered features, like HD uploads, are locked behind pro accounts.

Why Use DailyMotion?: It's not the most intuitive site for uploaders, but it's easy for curious viewers to browse. If you can manage the backend, there's a good chance your video will reach new eyes.

2) Vimeo


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Brief Summary: Vimeo is the artsy cousin of YouTube. Home to many creative-types, Vimeo users usually aim for high-quality content over fails or cat clips.

Features: It comes with the standard suite, plus the ability to create and share videos to groups or channels. There's also a video school to help you make better videos. A pro account will let you bump up your weekly upload capacity from 500 MB to 5 GB with unlimited HD uploads.

Why Use Vimeo?: It's a solid platform if you feel more serious about video as creative outlet or are just looking for a more constructive community (i.e. less trolls, more feedback).

3) Flickr


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Brief Summary: Didn't see this one coming, right? Flickr actually lets you upload videos — just click on the Explore tab. The team still sees photo uploading as its main game, but it is also "gently" building out its video abilities. It calls videos "long photos" and limits their length to just 90 seconds.

Features: Basic users can upload two 90-second videos a month. Pro users have unlimited access. Options are a little sparse at the moment, with basically the same feature set as Flickr's photo uploads.

Why Use Flickr?: It may seem restrictive, but users willing to embrace short-form video will have access to Flickr's massive and active user base. It may not be a great option for your home video collection, but video experiments abound. Flickr's video space is going to keep growing.  If you deliver a strong message in 90 seconds or less go for it. Most people's attention span is no too long anyway.

4) Blip.tv


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Brief Summary: Online video with a strong slant toward webisodes, web series, and other serial content. Blip users rarely post one-off videos — in fact, Blip encourages regular content — so quality is usually pretty high.

Features: Supports most video formats and has 1 GB of storage per video. There is a pro account with better conversion rates, timed release, HD and priority in transcode. Any user can sign up for an advertising account that splits ad revenue 50/50. There's a dashboard to let you plan your web series in advance, share your videos, and use analytics. Blip also distributes through most major video platforms (including YouTube), so maximizing reach is less of a concern.

Why Use Blip.tv?: Use it if you're planning on starting a series and want a suite of tools to help you create, manage and promote your work.

5) Veoh


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Brief Summary: On the flip side, Veoh lets you upload enormously long videos. The site, much like a YouTube for long-form videos, actually doesn't have a size restriction for uploading. It's become a space for full-length films and short clips alike.

Features: Unlimited upload capacity and a smart UI make it easy and relatively quick to load huge files. While it may not have the same audience as YouTube, the lack of restrictions has attracted some top-quality videos and shows.

Why Use Veoh?: If you're feeling hamstrung by size restrictions but still want a quality platform, Veoh is your best bet.

6) Viddler


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Brief Summary: Billed as a way to build your brand, Viddler is more geared to companies and corporations than homemade video.

Features: With the business focus comes business tools — Viddler lets users access analytics, customize their video players, distribute to iTunes, place comments within the video and even monetize with Viddler's adworks tool.

Why Viddler?: If you're a brand looking to up your video content, Viddler provides a stable starter kit with an array of support features.

7) yFrog


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Brief Summary: Finally, the dark horse. Yfrog is better known as a photo-sharing site for Twitter, but it also has the capacity for video, with a healthy and growing selection.

Features: You can upload short videos and post to Twitter all from one place. You can also see what videos (or photos) your network has posted using the site. There isn't much of a search function, instead relying on news feed-style postings as your friends upload videos.

Why Use yfrog?: Don't care about video hosting? Want a more personal take on online video? Yfrog lets you get your videos up and out through your social network faster than any of the sites above. There may be fewer features, but it's really about uniting your own social community around video.

8) Virool


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Brief Summary: Virool is relatively newcomer and it is not necessarily a video site on its own but a way to get your YouTube videos more exposure

Features: For only $10 you can start a Video Marketing Campaign which will get you much traffic on your YouTube videos than you might be able to get yourself. You can also become an affiliate/publisher and make money referring business to them.

Why Use Virool?: If you got some money to spare you can get your YouTube videos to go Virool (mispelling of Viral) and like I said you advertise their services you can also get paid when others use Virool.

Here are few more Notable Sites you check out which may or may not suit your needs when marketing your videos:


ustream.tv

videobash.com

Sevenload.com

Kewago.com

Megavideo.com

Lifevideo.com

Photobucket.com

Myspacevideo.com 

bofunk.com

Esnips.com

Iviewtube.com

Spike.com

Ugoto.com

metacafe.com

vids.myspace.com

If you have any good sites please comment on any good video sharing sites which you can post all of your marketing videos or videos that you want to go viral. Let us know the site, what you like about and experiences you may have with the site.

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