Comments on: YouTube as “The 2nd Largest Search Engine”

By: Traffic Matters

Traffic Matters — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:59:37 +0000

It was only a matter of time. Is it just a coincidence that the second biggest SE is owned by the first biggest?

By: Bisnis Internet

Bisnis Internet — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:35:45 +0000

You tube is great! Thanks for the nice article!

By: exinco

exinco — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:54:44 +0000

no one can deny. you tube became a search trend today even on film

By: Roxanne @ Free Resume Templates

Roxanne @ Free Resume Templates — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:43:48 +0000

Why doesn’t amazes me? Of course YouTube acts like a large search engine, it has milions of vids!

By: Mike Tran

Mike Tran — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:48:53 +0000

Lynn,
Very relevant article on one of the revolutionary phenomenon of the decade. YouTube is become the television for the next generation as internet is become this generation. It will only be a matter of time before Youtube becomes ranked in the top.

Forex Autopilot Editor,
Mike Tran

By: Lulu

Lulu — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:06:56 +0000

Hi Erak
Do you find that by adding promotion/ad content into the newsletters draws them to your site?

By: Social Media Optimizer

Social Media Optimizer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:38:59 +0000

Youtube is currently encouraging , and maybe financed, information-based video files uploading. So, whosoever wanted to have an online video demonstration or visual illustration of anything one wanted to know, Youtube is the perfect spot. but this is just merely an extension, the fact that entertainment industry is a big business and drives more fanatics, You tube is also a perfect spot to gain popularity. More and more people are wanted to see and picture out directly on a particular topic rather than exhaustively read an article or two.

By: Erak

Erak — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:15:06 +0000

I’ve been using newsletters for a while now and to some great effect as well.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:28:01 +0000

Thank-you so much for the video email tip, I am trying to encourage the use of Newsletters and emails and their potential in Marketing.

Great article and responses!

By: Dorothy Kasse

Dorothy Kasse — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:43:32 +0000

It’s funny that YouTube got the title as â€œThe 2nd Largest Search Engineâ€. I don’t think that YouTube is a search engine, it’s moreover a platform where you can watch and upload videos.

If I try to get specific informations about something, I will use a search engine like Google, because i won’t find something interessting on YouTube… hm.. perhaps a funny video? So in my opinion YouTube is a video platform.

But all in all it’s a really great post.

By: ShriNagesh

ShriNagesh — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:06:38 +0000

You have a critical insight and very rare quality to look through a mirror than at the mirror.

I wasn’t excited about ppc on youtube, as I don’t do lot of videos, as of now. This post can be very useful for serious video marketers. I’ll pingback to this post.

By: Carol M. Adams

Carol M. Adams — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:23:42 +0000

Thank you Lynn,

I was not as excited about PPC on YouTube as others and your insight puts some reality around it.

I expect that the big bidders in Google will also become the big bidders in YouTube and drive the prices up and create tough competitive budgets for the small companies. I experienced this first hand at my last Marketing job.

So, I think that video email has some very interesting potential as an adjunct to YouTube at less expense. It can be very targeted AND be used as a tool to sustain customer loyalty and retention.

I’ve just gone through 4 products to see what is offered. What do you think?

Carol

By: Alan (new baby help guide now available)

Alan (new baby help guide now available) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:05:09 +0000

Hey Lynn,

I think there’s another point to mention about YouTube.

Whenever I’ve gone there, even if I look at a video related to my original search, I always end up watching far too many other videos that are rarely related.

If you’re looking to capture targeted traffic, YouTube is too distracting to be of much use.

Thanks for a great post.
Alan

By: LJ Jones

LJ Jones — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:38:48 +0000

I think you are right on with “Itâ€™s all about the intent of the searcher. ” Doesn’t matter how much something is searched if it doesn’t convert.

I do think that this is at least a step in the right direction for Youtube to try and solve the “monetization” problem. It will be interesting to follow this and see how it turns out and how users respond to it.