Video is is here to stay. Video is educational. Most folks simply learn more by watching a video than they do by reading or listening for an equal amount of time.
Video is a proven advertising method. We’ll sit through television ads to watch video because it’s compelling and entertaining. You can easily monetize your video clips and freely distribute them in socially aware video hosting networks that are somewhat viral in nature themselves.
Because at it’s heart video is just data, it can be indexed and optimized for search engines. By adding meta data, you can tell search engines about your videos. Video can be syndicated via RSS and all of this is free.
That’s why video on the web is important now.
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James Kim–family man, technologist – 1971 -2006
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