Where do you prefer to watch online videos? Most of you probably said Youtube. While Youtube is still the most visited site for videos, Facebook has now beaten yahoo in visits for watching videos making it second-largest online video source in the U.S.
According to Internet audience measurement firm comScore’s Video Metrix report in August 2010:
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178 million U.S. internet users had more than 5.2 billion video views
It’s become very clear that Facebook is the biggest and most popular social network on the internet, but what if it were to go away? What if one day you turn on your PC, iPhone, or Blackberry and check your Facebook updates and notice that the whole website is gone?
(Of course, that’s not likely to happen anytime soon as its making an estimated $800 million dollars annually in advertising revenue)
What other websites would you go to? Many facebook users have other profiles on other social sites like myspace, flickr and friendster. So, what would you do if facebook shutdown? Where would you post pictures of your vacations?
Sony’s Columbia Pictures announced the October 2010 release of “The Social Network” a movie about the founding of Facebook. Judging by the movie’s tag line “You don’t get to 500 millions friends without making a few enemies” the film will not be a history lesson but instead a story of betrayal.
Jesse Eisenberg, known for being in films such as Zombieland and Adventureland, will be staring as Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Do you think this film is being made too early considering Facebook launched in 2004? Will you go see it? Comment below
According to Facebook, more than 20 million videos are being uploaded to the site each month while more than 2 billion videos are being watched.
These high statistics are ranking Facebook as the Web’s 5th largest video property. Using data from TubeMogul, it was found that viewers of Facebook videos had a higher engagement rate with the videos. It looks like Facebook is on the rise in the video world. Contact AliVega Productions for more information on about online video at our contact page.
It was once considered feminine to be seen and not heard, but when it comes to having a truly integrated marketing campaigns, data shows that people remember 30% of what they see, 20% of what they hear, but an incredible 70% of what they see and hear. With news sources increasingly diversified by social media tools, It’s no surprise that video and viral video distribution via the web has become a “must have“ advertising tool for businesses of all kinds. Additionally, recent data reveals that women over 55, the same docile creatures who were raised on the old adage, are now the the fastest growing demographic using social media giant Facebook.
Thus, now more than ever, it’s lucrative to follow the advice of a contemporary feminist, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who stated that “well behaved women seldom make history.” The old rules are out–along with the basic PSA–and new media is an integral element of getting your brand seen and your message acknowledged by target audiences.
Luckily, getting a professionally styled video that speaks to the needs of any generation is an affordable possibility at AliVega studios, where mixed-media master Alicia Eschwege customizes innovative video content, new media and images for DVD distribution, use online and, yes, even the golden oldie, print.
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