Posts on State of Search about ‘Videos’

Eric Schmidt: “It was a joke, it just wasn’t very good”

He may not look like one of the funniest people out there (or maybe he does?) but Eric Schmidt at least tries to be humorous. Even though that humor is not always spot on. A few months ago he stated that youngsters would or could be changing their names in the future to erase what they did on the web.

Two days ago Eric Schmidt appeared on the American TV show “The Colbert Report” from comedian Stephen Colbert. There they discussed in a light way some critical topics, like privacy. When Schmidts’ remark came up Schmidt simply said: “It was a joke, it just wasn’t very good”. Spot on Eric, it wasn’t. Still, you have to admire the man stepping up on to the plate again and again. Watch the interview below. (more…)

Video: Jeff Jarvis talks to Google

Jeff Jarvis wrote the book “What Would Google Do“. But in the process he never talked to anybody from Google. After the book was finished he did. He was invited by Google to give a talk at Google HQ. In the series “Authors @Google” Jarvis came to talk to Google employees. And because of YouTube we can see that too. Keep in mind though that it was early 2009 when he held this talk.

Five tips on getting your video into Google News

Google News can really be a great traffic driver. It was already a good source of traffic when Google News was only accesible through the special “news” tab. Now Google News is also integrated in Universal Search it gets even more interesting to get your content out there.

Getting your content in Google News requires a little bit of work. First of all you need to make sure you live up to the regulations Google has set up for Google News. Second you need to understand how it works. You need to know for example that the position of the news items can change based on how ‘hot’ a specific newsitem is at that moment.

There are many articles out there already about how you can get your content in Google News. Our very own Barry Adams also wrote a post about that on Searchenginepeople for example. But there is one other item which can get you into Google News which gets a little less attention: video.

I want to highlight a few items here which can help you get your video content showing up in Google News, thus driving even more traffic to your site. (more…)

Using Google Wave to have Cyber Sex by Collegehumor

Ok, it’s Saturday afternoon, so forgive me if this isn’t the most in-depth post you will ever see on State of Search. However, this video, made by College Humor, is so hilarious I just couldn’t resist. College Humor made this video as a parody on the Google Wave instruction videos on the web. Watch and enjoy it on this weekend!

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