“50 times better chance of appearing on the first page of results than any given text page in the index with Videos”

That’s just what Forrester revealed on their website with an important post. The title could not be more clear: “The Easiest Way to a First-Page Ranking on Google” to read full article please click here

I consider this announcement as something huge in Online Marketing and every single online marketer should consider to actively produce videos in 2009 or they won’t do their job. It’s a no brainer investment…

To know more about VSEO and profit of this opportunity just send us an email to info@videoagency.tv

BTW: Happy new year 2009 in video.

Introducing the first local video player solution featuring Call Tracking, Click-to-Call, Save and Share features with local mapping and subtitling.

Barcelona, Spain—May 8, 2008—Today at the EADP Conference on Managing Directories in Barcelona, Spain, AgendiZe, the premier provider of call-to-action services, and Videoagency, the next generation video production company, announce their partnership to introduce the first local video player solution (LVPS) for small businesses. Now SMBs can present targeted, local video advertisements to their customers with convenient, built-in Call Tracking, Click-to-Call, Save and Share, and local mapping features.

“We decided to partner with AgendiZe because their Call-to-Action suite connects users with the widest array of social services, click-to-call, and local mapping features, and they offer deep experience working with the IYP industry,” said Thomas Owadenko, CEO Videoagency.tv. “By combining our next-generation video production network with their Call-to-Action services, we can present SMBs with a powerful local video player solution where consumers can not only watch local ads, but take immediate action when they see them.”

Videoagency’s local video player solution (LVPS) is powered by Videoagency’s next generation video network. Video content can be created by tapping into Videoagency’s global network of more than 4,000 filmmakers and can then be optimized and distributed across the web, utilizing Videoagency’s video search engine optimization (VSEO) tool to maximize the visibility of video content to search engines. Subtitles are also provided in partnership with Ply Media, and allow SMBs to target a much larger audience affordably.

Videoagency’s LVPS incorporates AgendiZe’s comprehensive Call-to-Action suite, making local video ads actionable for any SMB. Users that view local video ads can click-to-call the business or click-to-save and share business information or maps on Facebook, AIM, SMS, MySpace, del.icio.us, blogs, email and more than 100 services and devices. AgendiZe’s Call-to-Action capabilities make it easy for users to visit or contact local businesses, or spread the word virally to their friends—all while they are watching local ads powered by Videoagency’s LVPS. AgendiZe also provides unified reporting and tracking across all services, so SMBs can easily analyze their customer interaction and calls received.

“The challenge that most SMBs face with online video advertising is getting the customer to physically complete the last mile to visit their location in person or to pick up the phone and call them,” said Alexandre Rambaud, founder and CEO of AgendiZe. “Videoagency’s LVPS is the only local video solution that’s powered by AgendiZe’s Call-to-Action suite, which makes it easy and intuitive for a user to simply click-to-call, send a map to themselves or share the business’s info with their friends.”

The AgendiZe Call-to-Action Platform currently powers over 20 of the world’s leading online classifieds and directories, including Yellow Book USA, Yellow Pages Canada, QDQ Media and Editus, extending the reach and duration of any advertisers’ online content by making it possible for users to extract information from the Web and save it to different devices or share it with friends and colleagues. More than one million local advertisers use AgendiZe call-to-action services worldwide.

About AgendiZe (http://www.agendize.com)
The AgendiZe Call-to-Action Platform enhances any online marketing, advertising and e-commerce effort by engaging the social consumer. AgendiZe offers a complete suite of Call Tracking, Click-to-Call, Click to Chat, Click-to-Save and Click-to-Share solutions that integrates with more than 100 popular chat, mobile messaging, calendar, social bookmarking, email and enterprise communications services on a wide variety of personal communications devices. Founded in 2003 and privately held, AgendiZe has offices in Troyes, France and San Francisco, CA. For more information visit: http://www.agendize.com

About Videoagency (http://www.videoagency.tv)
Videoagency produces quality internet videos in high volumes and at low cost. With the largest filmmaker network in Europe, Videoagency can send a professional to any business easily, and their powerful production workflow tool allows them to manage hundreds of video shoots simultaneously. In 2007, Videoagency produced over 600 hotel videos in ten European cities in under two months, demonstrating the efficiency of their process and network. Videoagency’s production service is now available as a white label product to companies who need to offer video solutions directly to their clients. For more information, please visit http://www.videoagency.tv

For additional information, please contact: press@agendize.com and/or info@videoagency.tv

Yesterday Youtube announced that it has broadened its APIs thus making it even easier for third parties to integrate YouTube content and community into other websites, desktop applications, video games, mobile devices, televisions, cameras, as well as a bunch of other applications… In essence, Youtube has become an open video services platform.

According to Jim Patterson (Product Manager at Youtube)  the new API services include :

- Upload videos and video responses to YouTube

- Add/Edit user and video metadata (titles, descriptions, ratings, comments, favorites, contacts, etc)

- Fetch localized standard feeds (most viewed, top rated, etc.) for 18 international locales

- Perform custom queries optimized for 18 international locales

- Customize player UI and control video playback (pause, play, stop, etc.) through software”  

Check out the video that Youtube has made in order to explain the new API changes:

This is an exciting step forward for online videos, however it will also have some brutal consequences. As Techcrunch (Erick Schonfeld) correctly points out, other video-hosting platforms such as Brightcove, Maven Networks and Move Networks will probably have a hard time keeping up with these changes.

Another question in everyone’s minds at the moment is how the ad revenue split will be defined. Here is what Jim Patterson had to say on the matter:

“We are not introducing any fundamentally new way to monetize. Any video that is uploaded through our API is treated exactly as on YouTube.com. In general if a video is uploaded to YouTube, in some cases we serve ads into that on YouTube.com. When people embed those we reserve rights to serve ads in the future.

It is not a white-label service. We do offer a hosting service, but it is not a direct alternative to the companies that you mention. There are some big differences. It is a YouTube-branded experience. It is free. The price you pay for using it is you must participate in the YouTube community. ”

Lets see what happens next! In the meantime take a look at these interesting case studies to see how various partners have integrated Youtube into their sites.