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How to Find Your Top YouTube Subscribers List. Mashable. YouTube could be purchasing Twitch, the largest video game live-streaming network, for $1 billion, according to a report released by Variety Sunday evening.

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According to Variety, the $1 billion deal will be an all-cash transaction, and will be announced shortly. Twitch, originally a subsidiary of Justin.tv, spun off in 2011 to form its own gaming network. It has since drawn in huge traffic, getting an average of 45 million unique monthly viewers with hundreds of thousands of gamers broadcasting their own content. Twitch has become fully integrated with both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gaming consoles, allowing players to both stream and watch content from their televisions. "We don't comment on rumors," a Twitch spokesperson told Mashable. YouTube, Google+, & LinkedIn drive most engaged traffic, Reddit & SU the least. NOTE: GrowthBeat tickets go up $200 this Friday at 5pm Pacific.

YouTube, Google+, & LinkedIn drive most engaged traffic, Reddit & SU the least

VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here, and register by Friday to save! Traffic from Reddit and StumbleUpon might make you feel good for a moment, but it’s the web equivalent of junk food. By contrast, visits from YouTube, Google+, and LinkedIn are rich in minerals and vitamins: the highest quality web traffic you can get. 21 Ways to Dominate YouTube: The Ultimate Guide. With 4 billion video views per day, YouTube isn’t just the third most popular site in the world.

21 Ways to Dominate YouTube: The Ultimate Guide

It has also quietly become one of the world’s biggest search engines. Meanwhile, Google has shifted it algorithms to favor videos, often putting YouTube videos near the top of its results. Some have taken advantage of YouTube’s incredible power to expand their influence and make money online. Below, I’ll share with you 21 ways you can follow in their footsteps. #1 Keep it Short People are more likely to begin watching shorter videos.

So do everything you can to be brief. #2 Pay Attention to Lighting One of the biggest problems plaguing YouTube videos is poor lighting. You can invest in a soft-box lighting kit, but usually a well-positioned household lamp will do fine. Best Stuff University Won’t Teach You but YouTube and Vimeo Would. The Internet, despite its flaws, provides a dynamic and engaging way to educate.

Best Stuff University Won’t Teach You but YouTube and Vimeo Would

Here are some YouTube and Vimeo videos that inform, inspire, and/or entertain like no school can. Brent Hoff – The Love Competition Beautiful is what this short film is. Filmmaker Brent Hoff teams up with Stanford University neuroscientists to test which among seven participants, ranging from 10-75 years old, can love the best. Using an fMRI to monitor brain activity, the researchers measure the “strongest” love by observing the brain regions involved in producing the neurochemical experience of love.

A Video Creator's Checklist From YouTube. From its 2008 launch, Kickstarter has become a major funding platform for creative projects worldwide.

A Video Creator's Checklist From YouTube

More than $53 million has ... May 4, 2012 At MIPTV in March, YouTube's Joe McDermottroe introduced the company's latest Creator's Playbook—a bible of video production gold—by giving away tips on how to make the best of your own YouTube video content. While of course it's up to you to produce unique content that captivates users in the first few seconds, you can improve your video's chances of being shared by following guidelines from people in the know like McDermottroe!

You can see more of his tips on MIPBlog. Upload: Write detailed and comprehensive metadata. Publish: Is AOL Looking To Go Head-to-Head With YouTube? On Tuesday at the Digital Content NewFronts, AOL launched a brand new online video hub that will centralize all AOL video in one place.

Is AOL Looking To Go Head-to-Head With YouTube?

The AOL On Network seems to have a lot in common with many of YouTube’s new initiatives. The service will feature 14 content channels with original, curated content for all sorts of niches from entertainment to tech, style, food, business, health, travel and more. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong says, “AOL is a brand company. With the launch of AOL On we are bringing people closer to the things that matter while helping them discover and share the stories and information that color their lives.” The AOL On Network will aggregate new content with video content from the AOL family of sites, including TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, Engadget and others. At the NewFronts, AOL also announced that as part of AOL On they will be launching seven original shows.

Megan O’Neill is the resident web video enthusiast here at Social Times. Vibop Web Application. Vimeo Drops A Major Redesign…And It Looks Amazing. Last night Vimeo hinted on Twitter that today they’d have ”a HUGE announcement” and this morning they haven’t let us down.

Vimeo Drops A Major Redesign…And It Looks Amazing

On the Vimeo blog, they announced a brand new Vimeo. Vimeo hasn’t just redesigned their site, they’ve completely torn the old Vimeo down and built a new one from scratch that puts greater focus on your videos, improves the user experience and incorporates new features that the community has been asking for. Vimeo staff member Soxiam reports on the blog, “Today is a big day – one of the biggest in the short-ish history of our small-ish company. For the past year (37 years in Internet time), we’ve been working nonstop on a project that we’ve desperately wanted to tell you about. SocialTimes.com - Your Social Media Source.

Social Media Optimization & Search Engine Optimization. YouTube testing Google+ Integration. Are You YouTubing? #SocialMedia And #YouTube Go Hand In Hand. YouTube is the SECOND most search channels online, first only to Google.

Are You YouTubing? #SocialMedia And #YouTube Go Hand In Hand

That is HUGE! This is reason enough for you to seriously consider adding Youtube to your arsenal of social media tools. Think about how big that is and how big that could be for your brand. Social Media Optimization & Search Engine Optimization. Ideas for Customizing YouTube's RSS Feeds [Creator's Tip #19] Social Media Optimization & Search Engine Optimization. Social Media Optimization & Search Engine Optimization.

More great content creators coming to YouTube. Wonderful things happen when cool technology meets great entertainment.

More great content creators coming to YouTube

Cable television expanded our viewing possibilities from just a handful of channels to hundreds, and brought us some of the most defining media experiences of the last few decades-- think MTV, ESPN and CNN. Today, the web is bringing us entertainment from an even wider range of talented producers, and many of the defining channels of the next generation are being born, and watched, on YouTube. The Most shared #YouTube Videos this month. Report: We are a YouTube nation — Online Video News.

Beavis and Butt Head back on MTV with #Youtube. Why you may want to consider #YouTube ads. #Youtube lets you license your videos under Creative Commons. #Youtube hits 3 billion views in a day. #Youtube team up with the bigboys for movies. Anisesmith.amplify. #YouTube adds Animation tools. #YouTube goes dark. Pimp out your #YouTube Page. Anisesmith.amplify. Santa's Cookies - JibJab.com. TweetFired. Anise Smith Marketing Get to know us... Why use QR Codes.