About the Viral Video Directory
A guide to free online tools and services for tracking viral videos. Discover the most popular movie clips spreading on social networks like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Easily share your favorite video sites and movie making tools using the specialized widgets.
This lens pulls together a range of media sources to help you picture the buzz around Social Video. From consumer-generated movies to new digital video products, you can quickly scan popular items being spread by word of mouth. You can also share stuff in the comments area at the bottom of the lens.
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Wikipedia - Viral Video
The term viral video refers to video clip content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or IM messages, blogs and other media sharing websites. Viral videos are often humorous in nature and include televised comedy sketches such as Saturday Night Live's Lazy Sunday and unintentionally released amateur video clips like Star Wars Kid, the Numa Numa song, The Dancing Cadet, The Evolution of Dance and web only productions such as I Got a Crush... on Obama or even Warning (by Wired Comedy on Youtube). Some "eyewitness" events have also been caught on video and have gone viral, including the Battle at Kruger.
With the proliferation of camera phones, many videos are being shot by amateurs on these devices. The availability of cheap video editing and publishing tools allows video shot on mobile phones to be edited and distributed virally both on the web by email or website, and between phones by Bluetooth or MMS. These consumer-shot videos are typically non-commercial videos intended for viewing by friends or family.
Video Tracking Sites
Dabble Most Popular Video - Sourced from more than 240 popular video hosting sites.
Digg Videos - Popular and upcoming videos as voted on by the Digg community.
Google Video Movers and Shakers - Videos that are quickly rising in popularity and could be tomorrow's Top 100. Find tips, tricks and applications for Hidden Google Video Categories.
iwatchthis - An aggregate feed of favourite videos from across the web (videologs).
Magg - Movie aggregator that can search across video platforms.
Mefeedia Most popular Guide - Aggregates the most popular videos from sites like Google Videos, YouTube, Blip.tv, del.icio.us. and more.
Megite - Popular Internet Videos.
PureVideo - A video meta-search engine that can pull in results from 100s of sites.
Qoogle Video Clippers - A Japanese video community for sharing YouTube clips. Allows browsing of popular videos by Date or Top 30, Tag Clouds and Top Users.
Social SWF - Movie clips at del.icio.us ranked according to number of blog posts with direct links.
StumbleVideo - A video discovery tool where users can vote for cool videos.
Tailrank - Popular video from the blogosphere.
The Amazing YouTube Tools Collection - A list of YouTube third party tools which enhance your YouTube experience. Also has a list of web mashups for Top/Best YouTube videos.
The WorldTV Internet TV Charts - The most popular online video clips each week from Google, YouTube, Digg and VideoSift.
YouTube Online Feed Reader - Lets you quickly access and read all the main YouTube RSS feeds and search for videos. Also provides tools for easy subscription to feeds, bookmarking videos and tracking blog links to videos.
Video Bomb - A community site for people to bring together, share and vote for the best videos on the web.
V Diddy - A web mashup that pulls in the top 12 videos from a choice of several popular video sites.
Vidly Top Videos Today - A selection of popular videos based on viewing stats, updated hourly.
Vidmeter - Gathers web data to provide an accurate representation of the most popular online videos on Break.com, Daily Motion, Google, iFilm, Metacafe, Myspace, Revver, vSocial, Yahoo, and Youtube. Syndication feeds and widgets
Viral Video Chart - A list of the 25 videos generating the most buzz in the blogosphere.
Wordpress Tag Videos - Aggregated blog posts in date order.
Xanga Videos - The most recent, Top Boosted and Most Viewed videos on the Xanga weblog community.
Blog Watch
- Viral video success? - It’s easy, just walk on water
- Clients often say, ?we want to create a viral video.? It's easy to create a video, it's hard to create one that takes off. There are several things that can help a video to take off, here are a few of them: ...
- More Levi's Viral Videos
- Here are a couple more viral videos from the Levi's "Live Unbuttoned" campaign. The one above features a pair of jeans attempting to make a getaway, whilst the one below features a monkey in a pair of jeans. View all the viral videos ...
- Samsung Omnia viral video: Not corporate cack shocker
- Normally we scoff at corporate attempts to make viral videos, but in this case we watched with joy as Samsung cracked the concept with this stonking video.
- Samsung Omnia (i900) unboxing viral video
- This is easily the coolest viral video for a mobie device I've seen in a while. I don't want to spoil it for you but I'll say it definitely puts a spin on the usual unboxing videos we see across the Internet. [Via Geekologie]
Viral Learning Center
Viral Learning Center
Hilarious! A Devry-type school where they teach how to make viral videos.
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Camcorders on Amazon
Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Black)
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 08/21/2008)
Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (Black)
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 08/21/2008)
Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (White)
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 08/21/2008)
Canon VIXIA HF100 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 08/21/2008)
Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (White)
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Top Lists
popular video charts
Vidmeter Today's Top Videos
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Charlie The Unicorn
Charlie Goes To Candy Mountain Made by TypeQueen of NewGrounds and SecretAgentBob on Youtube.
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Webcams on Amazon
Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
Amazon Price: $75.31 (as of 08/21/2008)
Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks
Amazon Price: $54.97 (as of 08/21/2008)
Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 (68A-00001)
Amazon Price: $30.31 (as of 08/21/2008)
Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks
Amazon Price: $85.49 (as of 08/21/2008)
Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 Pack
Amazon Price: $59.65 (as of 08/21/2008)
Digg Videos
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMegite Popular Internet Videos
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byPopcorn Popper
Mad TV John Madden Popcorn Popper
The John Madden's Popcorn Popper clip from MAD Tv.
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DVDs on Amazon
Celtic Thunder: The Show
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 08/21/2008)
Best of Elmo's World DVD Collection
Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 08/21/2008)
Indescribable (DVD+CD)
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 08/21/2008)
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Lucky Number Slevin [HD DVD]
Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 08/21/2008)
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Top Gun [HD DVD]
Amazon Price: $10.95 (as of 08/21/2008)
Blogpulse Top Videos
Analysis of the most-linked-to videos today.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byGrouper - Most Viral Videos
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byDelicious Top Video Bookmarks
- YouTube: Top 10 YouTube Hacks
- MIT's Introduction to Algorithms: Lectures 1 and 2 - good coders code, great reuse
- YouTube - Samsung Omnia (i900) Unboxing
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- Death Star over San Francisco // Current
- Screencasting: How To Start, Tools and Guidelines | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
- Video: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games - Times Online
- Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene
- VidToMP3
- 10 Futuristic User Interfaces
Video Clipmarks
Cool and interesting video related bookmarks as shared by the clipmarks.com community.
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The Truth In Ad Sales
laugh out loud funny - Media types bury your heads in recognition and shame
Runtime: 5:40
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Digital Video on eBay
Current bids on digital video items.
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Mefeedia - Most Popular Videos
Most Popular Videos Aggregated from Around the Web. Includes Google Videos, YouTube, Blip.tv, del.icio.us. You name it. If it's popular it's here!
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Learning & Tools
Reference Resources
- 4chan
- 4chan is the largest English imageboard on the web. A wellspring of net culture famed for initiating powerful viral stunts and memes.
- A collection of the most viral video clips
- Watch some of the most popular videos of recent times. Viral Marketing Review: Using and Identifying Design Patterns.
- Creative Commons Video Sharing Sites and Social Media Tools
- An extended blog post focusing on Open Content media sharing web hosts.
- Dipity Internet Memes
- An interactive view of the all the memes that swept across the internet and burrowed in our zeitgeist.
- List of Internet phenomena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- A list of phenomena specific to the Internet such as popular themes, music, films and viral videos.
- Online Video - Mahalo
- A brief introduction to Online Video including a list of Famous Viral Online Videos.
- Video hosting service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Information relating to sharing videos online. Includes links to: List of video sharing websites and Comparison of video services
- Web Buzz Explorer: The Social Media and Web 2.0 Buzz Hub
- A window on the buzzscape surrounding social media - from brilliant blogs to viral videos, it's a hub for the hype. You can use the list of resources to scour online news, track personal projects, watch trends and discover new media.
Digital Filmmaking Books
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)
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Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 08/21/2008)
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
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Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 08/21/2008)
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book
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Amazon Price: $32.99 (as of 08/21/2008)
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
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Amazon Price: $31.49 (as of 08/21/2008)
History of Filmmaking
A list for sharing resources on the history and development of filmmaking.
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Video Help & Tips
Learning and support for video content creators.
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Indieish : Guerilla video production for the web
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Create Digital Motion
A webzine & community site for VJs & other more...0 points
Media Filter Bank
Resources that filter, distribute and reblog audio, video and other media types.
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Throw away your TV Video Archive
Highlights informative, educational and cultural v more...0 points
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Whats New at the Internet Archive
Team blog highlighting items from the Movies, Audi more...0 points
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University Channel - Webstreams
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Open Culture: Smart Talks - Leading Thinkers in Multi-Media
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Music Video Channels
Sites that focus on personalized music video channels and media filtering.
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Middio - Find and watch music videos
An easy way to find and watch thousands of legal m more...0 points
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WSHH VideoTUBE - "The CNN Of Urban Media" (BETA)
Urban video community, Hip-hop music, mixtapes.0 points
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Cleepr, the music video search engine
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