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A guide to cool online tools for tracking viral videos. Discover the most popular movie clips spreading on social networks like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Special widgets make it simple to share your favorite video sites and movie making tools.
This lens pulls together a range of media sources to help us picture the buzz around Social Video. From consumer-generated videos 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.
Lens URL: http://www.squidoo.com/viralvideodirectory
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Creative Commons Video Showcase
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Learn how Creative Commons licenses can help you avoid the problems current copyright laws create for the sharing of information. Quickly access useful CC resources, news and developments for your own media projects.
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
- Not the usual Guardian Viral Video Chart
- Viral Video Chart is taking a mini-break for the summer, but in the mean time we're crowdsourcing this week's Viral Video Chart. Which videos have you been watching, and which do you love? While you're here, we've been looking...
- Viral Friday: Christian The Lion
- Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 10 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread. ViralFriday ...
- Viral Marketing, Lets See How it Works
- Common viral videos of people doing silly things sophomoric video viral fuzzy perhaps for people with too much time on their hands but it's viral marketing or unbranded. Purpose viral video websites and campaigns this significant ...
- Scooter Jump Failure
- This guy tries to jump over a scooter, but instead gets a fatal nutshot. Okay, not fatal to him, but definitely fatal to his future children. He won't be having any. Bookmark to.
Camcorders on Amazon
Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (Black)
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 07/26/2008)
Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Black)
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 07/26/2008)
Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (White)
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 07/26/2008)
Canon VIXIA HF100 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 07/26/2008)
Lenmar DLC4L Lithium-ion Digital Camera/Camcorder Battery Equivelent to the Canon NB-4L Battery
Amazon Price: $10.43 (as of 07/26/2008)
Viral Learning Center
Viral Learning Center
Hilarious! A Devry-type school where they teach how to make viral videos.
Runtime: 2:20
48263 views
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Top Lists
popular video charts
Vidmeter Today's Top Videos
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byCharlie the Unicorn
Charlie The Unicorn
Charlie Goes To Candy Mountain Made by TypeQueen of NewGrounds and SecretAgentBob on Youtube.
Runtime: 3:45 | 26607019 views | 70157 Comments
Webcams on Amazon
Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
Amazon Price: $73.88 (as of 07/26/2008)
Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 (68A-00001)
Amazon Price: $26.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks
Amazon Price: $56.49 (as of 07/26/2008)
Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks
Amazon Price: $39.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks
Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
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.
Runtime: 2:56
1745733 views
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DVDs on Amazon
Celtic Thunder: The Show
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Best of Elmo's World DVD Collection
Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
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Lucky Number Slevin [HD DVD]
Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 07/26/2008)
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Top Gun [HD DVD]
Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
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Casino [HD DVD]
Amazon Price: $13.95 (as of 07/26/2008)
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 byDel.icio.us Top Video Bookmarks
Video Clipmarks
Cool and interesting video related bookmarks as shared by the clipmarks.com community.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byThe Truth In Ad Sales
The Truth In Ad Sales
laugh out loud funny - Media types bury your heads in recognition and shame
Runtime: 5:40
398762 views
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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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Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand byNetflix Popular Movies
A live list of Netflix's most popular rentals, right now.
- 001- Crash
A 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles is the theme of this unflinc...- 002- The Departed
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the under...- 003- The Pursuit of Happyness
Will Smith (in an Oscar-nominated role) and his real-life son Jaden star in this tearjerker about a...- 004- Little Miss Sunshine
Convinced little Olive (Abigail Breslin) is beauty queen material, parents Richard (Greg Kinnear) an...- 005- Walk the Line
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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.
- Creative Commons Video Sharing Sites and Social Media Tools
- An extended blog post focusing on Open Content media sharing web hosts.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
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Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 07/26/2008)
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 07/26/2008)
The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
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Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 07/26/2008)
Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital Photography
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Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 07/26/2008)
History of Filmmaking
A list for sharing resources on the history and development of filmmaking.
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Videogrunt Directory
A video podcast series illustrating the basic prin more...0 points
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Cinema and its Ancestors: The Magic of Motion
Film historian Tom Gunning examines an important p more...0 points
How To
Learning and support for video content creators.
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I like sharing videos
Advice, tips & tricks to make the most appeali more...0 points
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Indieish : Guerilla video production for the web
Featuring tips, tricks, how-to, and cool videos we 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
A collection of university lectures, panels, and c more...0 points
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Open Culture: Smart Talks - Leading Thinkers in Multi-Media
Provides direct access to audio and video presenta more...0 points
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