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Viral Video Directory: Tracking the Most Recent & Most Popular Online Videos

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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.

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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 

Sites for tracking Viral Video Clips and Popular Movie Collections, sorted alphabetically.

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 

Tracking the latest blog posts talking about viral videos.
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)

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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)

Viral Learning Center 

Viral Learning Center

Hilarious! A Devry-type school where they teach how to make viral videos.

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48263 views
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Top Lists

popular video charts

Vidmeter Today's Top Videos 

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Charlie 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

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Webcams on Amazon 

A choice of cams for video communications and DIY media creation such as video blogging. Click through to browse more products.

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 

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Megite Popular Internet Videos 

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Popcorn 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 07/26/2008)

Best of Elmo's World DVD Collection

Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

Lucky Number Slevin [HD DVD]

Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 07/26/2008)

Top Gun [HD DVD]

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 07/26/2008)

Casino [HD DVD]

Amazon Price: $13.95 (as of 07/26/2008)

Blogpulse Top Videos 

Analysis of the most-linked-to videos today.

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Grouper - Most Viral Videos 

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Video Clipmarks 

Cool and interesting video related bookmarks as shared by the clipmarks.com community.

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The 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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Movies on eBay 

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Netflix 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

Among the pantheon of great country singers, Johnny Cash (played here by Joaquin Phoenix) may just b...
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Reference Resources 

Useful sites for viral video information and influencial communities.
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

Avg. Customer Rating: Amazon Rating

Amazon Price: $13.59 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2

Avg. Customer Rating: Amazon Rating

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 07/26/2008)

Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)

Avg. Customer Rating: Amazon Rating

Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)

The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

Avg. Customer Rating: Amazon Rating

Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 07/26/2008)

Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital Photography

Avg. Customer Rating: Amazon Rating

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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Vidspedia

The best YouTube, Google Video, iFilm, DailyMotion more...1 point

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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

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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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Last.tv

A music video player which matches your music tast more...0 points

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TimeTube

A mashup that puts YouTube videos on an interactiv 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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