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Google Video No Longer Accepting Uploads - But still up as video destination
On Wednesday, Google announced that Google Video uploads were no longer going to be supported. This is no surprise to anyone, since Google Video is vastly overshadowed by YouTube, which now attracts close to 70 Million users every month.
Most e-commerce sites were not directly uploading videos to Google Video anyway. Video Sitemaps, which are easy to create (see example) are the easiest way to get content on Google Video, and there is no reason to believe Google will pull back from these too.
Video sitemaps are simple XML files, which are structurally similar to regular search Sitemaps. After submitting a sitemap via the Google Webmasters interface, it can take anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks to get the videos indexed in Google Video. Once on-site, the videos are presented to the user with the original thumbnails and can be played either on the Google Video site or on the uploader’s site - which can be a nice source of free traffic for the content provide, even after this announcement.
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