It’s been said over and over again, video plays an important role in SEO. A few weeks after launching instant previews in the Google Search Results page, video is now supported. Try Googling “ebags crew cooler” then click on the preview icon (magnifying glass). A stack of 4 dynamic video thumbnails will appear on the [...]

If you still think that you can use TV commercials on your product pages, watch this old video of Steve Ballmer making a pitch for Windows 1.0 on TV (a while back obviously). Granted, this is an old, corny, funny video – and probably a bad example for a broader observation – don’t design your [...]

Jon Nordmark, CEO of eBags.com was kind enough to spend a few minutes with us to speak about eBags’ video initiative. In this interview, Jon talks about his vision for Video Commerce, how it started at eBags and some of the things they are thinking about for the future.

In just a few weeks now, Apple will release their new 3G iPhone to the masses. Here is Silicon Valley, people are rumbling about it. I met two friends this week end who were delaying their phone replacements by a month of two to get an iPhone this time. The iPhone is an important piece [...]

With their new version of SiteCatalyst 14, Omniture is the first Web Analytics vendor to offer comprehensive video statistics. According their press release, they now are able to track basic video stats for Flash, Windows Media, Quicktime and the RealPlayer. In the past, Omniture clients could track video by adding Omniture tags inside the Flash [...]