I will be the first to admit, that in the past few weeks, I have began getting a little bored with YouTube. I have my certain 'keywords' that I like to search, and I'm assuming, like other people, they are oftentimes related to current happenings. But once those events are not so happening anymore, the demand for videos subsides.
One example would be videos depicting key players in the Presidential election. Prior to November 4th you could find new videos about John McCain, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin (sorry Joe Biden) almost hourly. Now, they are few and far between.
Although usage on YouTube is still above and beyond that of almost every other website online, numbers have gone down. As a way to bring something new to it's viewers, YouTube is holding an event, open to anyone, on November 22nd, called YouTubeLive.
(info. from New York Times.com)
The event has a variety of guests/performers for viewers to enjoy. Singer Katy Perry, who has her own personal YouTube channel will perform. As well as the two hosts of Mythbusters, and other people who have become celebrities in their own right because of the growing popularity of their YouTube videos.
The website advertising this upcoming event, is immaculate in and of itself. There is SO much to look at like a countdown that gets down to the seconds until the premiere. As well as a list of featured performers. And advertisements for contests, such as "Name that Virgin Atlantic Airplane".
There are also other media facets available, such as a link to RSVP your attendance on Facebook, or add the event date to your YouTube account. Convergence perhaps?
3 comments:
This is really interesting. How is it going to work? Is it going to be a live stream that will on YouTube or is this something that will also be on television? How does anyone get to join in on being live?
I was just on YouTube tonight and thought of you. For me, I think it drives me crazy because I really have to dig so to speak for whatever I am looking for. As I commented before I think, I get so much work from home stuff or how to market yourself online, it just is ridiculous. I wonder if they have ever considered moderating some of that stuff. I think as more and more videos are listed, they are going to have to come up with a better way to search the system or to drill down... then again, maybe most people don't have this problem as they are just searching for favorite topics. Hmmm...
No, Crystal. I definitely agree, there has got to be a better search mechanism. Even the other day, when Dr. Platt was looking for that Wii commercial, she had to sift through like three pages just to find a COMMERCIAL, that's a bit ridiculous!
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