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Friday, February 29, 2008
Video site Veoh.com making its mark
Veoh.com has become the top independent U.S. video site on the Internet, according to Nielsen Online.
That’s a surprise since YouTube is out there and we’re all receiving funny or oddball links to it everyday from friends.
The difference is YouTube is an amalgamation of amateur video, hence the hilarity, but Veoh offers TV shows as well. Another distinction is its download feature, USA Today says.
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner has invested in Veoh so somebody thinks he can make money off of it.
Still, the site was poo pooed by somebody with the screen name, Kingjill, on the blog Crunchbase, for having unstable software downloads that take too long.
Besides, YouTube is still no slouch. Back in December some of us were sent links to a YouTube video called Straight No Chaser - 12 Days, where an a cappella group blends several Christmas songs together in a funny and creative way.
After the video gained so much attention virally on the Internet, an obscure e-tailing site, A-cappella.com, was deluged with requests for the group’s DVD. Normally handling about 60 orders a day, the site sold 5,300 copies of the Straight No Chaser DVD, InternetRetailer.com said. That wouldn’t have happened without YouTube.