http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/video+optimization/default.aspxTags: video optimizationenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2010/02/05/modular-video-optimization-in-practice.aspxFri, 05 Feb 2010 20:30:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:12350Pete Prestipino1http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=12350http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2010/02/05/modular-video-optimization-in-practice.aspx#comments<hr /> <p>Websites today are finely tuned conversion machines driving users toward clear conversion goals. There is no room for luxuries, &ldquo;nice-to-haves&rdquo; or Internet fads &hellip; except when it comes to online video. <br /><br /> While sites fall over themselves scrambling to put video on their home pages and landing pages, very few are placing the same demands on video that they do on pictures, forms and text. Why should video be treated like any less of a conversion tactic than other elements of a Web page? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/pages/modular-video-optimization.aspx"><b>Read more about Modular Video Optimization</b></a><br /><i> This article originally appeared in the March 2010 edition of Website Magazine</i></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <p> <img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/wm-pro.gif" style="float:left;margin:3px;" width="40" height="41" alt="" /><b>Stay on Top of Internet Trends and Techniques:</b><br /> Request a professional <a href="http://websitemagazine.com/pro/">subscription to Website Magazine</a>,<br /> the most popular print publication on Web success.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12350" width="1" height="1">videovideo optimizationhttp://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2009/09/15/video-optimziation-google-supports-fb-share-and-rdfa.aspxTue, 15 Sep 2009 21:20:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:10183Pete Prestipino2http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=10183http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2009/09/15/video-optimziation-google-supports-fb-share-and-rdfa.aspx#comments<p><b>If you&#39;re creating videos, hosting them on your website, and aim to optimize those videos for competitive search engine placement you&#39;ll want to pay attention to this one. </b></p> <p><i>Google today announced support for Facebook Share and Yahoo! SearchMonkey RDFa for videos. </i></p> <p>These markup formats (micro-formats) allow you to specify information (like titles, descriptions and even preview images) about videos and potentially influence how they are indexed - although it&#39;s doubtful that videos utilizing this technique will be given preferential treatment. While Google does pretty well at discovering this information by itself as it stands today, using these format structures enables you to give them some help and guidance. </p> <p>Google has advised that to maximize the chances they find the right markup on your video pages, you should check to ensure it appears in the HTML without the execution of JavaScript or Flash. </p> <p>The following is some example code provided by Google on how to use both Facebook Share and the SearchMonkey RDFa for videos:</p> <p><b>Facebook Share:</b></p> <p><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/facebooksharevideocode.gif" border="0" height="125" width="530" alt="" /></p> <p><b>RDFa (Yahoo! SearchMonkey):</b></p> <p style="margin-left:15;"><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/yahoosearchmonkey-rdfa-vide.gif" border="0" height="351" width="530" alt="" /></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10183" width="1" height="1">googlevideoyahoo91509RDFavideo optimizationsearchmonkeyFacebook Share