According to Bloomberg.com, Flickr will be adding video sharing to Flickr.com.
"One of our strategies is to put video everywhere you are on the Internet,'' said Folgner, who joined the Sunnyvale, California-based company last year through Yahoo's acquisition of video site Jumpcut. ``We're going to build a much better destination for you to access all this different content."
Some may see this as a good thing, but I'm not so sure. One of the beauties of Flickr is it's simplicity. It does one thing and it does it very, very well. It's clean, easy to use and dominates the photo sharing landscape.
Yahoo! does have a decent video site already in Jumpcut. My guess is that most have never heard of it, however. Which is strange, since Yahoo! certainly has the resources to put it front and center. Jumpcut's upload is a bit slow, but the video is live the moment the upload is complete. It also has some interestng features after you upload. You can reorder, edit, add titles, music, transitions, etc. It's not the simplest interface, but it does work. I don't recommend editing video on the web yet. Unless you like pain, then sure, go right ahead.
To show you the quality of their video, compare the video below with this post using the same video uploaded to Brightcove.
Here is the Jumpcut sample:
Jumpcut also gives you code for a thumbnail, if you choose, and the ability to upload automatically to different blog platforms. It's certainly worth a look.
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I've never even heard of most of these video sites you find. I opened an account on Veoh because I like the ability to ability to comment back and forth with other users, like on You Tube, but I just uploaded a couple of videos and haven't even checked back in over a week. BUT they weren't real estate related. They were just for play.