Google Video is a new feature still in beta testing that allows you to upload a video to Google so that web searchers may view your video for free or buy it. Google charges a fee for items you are selling and forgoes their commission for items you wish to offer for free. In fact their site states that if your free item becomes too popular and uses too many of their resources, they will charge the user, so you have absolutely nothing to lose by using this free service.
This is a great solution if you create your own videos, but it is not a solution for video resellers because Google specifies you must full rights to the video, including copyrights to the audio and video. Most reseller licenses only give you reseller rights. They do not give you copyrights.
Google Video's preferred formats are MPEG4 with MP3 audio and MPEG2 with MP3 audio. Their terms say that you can upload Windows Media, Quicktime and RealVideo but it will delay the approval process and they may not be able to approve your videos.
Given the prevalence of Windows Media and Quicktime Video, this is a rather curious limitation in video formats. Since this site is still in beta, hopefully they will see the light and accept additional video formats without a problem.
Google Video is beneficial to internet marketers who create their own training videos, because uploading your videos to it is way to get more traffic to your site. Your video can have a link to your site.
A second way you can benefit from Google Video if you are not a video creator is to sell public domain videos, because these videos are not copyrighted.
What I love about Google is the fact that they are not satisfied with being the most widely used search engine. Their owners are not satisfied with being the 16th richest Americans and continue to find more revenue channels. As Google finds more way to make more money, they are literally handing you more ways to be profitable. While this is not stated anywhere on Google's site, posting to it may even help your ranking in the Main Google search engine. Because this service is entirely free and still new, if you want to sell or give away free videos for promotional purposes, don't hesitate to upload your videos to Google Video. You can find them here .
Google Video - Providing New Business Opportunity for Your Website
You can now upload your video to Google Video for a fee or for free! Yes, one of Google's newest additions to its wide range of web services has just been launched and still in beta testing stage. Google will allow web users to view your video. They will charge you a certain fee if you sell it, but this service is entirely free of charge if your video is available for free. Later, if your video attains an in demand status, charges will be borne by the users so it comes entirely free for you.
For video producers, this is an advantage. They can even make revenues for the videos they sell because they are given the copyright for their masterpieces. But for those who sell videos that are already available, this may not sound profitable enough because all that they can have is the reseller rights.
Your uploads to Google Video can be in Windows Media, Quicktime and Real Video using the formats MPEG4 with MP3 audio and MPEG2 with MP3 video. Using the aforementioned formats though will prolong the time needed for your videos to be approved or worse your videos may be disapproved.
Considering the very limited working leeway by limiting the number of acceptable video formats, it is hoped that in the near future other video formats for the uploaded videos would be accepted after the beta testing stage is completed.
With the new Google Video service, web marketers can attract people to visit their site and thereby increase their website traffic. They can just upload their self-produced videos to Google and naturally, because these videos are linked to their site, more clickthroughs in favor of their website will be recorded.
Not having a copyright of the videos is not really a big problem for you. Google Video could still allow you to sell videos that are for public use. This could be enhanced by having a pool of videos which you can make available to different target groups.
Up to now, Google continues to find better ways of doing things on the net, or to evolve new ways of doing them. Despite its big name in the internet industry, Google still gives you an opportunity to make money from their services. Grab the chance of either selling or giving away free videos via this website as part of their beta testing stage. It's absolutely free. Visit Google Video at http://video.google.com/.
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