Mark thought it would be cool to have a resource article about Google TV. I thought it would be cool to have one about the Apple TV (no, not really)

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GoogleTV vs. Apple TV – A Side-By-Side Comparison – What’s What?

Alright, so the title on this one is a bit misleading, but taking a precursory look at some recent researchpublished by Deloitte on behalf of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival , which takes place 27-29 August 2010, would lead one to draw that conclusion. Let’s take a closer look at the numbers.The initial conclusion drawn by the title of this article is due to the fact that 86% of people who are watching timeshifted content are skipping the ads. However, the research I had available..

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Who Watches TV Ads In The UK? No One – But They All Remember Them

Weekly Search & Social News: 08/24/2010 Hello and welcome to the latest -’ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ . It was a fairly busy week out in the trenches with plenty to get into… other than new patents.

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Weekly Search & Social News: 08/24/2010

Here’s a one-question quiz to determine whether your e-business is a serious, viable enterprise: Q: Do you have video on your website? A: The only right answers are, “yes” or “we will soon.” Not so long ago, videos were nice to have on a website.  They were a frill.  They were something fancy to attract a visitor, not an integral part of an e-business’ plan for effective SEO and increased conversions.  Today, video is a necessity, and e-businesses that fail to implement multimedia and to do it well will soon find themselves falling far behind competitors

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If You Care about SEO, You Need to Know about Video

Hey there gang, welcome to this week’s edition of ‘ 7 Days of Search and Social ‘ ? It seems things might just be winding down for summer if the search world is any indication.

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Weekly Search & Social News: 08/17/2010

Here at ReelSEO, we’re interested in pretty much anything to do with video:  video production, video equipment, video marketing, or even video conversion rates for e-commerce.  We’re kind of obsessed with video.  And it seems like maybe IBM is starting to get obsessed with video too. Today IBM released some pretty interesting case study data

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IBM Embraces Web Video As A Vital Internal Communication Tool

Engadget is reporting that the upcoming version of the Apple TV will not have 1080p playback included, but will have apps making it just a really large version of the iPad it seems. Apparently, Apple doesn’t think that you want really high-definition, but do want to connect to Facebook through your TV.Alright, reading an eBook

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Apple TV To Be Renamed To iTV And Lose 1080p Playback

I interviewed Zappos.com’s Video Product Manager, Laurie Williams, who shares with me how her company Zappos is harnessing their “quirky” company culture to feature both staff and fans in online videos; and using personal engagement to sell their products, their brand, and their culture – for a groovy holistic video e-commerce experience. Zappos Product Videos

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Selling Your Business Culture With Web Video – The Zappos Experience

Grant Crowell interviews digital media and television guru, Shelly Palmer, about YouTube’s recent move to expand their upload limit to 15 minutes for non-partner users (from the previous 10-minute time limit). Shelly and I discuss what effect this may have on the quality of videos posted on YouTube, YouTube’s 15 minutes of fame contest, and how YouTube has helped to create “a world now where people are trying to be famous full-time.”

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YouTube 15 Minutes = Fame, Passion, Selectivity, Performance & Profitability?

Grant Crowell interviews REI’s Video Art Director, Jason Lohr-Johnson, about how his company is learning to balance their new automated video production tool with both product videos and personalized videos, balancing SEO benefits with expertise, and tips for how you can be more productive and produce better-quality video for e-commerce.

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Automated E-Commerce Video: Balancing Production Time With Creative Control