As usual, there was plenty of news in the online video world this past week.

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The Weekly Online Video News Round Up – YouTube Update Edition

After a week or two off for the holidays, we’re back with the first online video news round up of the new year. What were the biggest stories in video over the first week of 2012–what were you talking about?

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The Weekly Online Video News Round Up – 2012 Edition

I originally intended to skip this column this week, instead replacing it with a year-end “best viral videos” round up that would cover all of the last 52 weeks in hilarious viral action. However, a funny thing happened throughout the week that I should have expected: I kept finding awesome new viral videos that I wanted to share

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The Week’s Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons – New Years Edition

Well, YouTube can’t redesign every week, and they did that last week… so this week’s online video news cycle belonged to some of the other players for once.

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The Weekly Online Video News Round Up – The Sucky Edition

In our continued “Is That Legal” video series, I have entertainment law attorney and friend-of-ReelSEO, Gordon Firemark , answer a fan’s question about making parody videos of professional wrestling for their own marketing activities.  Entertainment Lawyer Gordon P.

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Parody Videos In Online Marketing – Fair Use Or Illegal?

This week ReelSEO dominates the news for the online video world! We’re excited to launch the Sucky Video Awards , which is going to be fun and educational for all of us! We also released a brand new white paper last week titled, ” Online Video 101 for Small Business: A Beginner’s Guide to Promote Your Company, Engage Prospects, and Acquire Customers. ” It’s written by our good friend, Kevin Nalty, or Nalts, as he’s known on YouTube.

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Why Is Xbox Live Now Windows Mobile 7? – The Reel Web Episode 17

Just over a week ago, YouTube completely and radically changed their layout and overall site design.

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The Weekly Online Video News Round Up – The ‘Even More YouTube News’ Edition

For most of our readers, video is something you deal with on a daily basis: shooting, editing, writing, marketing, etc. But for a lot of businesses and individuals, video still represents uncharted waters. Even companies that see video’s potential and want to jump in can be overwhelmed by the amount of information or unsure of where to begin.

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Online Video 101 For Small Business – FREE E-Book

This week our Creator’s Tip helps video producers understand how to use YouTube and Google’s keyword suggestion tools for determining what videos to make for their niche and audience. It also helps online video creators know how to best title and tag their videos in order to gain maximum exposure and discoverability in search engines with some video SEO best practices and tips. Build A YouTube Audience With Keyword Tools Click here to watch the video.

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How To Build A YouTube Audience With Keyword Tools – The Reel Web Creators’ Tip #13

YouTube has had an “Honors” system for awhile now to designate videos with achievements in trending, weekly engagement, and all-time popularity.  On Wednesday YouTube announced Medals , which will replace the Honors system with easily-identifiable gold, silver, and bronze medals.  This will make it easier to find the videos that are making their mark on YouTube.  The program was being called “Goodies” there for awhile, but in the long run the popular online video site went with “Medals,” introducing three designations of video popularity that would be awarded.

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YouTube Medals Now Being Awarded To Special Videos