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By: Matt Rhodes

Matt Rhodes — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:54:46 +0000

Simon,

For me, video joining the mainstream has been one of the real developments of 2008 in the social media space. I was speaking at a conference earlier this year with Pete Clifton from BBC new who spoke about the change they’d made from links to video content to embedding video in their news items. I cna’t remember the exact figures, but the increase in people watching (and in people watching to the end of the clip) was huge.

Thanks for the comment

Matt

By: Simon Kendrick

Simon Kendrick — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:27:50 +0000

As this indicates, video usage is now mainstream. Younger people may view more, but it is not an alien concept and it is an area with many benefits that should be explored. After all, Youtube is now the no.2 search engine