Early this year, Google has launched YouTube on mobile phones. As of the moment, the parent company of YouTube has already started displaying ads on some selected pages of the YouTube Mobile. This can be seen in Japan as well as United States.
Google is currently hoping that the company would have more insights on how the users react and interact with their mobile video advertising. Through this, the advertisers may now have a new medium so that they can promote their products and latest brands. They may also get the chance to reach a wider audience so that they may target the mobile phone users who were accessing the YouTube regularly.
This leap can be very beneficial for the users and at the same time, for the content producers. The content producers may use this feature as their way of generating more revenue. In return, it would allow the publishers to create more available content for free. As a result, it would bring down the costs for all the users who would like to access the videos using their mobile phones.
Christine Tsai, YouTube’s Product Marketing Manager, said that it is their first step – testing the mobile ads that would work on YouTube. Through this, users will have a new way to get connected with all the on-the-go contents. Moreover, it will also allow the users to learn at the same time.
The video advertisements on YouTube are now available in two different formats – the placement targeted ads and the InVideo ads.
There are so many online communities that can now be found on the internet. However, the biggest and the most popular video-sharing community around the globe is no other than YouTube. Aside from sharing videos and giving comments, you can now put annotations in your videos to make it more interactive and fun.
Video annotations would allow you to insert background information regarding the video you just uploaded. You can also create stories through the use of video annotations. The person who is viewing your video can choose which scene he wants to watch next. Aside from that, you may also link related videos in YouTube inside your video.
When you place a video annotation, you can still turn these annotations off as you watch the video. At the right corner of YouTube’s video player, the option to turn off the annotations in the videos can be seen by pressing the Menu button.
As of the moment, the video annotation from YouTube is still in its beta version and the annotations are available in one language only – English. But once the beta version is over, YouTube promises that the video annotations will be available in several languages including Chinese, Arabic, and more.
YouTube, without a doubt, is one of the sites visited by web users on a daily basis. However, it is unfortunate that you cannot bring your desktop with you wherever you go so that you can watch videos as well as upload your videos in YouTube.
But now you can do so! With your mobile device that supports web browsing and video playing, you can now watch all the YouTube videos that you want and upload as much as you can.
There are actually two ways on how to access YouTube in your mobile phone. From the device’s browser, you can simply type in http://m.youtube.com. That’s it! And as long as you have an internet connection in your mobile device, you can now upload and watch videos anytime, anywhere.
Another way to visit YouTube without the need for desktop or laptop computers is by downloading the application on your mobile phone. You can get the application from YouTube’s website. However, as of the moment, it only supports limited devices such as Nokia N73, N95, E51, E65, E61, E61i, 6110n, and 6120. Phones from Sony Ericson including w800i and k800i support the YouTube application as well. Enjoy YouTube whenever and wherever!