6 YouTube Video Formats Explained
The easy answer to the question, “just how many video formats are there, anyway”, is a glib: “Probably more than either of us realize!”
However, that’s not exactly helpful to those new to video marketing and video making, so here are 5 YouTube compatible formats – with some clues to the differences between them…
.WMV
“WMV” stands for “Windows Media Format”, and is Microsoft’s standard video file format. It is highly versatile, with its main advantage lying in its video compression abilities, which allows it to function at varying bandwidths. If you use Windows Movie Maker, you can easily output your files as WMV files. (Notice, however, that among all the file types that YouTube accepts, the standard Windows Movie Maker .MSWMM file format is not one of those “on the list”).
.MOV
The MAC version of .WMV. Works best with QuickTime, if you’re going to download and play. You’ll find many .MOV files on YouTube.
MPEG 4 (MP4)
The advantages of the .MP4 file format lies in the way it discards any non-essential information, reducing file size to the minimum.
MP4 format is most often used with PSP’s and iPods.
.3GP
Yes, Virginia – you can upload this popular mobile phone format! But be aware that you can lose quality when transferring .3GP files to YouTube.
.FLV
Adobe Flash format. Flash movies work well on YouTube – but to play .FLV files, you’ll need a Flash Player such as Adobe or Applian installed on your computer. (Run your spyware program after downloading the latest Adobe Flash Player. The last two times I’ve upgraded, I’ve immediately been hit by an Adobe spyware program, according to my anti-virus.)
.MKV
Written in open-format Extensible Binary Meta Language, Matroska is quick to point out it is XML-based, and not a video compression codec. Free to use, it aims to become “the open source alternative to existing containers such as AVI, ASF, MOV, RM, MP4, MPG”.
You will need to be familiar with all these types of video file extensions, in order to make the most of your video marketing – but mercifully, of course, you don’t need to know how to use them all.
Just knowing what they are can make a difference to how you choose your hardware and software.
Bruno
Article Marketing
Article marketing is one of the best ways to generate traffic to your website.
Here’s how it works.
1. You write an article.
2. You submit it to article directories.
3. Web publishers (website owners & bloggers) grab your article from the article databases and use your article on their sites free of charge.
4. Inside your article, at the end, you include a resource box that contains a link to your website. When the article is published, that portion must tag along and be published, too.
Your link tags along with your article and you get FREE advertising.
Want an example? I’ll give you a few.
http://www.123webmarketing.com/articles/make-money-launch.html
This is the link to one of Jimmy D. Brown’s articles.
You see at the end? It says…
Jimmy D. Brown is the author of "Small Reports Fortune" – if you can write 7-15 page small reports, you can earn a living online working just a few hours each week from your home. Look for his EXCLUSIVE formula "Creating A Six-Figure Income With Small Reports" at www.SmallReportsFortune.com
That would be an example of an author bio.
Here’s another:
http://www.ladypens.com/plr-articles-how-to-choose-a-good-service/
At the end, it says:
Would you like to learn more about how to use PLR articles in your business? Nicole Dean welcomes you to sign up for her free ecourse at www.EasyPrivateLabelArticles.com If you’re ready to start shopping, just stop by www.EasyPLR.com – where you’ll find high-quality PLR articles sold in very limited quantities.
So, everyone who re-publishes those article will include the author blurb and both authors will get lots of free traffic.
There are three main ways article marketing can generate traffic for you:
Webmasters publish your article (with your link intact) on their own site)
Your search engine position increases because you’ll gain more backlinks.
That makes article marketing an excellent strategy.