Video Sites' Varying Definitions of 'View'
Recent study by
TubeMogul reveals increased standardization as to what constitutes a
"view" across video sharing sites, with YouTube and Yahoo! Video as
recent conformists
Emeryville, CA (PRWEB) -- TubeMogul, the premier distribution and analytics company for online video, announced the results of research today clarifying what counts as a "view" across video sharing sites (i.e. YouTube).
TubeMogul
tested various actions on 14 different video sites, including hitting
refresh on a video after it starts playing, watching more than half of
a video, watching a video to completion and playing embedded videos. IP
addresses and cache settings were varied when necessary.
TubeMogul found that once a video starts playing, all but three
sites tested logged a view no matter how much of the video is watched,
reflecting an increased standardization since the study was initially
published last June. Interestingly, both Youtube and Yahoo! Video,
joining the majority of video sites, lessened their standards since
last June, previously having IP address-based constraints. Now, both
sites count everything once the video starts playing. It appears that
Blip and Metacafe are lone holdouts to a stricter, IP address-based
standard. There is also some spotty disagreement (DailyMotion, Howcast)
on whether to count embedded views and how they are counted.
"That a standard is starting to emerge, with big players like
YouTube embracing it, is great news for content creators trying to
monetize their videos and relying on views data to sell ads," commented
Brett Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO of TubeMogul. "That said, further
transparency and standardization would be ideal."
About TubeMogul:
TubeMogul is an online video distribution and
analytics company serving video producers large and small who need
independent information about video performance on the Internet and an
easy way to deploy their work to the Web's top video sharing sites.
TubeMogul's analytic technology aggregates video-viewing data from
multiple sources to give video producers improved understanding of
when, where and how often videos are watched, measure the impact of
marketing campaigns, gather competitive intelligence, and share the
data with colleagues or friends. The company's Load & Track service
allows users to upload videos once to TubeMogul and automatically
deploy them to as many of the top video sharing sites as they want,
within the users' specified accounts.
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