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The 6 Best Places to Share Video Online.

As the development of economy, More and more people have their own video cameras. It has become a fashion that more people will upload video recordings to online video sharing site via internet, which is a good way to share favorite videos with their friends.

Here I have summarized some popular online video sharing site, hope this will give you a good reference to find your preferred one.

1. YouTube

YouTube is one of the most popular online video search engines. Once logged in, you can upload videos, rate videos, save your favorite videos, comment on videos, create subscriptions to particular users and tags, and create and join groups of common interest.

You can upload videos such as avi, mov and mpg. When uploading your video to YouTube, you must offer a title, description, keyword tags, and an appropriate category to your video.

2. Google video

Google Video is an online video marketplace where you can search for, watch and buy videos including TV shows, movies, music videos, documentaries, personal productions and more. Google Video limits searches to video using Google's famous search engine.

Google Video accepts videos in the following formats: avi, asf, Quicktime, Windows Media and mpeg. In order to help users find your video, you should fill in a descriptive title, a clear description and an appropriate category.

3. Yahoo video

Yahoo Video is a free video search which allows you to search millions of videos from across the web using a familiar search engine interface. Yahoo Video allows you to rate videos, post comments and add videos to a "favorites" collection.

Kinds of videos can be uploaded to Yahoo video including wmv, avi, asf, mov,mpeg-1 and mpeg-2.When uploading your video to Yahoo video, you must provide a title, description, keyword tags, and an appropriate category for your video to be placed in. Videos must be less than 100 MB in size, video without audio will not be processed.

4. ClipShack

ClipShack is a video sharing community that allows you to upload video clips, create friends within the community, keep a collection of your favorite videos, and comment on clips. Once you find a video that you like, you can share it through email or post it to your site with the html code that ClipShack provides. Your video must be one of the following formats: mov,mp4,3gp,mpeg,wmv,avi,dv.

5. Vimeo

Vimeo is a video search engine community with over 45,000 registered users. Vimeo provides a very clean interface that is fast and very easy to use. Registering Vimeo to become a member, it allows you to add videos to a "favorites" file, comment on videos, subscribe to a member's clips, and create a community of friends.

When uploading your video to Vimeo, you must provide a title, caption, and keyword tags that will help users find your video.

6. Metacafe

Metacafe is a community based video sharing site, that specializes in short-form original entertainment, where users upload, view and share video clips.

Metacafe is similar to other video viewing websites such as Youtube, Its VideoRank system gauges viewer reactions to videos in order to feature those that prove most popular to its viewers. The site features short-form videos in a variety of categories. Original content is uploaded to the site by independent video creators, small to mid-sized production groups, and major media companies.

Online Video Sharing Sites - Learn More About Them

While the sites listed here are among the best on the web, there are still a great many video publishing sites that have been listed elsewhere. For more information check out:

Comparing The Flickrs Of Video - TechCrunch

Top Ten Video Sharing Websites - Light Reading

Online Video Sharing Service Roundup - LifeHacker

Video Services (62 Sites) - eConsultant

Ten Video Sharing Services Compared - DVguru.com

Online Video Sharing Sites (39 sites) - Listible

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