Comments on: YouTube Annotations Review

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:33:56 +0000

These guys came up with a funny way to use annotations! thought you might like!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqujFiwL5cs

-Paul

By: hughman

hughman — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:22:10 +0000

As you pointed out, Viddler allows the viewers to add their comments or “annotations” and that adds a whole different experience. Watching becomes more social and can even become a group activity. Very different than having the creator add a line. If you like playing with yourself, stick with YouTube!

By: Nimrod May

Nimrod May — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:20:13 +0000

The Youtube annotation service is nice, it’s another proof of concept to the growing market of Interactive videos. I invite you to check http://www.bubbleply.com; which was one of the first “white labeled” services enabling the creation and enrichment of videos with cool bubbles, video on video, pictures links etc…

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:15:11 +0000

Actually there are a lot of video groups that are doing “interactive video.” YouTube is just dipping their toes in the water. Check out http://www.veeple.com. They allow you to not only annotate your videos but also add interactive images from your computer, make any object in your video linkable to any outside website and you can move your spot, your link or annotation around the screen in real-time, link to a MySpace or Facebook page, let others annotate your video, and on and on, pretty cool! They are more of a lab where people can come play than a competitor to YouTube (they have very low traffic) but they are doing some neat interactive stuff.

By: David Rodriguez

David Rodriguez — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:56:51 +0000

Here’s a good how-to video on YouTube Annotations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXtwUrKwK3g