In this week’s Reel Web, we discuss several online video trends and updates from the past week including: more updates and changes at YouTube, Comscore’s most recent stats around online video consumption, Viacom’s interest in social tv, and a

Last week, we covered the extensive first section of the new YouTube Advertiser Playbook .

This Wednesday, video commerce solutions provider, Liveclicker , will be hosting a free webinar along with me titled “Best Practices & Tips for Boosting Video Commerce SEO.”

Last week, Google introduced the Knowledge Graph .

iYogi Insights just put out some research in regards to the effectiveness of the Freemium business model and I combed through it and pulled out all the bits that had to do with online video for you. There’s loads of other info available as well if you want to read the Consumer Adoption Of Freemium Products And Services research

We all are a bit guilty of checking out a video’s view count and using it as its one and only metric for success.

According to new research commissioned by Unruly Media , viewers are far more likely to recall a brand name and engage with an ad’s message if a branded video has been recommended to them by a peer. The survey, conducted by Decipher Research to measure the effectiveness of social video advertising, found that social video recommendations had a direct impact on traditional brand metrics and ad enjoyment

Today we answer several of the questions you asked us during last week's Creator's Tip video, including suggestions for good background music for your videos, how to schedule your videos to automatically publish to YouTube at a certain date and time even if you're not a YouTube Partner, suggestions for setting up a home video studio, and more! Scheduled Publishing To YouTube & Other Viewer Questions Click here to watch the video. QUESTION: What suggestions do you have for these questions?