Nearly a year ago, YouTube rolled out their “ auto-generated channels ,” which are channels created to curate content based on relevant topics. Think of them as YouTube-created playlists.

Last week, Google introduced the Knowledge Graph .

A few weeks ago, I noticed a drastic change in Google’s video index that’s something many people have been asking for and has some pretty interesting ramifications.

Normally, if you’re on a mobile phone, you don’t want to be bothered with video ads. On top of that, most big networks are now going to bandwidth capping, even on their so-called ‘unlimited’ data plans

ReelSEO's own Mark Robertson spoke last October at the

The future of online video sometimes feels like it's only a day away, as major advancements and changes take place every week. This week's online video news round up has all kinds of stories about the future: imminent moves from YouTube on subscriptions and a new player, the future of interactive video ads, and speculation on the battle between Hulu and Netflix. For those articles and all the rest of the week's biggest online video stories, read on..

So Google recently made a change to their search results that rolls in content from your Google Plus account and your Picasa account. The idea, to hear Google tell it, is to make the search results more personalized and more useful to each user...

You've probably seen the news that Google Search is now infused with more personalized content from your Google Plus and Picasa accounts--I say you've probably seen the news because it's everywhere.

Any online marketing or SEO professional that dabbles in search work spends most of their time trying to help websites and other content claim a good ranking in the search results. We spend most of our time talking about that side of search as well.

I interviewed TripAdvisor’s Manager of Business & Trade Public Relations, Kevin Carter, who shared with me some of the newer activities their company has been doing to encourage online video marketing with lodging owners, and video participation with travelers. Kevin and I also share our tips on what types of videos travelers want to see, and how lodging businesses can do better online video marketing themselves. TripAdvisor’s Online Video Tools for Travelers and Travel-Oriented Businesses TripAdvisor ® is a popular travel and lodging site offering both trip planning and featuring reviews and advice around hotels, resorts, rentals, flights, cruises, vacation rentals, vacation packages, travel guides, restaurants, and other attractions.