Daniel Blackman, Strategic Partner Development Manager for Google, talked Google Video at BCFM. He dropped an interesting tidbit. Blackman said Google is looking at how it could help partner websites – say, local TV sites – power viewer video upload initiatives. The site could have an easy user-generated video upload tool, and Google would benefit from the indexing and search. It would make sense for Google, and would be an attractive proposition for locals. He admitted that Google is still having problems indexing video for search because so much video has poor metadata. “Don’t skimp on your metadata,” said Blackman. Good lesson.
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