Comments on: Squidoo Tip #39: Use the YouTube Module Wisely

By: victorianeely

victorianeely — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:25:11 +0000

Brenda – It’s mostly a case of other issues being more important. I haven’t been impressed with the video quality of YouTube’s stuff in general. The thing is, when you display tiny videos on your lens, people still have to click over to YouTube to watch them… where they end up seeing the enlarged, grainy versions anyway.

A single large video is more attractive than a bunch of little videos in the sense that it’s less confusing, less cluttered. It also means the video is more likely to get attention.

There are times when you’d want to display a bunch of small videos, but I only tend to do that if I’m featuring a huge series on one lens. An example would be my Trial by Fire Video Showcase.

By: Brenda Little

Brenda Little — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:40:18 +0000

I like all of your points and did not know about the difference in number 2. I did find the larger picture of the video grainy and less attractive — maybe that isn’t always the case or maybe you just decided that the other issues were more important? I’ll check out your lens on adding YouTube videos. Thanks.

Brenda

By: victorianeely

victorianeely — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:48:54 +0000

Hi Poddys – Yup, there is that as well. Sometimes the descriptions just don’t add anything except noise.

By: poddys

poddys — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:31:46 +0000

I totally agree.

I also often uncheck all the descriptions of the video, since they sometimes mess up the lens layout and aren’t relevant to my lens.
If necessary I would prefer to add my own description.

Another good tip.
Thanks.