Google Video and YouTube

youtubeSeamless Integration with YouTube and Google™ Video

The first video on YouTube was shot by Yakov Lapitsky on April 23, 2005 and features Jawed Kim, one of the founders of the company, talking about animals at the San Diego Zoo. Appropriately titled, “Me at the zoo,” the video was 18 seconds long and was stored on the company’s servers in their headquarters above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. Reminiscent of a typical home movie, Kim says, “The cool thing about these guys [elephants] today is that they have really, really long, um, trunks.” As of March, 2010, “Me at the zoo” had more than 1.7 million views, 12,000+ ratings, and almost 14,000 text comments.

What makes “Me at the zoo” so amazing is not the predictable assessment of really long, um, trunks, or the push to capture special moments (which this video clearly was not), but rather the founders of YouTube empowered users—regular people like you and me—to become the broadcasters of tomorrow, to make their message available to the public in a way that is dynamic and interactive.

As we all know, the Gospels, too, have empowered us to broadcast the Word to all creation. And YouTube (and its cousin, Google™ Video) are powerful tools for evangelization, training, and general communication, and thus critical to any long-range web publishing strategy for churches.

KEYPOPPY websites are custom built for each community to integrate social media tools such as YouTube and Google™ Video. Simply upload your videos to YouTube (which, by the way, we’ll teach you how to do) and we’ll embed them into your website. No difficult code to learn. Minimal bandwidth needed by your server. And your search engine ranking will soar.

  • Videos are easy to upload. Just follow onscreen instructions, point, click, and enjoy.
  • No difficult technology to learn or expensive software to purchase. YouTube and Google™ translate your video for you.
  • All accounts include powerful promoting tools and statistics.
  • Store a collection of your favorite videos to share with your members.
  • Watch and subscribe to videos from other churches.
  • Share with your friends and get recommendations
  • INCREASE YOUR SEARCH ENGINE RANKING. Every new video generates reciprocal links, keyword density, and content that boosts your exposure on the World Wide Web.
  • Provide an unlimited number of simultaneous Internet sessions on YouTube or Google™ so videos will not slow down your website.
  • Videos are trusted, accepted, and understood by most mainstream Internet users of all ages.
  • Successful churches already use them. Don’t be left behind.