Web Video

There are a ton of funny videos on YouTube, but which are the most hilarious? How would you quantify funniness? Is ‘Surprised Kitty’ funnier than the ‘Sneezing Baby Panda’? Where does ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ fall on the funny scale? Google Research decided to find out so they created an algorithm to quantify comedy.

There are a ton of funny videos on YouTube, but which are the most hilarious? How would you quantify funniness? Is ‘Surprised Kitty’ funnier than the ‘Sneezing Baby Panda’? Where does ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ fall on the funny scale? Google Research decided to find out so they created an algorithm to quantify comedy.

AllFacebook Marketing Conference returns to San Francisco on June 28-29! Join us and get a how-to guide for marketing to Facebook’s 800 million users. A full agenda will be announced soon. Keep an eye on our event site for more information. Special early pricing is available for only $249 until this Wednesday, February 15, so register today.

Way back in December of 2010 we introduced you to EmbedPlus, a cool tool that lets you add extra functionality to embedded YouTube videos, from annotations to instant replay, slo-mo, and more. Now, EmbedPlus is using their technology for something entirely new and exciting—language learning.

This week’s weekly roundup of funny videos features a jokester weatherman who’s partial to rap and football, a look at the social media generation 50 years down the road, Obama launching a marshmallow from a cannon (seriously!) and more. So sit back, relax and get ready to laugh!

Original web series destination site Blip has just closed a $12 million financing round to develop new tools and services for independent producers.

Over the past couple months a brand new meme has taken over YouTube (and the world!)—the hilarious ‘Sh** Girls Say’ web series has spawned a deluge of copycats. In recent weeks the tech savvy have gotten in on the fun with ‘Sh** VCs Say’, ‘Sh** Silicon Valley Says’ and now, ‘Sh** a Social Media Community Manager Says.’

A report from Nadia Han of ABC News in Philadelphia looks into the potential of ‘Cashing in on YouTube.’ Some of the details in the report are surprising, to say the least.

It’s been awhile since Antoine Dodson serenaded us with his amazing words, “Hide your kids; hide your wife; and hide your husband.” But the time has come—Dodson is now working on his own album, 2012 AD, and this week his first single is going viral.

Sunday’s game was the first ever Super Bowl webcast and the online turnout exceeded expectations. In the end, 2,105,441 users came out to watch the game, which NBC says was the most-watched, single game sports event of all time.

I had the opportunity to interview YouTube marketing expert Greg Jarboe, who told me why every brand or business should be using online video and offered up some advice on what marketers can do to maximize the success of their online video campaigns.

Barry Diller’s IAC is reportedly looking to sell half of Vimeo. Last night PandoDaily’s Erin Griffith reported that “two sources familiar with the situation” say that IAC is pairing a spinoff of Vimeo with a $50 million round of funding