A few days ago, I read a news article, talking about YouTube’s latest idea to boost revenue. Their idea is to allow YouTube partners to offer their video for download, for free or for a fee (choice of the partner). They are currently testing the plan with selected partners. I think it is a step in the right direction. More information at: The Washington Post
Decrease piracy?
With the success of iTunes Store, I think YouTube’s plan has the potential for get users what they want cheaper, quicker and LEGALLY. If the big TV networks and movies producers are willing to jump on board, it could seriously help to decrease piracy.
I have no problem paying for a video (if the price is reasonable). At the moment, when you buy a DVD, most of the money you’re paying, goes to the retailer and to the distributor. So I’m all for cutting out the middle-men! I’m not saying I pirate TV episodes or movies at the moment, but I do have a friend who does.
The bad news for me
Because YouTube wants people to PAY for downloads of certain videos, they seem to be cracking down on websites allowing users to download YouTube videos.
Unfortunately, YouTubeKeep falls into this category.
Well it was nice knowing you! 
It’s been a few days, so I thought I’d jump on the ol’ blog and write something.
With the 14th of February just passing and other work commitments, etc, I’ve been a little busy recently. But more exciting than all that (to me at least) I’ve got a new website in development.
It’s an Articles Directory, where users can sign up and post an article about pretty much whatever they want.
This is good news for you webmasters out there. You can advertise your website AND get some backlinks.
I’ll keep you posted!
If you’ve used ScrapeVideo.com, you would have noticed the Search Only option, where you can choose to search all video sites or just search one. If you click Show More, you’ll see I added a few more popular video sharing / news websites to the list.
I hope people will find this useful. If you can think of another website you use often that you want added to this list, just send me a message or post a comment and I’ll see what I can do. Make sure you leave your e-mail address so I can contact you back (don’t stress, it’s only visable to me).
Remember, feedback is always appreciated!
When I originally put YouTubeKeep.com together (well back then, it was TubeKeep.net), I never intended to launch it looking the way it did. The layout was just so I could test the script. But the design got delayed and delayed, so the website stayed looking the way it did for WAY TOO LONG!
I think the new design makes it much easier to use. The ads blend in a lot less, which makes it look a lot cleaner.
That’s about all.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
Just wanted to quickly mention that ScrapeVideo.com is now active and ready to use! (It’s a Video Search engine.)
Scrape Video searches all the most popular video sharing and news websites, thanks to Truveo (that means it is using their database).
What’s the point you ask? Use Scrape Video, then use Truveo. Scrape Video’s layout is much like that of Google, whereas Truveo is quite busy (cluttered). It’s good if you’re planning to browse aimlessly, but its search could do with some improvements.
If you do choose to check it out (that’s ScrapeVideo.com, just in case you forgot), please send me some feedback. Especially if you find something that doesn’t work correctly.