Comments on: Going viral with YouTube

By: Arne

Arne — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:29:43 +0000

Our “Boberg XR9″ video went viral, and it has no “emotional content” whatsoever. I am guessing that a lot of online forums are linking to this video, in addition to online articles. The video is only 2 seconds long.

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By: 1svengali

1svengali — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:14:44 +0000

i think a lot has to do with content. i have noticed videos that get emotions flowing really get a lot of hits.

By: aloha

aloha — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:09:55 +0000

I think Youtube is born for viral purpose and other youtube sister and brother site is act like a booster for Youtube traffic and its a win-win situation for all if community can have chemistry together

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By: matt (aka talk74)

matt (aka talk74) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:34:34 +0000

I would add that a successful YouTube video will generate a significant number of directly related responses; videos made that specifically reference or re-use material from the original video. Chris Crocker’s ‘Leave Britney Alone’ is an obvious example. It becomes truly viral not just because it is viewed so many times but because of the cumulative views of all the related videos that reference it.

Within Youtube – and particularly the ‘community’ aspect of the site – subscribers are much more important to video views than friends. In many ways being a subscriber to a YouTuber’s channel is equivalent to being a friend on another social networking sites. Subscribers are the most likely to rate, comment and favorite videos – all things that help propel videos to popularity.