Video Sharing Web Sites - Share Your Videos Online

If you want to upload your video to the web, YouTube may seem like the obvious place to go. But don't overlook the many other video sharing web sites that exist, each of which offers its own unique features and access to unique audiences.

Here's a quick rundown of many of the video sharing web sites you can find online.

• YouTube
  YouTube is the biggest and best known, and it offers many features if you want to share your video and get it seen by a large audience.

  Profile of YouTube
  Upload your video to YouTube

• Revver
  Revver is a revenue sharing, as well as video sharing, web site. Ads embedded at the end of videos can earn producers real money.

  Profile of Revver

• Google Video
  Google purchased YouTube, but it still maintains its own video sharing and search tools.

  Profile of Google Video

  Google video recommended upload settings

• Blip.tv
  Use Blip.tv to start your own online television program.

  Profile of Blip.tv

• Jump Cut
  Yahoo!'s entry into the world of social video sharing, Jump Cut offers a sleek online video editing tool, as well as all the bells and whistles for uploading and sharing your videos.
  
  
• Yahoo! Video
  Yahoo! Video has all the features available on other large video-sharing sites. It also gives you the ability to upload a transcript for your video, which makes it easier to find in web searches.

  Profile of Yahoo! Video

• My Space
  If you have a My Space page, you have a forum for easily sharing your videos online.
  
  
• Video Egg
  Upload your video, share it and, possibly, make money off of it.
  
  
• Bolt
  Bolt is aimed at the youth set, and offers tools for uploading and sharing videos, photos and games.

  Profile of Bolt

• Drop Shots
  A family focused site, Drop Shots allows users to easily upload and share videos and photos with family and friends.
  
  
• Cast Post
  Cast Post is a simple site for uploading and sharing your videos.
  
  
• Clip Shack
  Clip Shack offers all sorts of tools for tagging and sharing the videos you upload.
  
  
• Daily Motion
  Daily Motion offers a clean interface and all of the tools you expect from a quality video sharing site.
  
  
• Eye Spot
  Eye Spot lets you upload and share videos, but the site really stands out for the way it lets you remix and edit videos right on the web.
  
  
• Grouper
  Grouper makes it easy to upload your videos, and share them with family, friends or the world.

  Profile of Grouper

• Flukiest
  Flukiest is a social networking site that allows users to share videos, photos and blogs with friends and soon-to-be online friends.
  
  
• Meta Cafe
  A mix of user-generated and professionally produced videos, Meta Cafe lets you upload and share videos with a broad audience.

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• Life Logger
  Life Logger is a site designed to help you store and share the media that defines your life. Upload videos, as well as photo and blog entries.

  Profile of LifeLogger

• Media Max
  Media Max is an online storage site, offering 25 GB of free online storage so can conveniently store and share your videos, photos and other files.
  
  
• My Video Karaoke
  This site is dedicated to sharing karaoke-type videos. Sing your favorite song, upload the video, and share it with other video karaoke viewers.
  
  
• Our Media
  Our Media calls itself the "global home for grassroots media." If you create videos about social issues, you can upload them here and share them with an interested audience.
  
  
• Phanfare
  Phanfare is a family-friendly site that offers unlimited storage of your photos and videos -- for a price.
  
  
• Mixpo
  Mixpo is a downloadable desktop tool that allows users to edit, mix and manage videos, photos and music, and then share that content online.
  
  
• Podesk
  Podesk allows users to quickly create video "channels," so you can host your own content on your own web site.
  
  
• Selfcast TV
  Along with all the other features you should expect from a video sharing web site, Selfcast TV offers viewers the ability to download videos to portable devices like iPods and PSPs.
  
  
• sevenload
  sevenload is an international site for sharing photos and videos.

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• Sharkle
  Sharkle offers an online community where users can upload, share and watch videos.
  
  
• Shozu
  Shozu is designed especially for sharing videos from cell phones
  
  
• Vimeo
  Vimeo put the "me" back in video.

  Profile of Vimeo

• Stickam
  Not only can you upload videos, photos and music to Stickam, you can even broadcast yourself live over the site.
  
  
• Vmix
  Vmix lets you create a channel for your videos, and add your own branding to the video player.
  
  
• vSocial
  You can use vSocial to upload your videos, create personalized channels, and even earn money off of your content.

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• Zippy Videos
  Zippy Videos offers free and easy uploads (you don't even need to sign up for an account), though the file size restrictions (less than 20MB) are rather restricting.
  
  
• Nelsok
  Nelsok offers free uploads, large file-size limits (up to 200 MB), and the ability to place ads in your videos (thereby earning you some money).

  Profile of Nelsok

• Brightcove
  Brightcove works with some of the largest media producers out there, but it also allows little guys to upload and share their videos.

  Profile of Brightcove

• ViddYou
  ViddYou is a video-sharing site dedicated solely to video bloggers.
  
  
• Vlip
  What's a Vlip? A short, personal web message, recorded for and posted on Vlip.com.
  
  
• Ustream
  Leave your webcam running, and you can create a 24/7 program of your life on Ustream.tv.