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Is the Long Tail BS?

We recently categorized all of our users (which now number over 25,000). The categorization was undertaken at the request of several specialty video sites that we deploy videos to that have strict editorial standards (Howcast only wants how-to videos, Crackle professionally-produced content, YouTube everything under the sun, etc.). While the tiering was qualitative, it yielded some interesting quantitative insights:

  • Tier One (i.e. CBS Interactive, NextNewNetworks): 47% of all views; 3% of all users
  • Tier Two (i.e. popular vloggers, filmmakers, less-knowns but popular): 23% of all views; 20% of all users
  • Tier Three (i.e. promotional material–movie trailers, corporate-seeded viral videos): 13% of all views; 7% of all users
  • Tier Four (i.e. unknowns, family videos): 18% of all views; 70% of all users
  • Since this data is about TubeMogul users, there’s a clear selection bias here in favor of savvier content creators (i.e. networks, marketers), who are probably more likely to know about TubeMogul than the casual video uploader. In any case, interesting (we hope).

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    We’re On Twitter (Finally)

    Whether it’s leaking news as it happens (i.e. new sites) or posting foosball tournament results, we are on Twitter and broadcasting our “tweets” to the world. CHECK US OUT.

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