YouTubing the conventions

Filed Under (Youtube) by admin on 13-07-2008

7/11/2008 05:48:00 AM

Through unprecedented partnerships with both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, we just debuted a video contest that will send one talented winner from each side of the aisle onto their candidate’s campaign trail, and ultimately into their party’s national convention in Denver or Minneapolis-St. Paul. The call to action is simple: submit a video explaining why you’re a Democrat or Republican in 2008. The five most compelling and creative videos selected by each convention will be voted on by the YouTube community, who will determine the final winner.

Learn more by watching these videos from Republican Chairman Mike Duncan or Democratic Chairman Howard Dean.

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YouTube Adding Geographic Search

Filed Under (Youtube) by admin on 13-07-2008

Tired of searching for “Paris” (France) on YouTube and mostly seeing video of Paris Hilton? A new geographic search feature (reported first by NewTeeVee) should take care of that. Video uploading users have been able to geotag videos on YouTube but not easily search for video by location.

By contrast, Google Earth allows searching for geographically relevant YouTube videos by enabling the YouTube layer. YouTube videos also show up in Google Maps.

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