Using Video On Your Websites

Changing technologies have sourced paradigm shifts in the way companies used to do their business. Gone are the days when print media, radio and television were considered the only ways of reaching the masses. The internet evolution has caused a revolution especially in the fields of advertising and marketing. Internet has become the most effective mode of communication and today millions of companies around the world are engaging in online business activities in one way or another. Even the companies who do not have an online presence rely extensively on online advertising and marketing campaigns in order to reach to millions of potential consumers and create brand awareness and promote their products and services. As internet is becoming the most extensive medium of communication. Well focused and future oriented companies realize the potential of the “Interactivity” of the online medium and hence they are spending millions of dollars on online marketing. According to a report published on the 13th of October 2010 on marketing-interactive.com; which states that: “Although severe global recessionary pressures have affected the economies in the last couple of years, it appears that the recession doesn't exist on the web. This statement was based on the basis of report presented by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and The Price Water House Coopers (PWC) which suggests that during the first half of the year 2010, advertisers spent US 12.1 billion dollars on the web, which is a record spending on online advertising for a half-year period. According to the report the online advertising spending climbed to 11.3% over the same period in 2009. That spree was fueled by a robust 6.2 billion US dollar in spending 4 during the second quarter of 2010, marking the second-largest revenue quarter ever tracked by the Interactive Advertising Bureau /Price water house Coopers (roughly $6.3 billion was spent during last quarter of the year 2009). Analyzing the results the report further highlighted the comments of David Silverman, a partner at Price Water House Cooper (PWC) maintained that despite an adverse impact of recession, the double-digit growth in both online search and display clearly suggests that the prospects for online advertising continue to be strong and it clearly indicates long-term growth in the future.” Visualizing the importance of online marketing and advertising, businesses are engaging into an incessant war to improve their visibility, drawing more and more traffic to their web sites. Online marketers and advertisers are constantly incorporating various tactics and strategies to attract the attention of the masses of visitors and stand out to their competitors. Hence there are several forms of online marketing through which companies can maximize search engine rankings online, one of which is Video Marketing.