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ALOT Video Toolbar Allows You to Search for Videos Online

The new ALOT Video Toolbar is a free download that allows users to search for videos online. The video toolbar allows you to search for online videos by variety of keywords. The toolbar’s Video Vault gives you easy access to the best video sites on the Internet. In addition, the ALOT Video Toolbar provides online video editing so you can edit and mix your videos online.

Filed under: Web Apps

Simultaneously Video Viewing from PalTalk could Result in Increase Revenue from Advertisers

PalTalk plans to add video streams to certain PalTak chat rooms so that users can now watch videos simultaneously while chatting about the content of the videos. The video content will initially come from Heavy.com, ManiaTV, blip.tv, and Rip.tv.

I can see that if the new service becomes popular on PalTalk that video sites such as YouTube and others may add similar simultaneous viewing and chatting capabilities to their sites. This type of service could also become popular with advertisers and producers looking for detailed feedback from test audiences. Instead of surveying the audience for feedback after viewing the presentation, they could access the actual logs of the conversations as they took place real time. This could become a large revenue source for popular video sites.

Filed under: Around The Web

SmartPageRank Tool Allows you to check Backlinks of any Domain

A new webmaster tool at Smartpagerank.com allows users to view the backlinks for any domain as well as the PageRank of each of these backlinks. In addition, the tool allows you to see the anchor tag used with each backlink as well as if a “nofollow” tag is part of the link. The application is an excellent resource to check the status of your link building strategies or to get a better understand of where your backlinks come from.

Filed under: Web Apps, Around The Web

Affiliate Marketing Forum at RevBoard.com

Revboard.com offers an affiliate marketing forum with members representing several merchant programs and affiliates from around the world. They also provide an affiliate program directory that lists over 2500 affiliate programs that web site owners can participate in.

Affiliate Marketing is a process whereby merchants offer commissions to affiliates for promoting their products and/or services and generating sales and leads. Some well known companies offering affiliate programs include WalMart, Target, BestBuy, and Buy.com. You can find out more about affiliate marketing and discuss Internet marketing strategies with existing affiliates in the RevBoard.com forum or review affiliate programs available in the RevBoard.com directory.

Filed under: Sponsors