Gary North

July 18, 2009

We all know about YouTube. Anyone can upload a short video. It's free. It stays there forever.

Businesses can use YouTube to do free promotions. They can also post how-to videos to reduce customer support demands.

But there is a downside. Google posts ads on some videos. You cannot control this. Do you want an ad popping up for a rival's product?

There is a solution. It's free. It allows high- quality video. It doesn't post ads on your videos unless you share in the revenue. It's called Blip.tv. It's here:

The posted videos are high quality.

They say that if they ever charge to post videos, this will not be retroactive.

I don't see any downside.

You can set up Blip to allow ads. You share any money.

Its target market is would-be professional film producers. But the rest of us get to use the service.

I plan to post my video-based home school curriculum on it if it's still free when I'm ready to post.

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