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Watch: Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Talk YouTube

YouTube has partnered with Funny or Die, the video comedy site founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, the duo behind such cinematic comedy gems as Anchorman and Talladega Nights. There is now a Funny or Die YouTube channel, and YouTube is giving it special promotion on the site's home page. Ferrell and McKay have uploaded the following video talking about YouTube:

35 Ways to Improve Your Online Video Performance

There was an interesting session on online video at Search Marketing Expo (SMX) East, which WebProNews attended. The session was called "Video Search Marketing Beyond YouTube". The following tips come from a combination of presentations from that session from speakers: William Leake of Apogee Search, John McWeeny of TurnHere, and Eric Papczun of Performics.

YouTube Videos in AdSense Could Drive Clicks

Update: Google has now announced that you can buy Promoted Videos directly in AdWords.

Hulu Adds "Coming Soon" Page

Catching episodes of your favorite show(s) on Hulu just became a little easier.  The site's introduced a "Coming Soon" page so that early bird users can figure out when the stuff they want to see will actually become available. One might argue that this is a very minor feature - essentially a redundant online TV guide, given that most Hulu users know episodes become available the day after they air.  Still, even if that's the case, it should prove handy for folks who are new to the site.

YouTube And Hulu See Record High Video Views

Online video viewing reached another record in September, driven largely by TV season premieres, according to the latest report from comScore. More than 168 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month. Nearly 26 billion videos were viewed in September, as Google sites accounted for more than 40 percent of videos viewed online by Americans. Google sites continued to rank as the top U.S. video property in September with nearly 10.5 billion videos viewed. YouTube accounted for 99 percent of all videos viewed at Google properties.

Report: Online Video the Top Priority in Marketing

TurnHere has shared the results of an interesting survey on current and future trends in online video among brands and marketing agencies. The survey found that online video has and will continue to have a prominent place in the arsenal of marketers. It should be noted that TurnHere is an online video company.

NFL Players Get Official YouTube Channel

NFL Players, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association, has launched an official YouTube channel. The organization represents over 1,800 active (and retired) NFL players.

2nd Largest Search Engine Gets Real-Time Search

Update: YouTube has officially announced the feature:

YouTube Sets Date For Changing Channels

Update: YouTube says: Over the past few months we've been hard at work redesigning our brand channel layout and many partners and advertisers have already opted into, and taken advantage of, this new design. Today we're beginning the process of converting all remaining partner and advertiser channels still using the older platform to the new one.