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Encoding and uploading DVD's to Youtube

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Calculating length of time and cost to process:

1 DVD, 1 hour in length broken into 6 clips (youtube maxlength of 10min)
(6 * 40min/clip to encode and compress from dvd, and save to hard drive) =240min
(6 * 25min to upload each clip )= 150min
240 + 150 = 390min / 60min/hr = 6.5 hours per DVD

Other things like loading discs, waiting for the site to load and managing large files haven't been included but could add up to 15min/disc

Getting up there on the search engines.

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So how do you get up there on the search engines? We've managed to do it for our clients and ourselves.
Overall it's not that difficult to be "SEO optimized" but there are a few key things that need to be done.

  1. Make sure your site validates on the W3.
  2. Generate a sitemap for your site (List of pages in XML format)
  3. Submit that sitemap to search engine tools.

Once this has been done, the various search engines will crawl your site, index keywords and follow all the links they find.

Tracking your site visitors using Google Analytics

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If you have your own website and want to know everything there is to know about your site's visitors then Google Analytics is for you.

They give you advanced reports of incoming traffic: Where they're from, Who they are, How long they spent on your site etc. All supplied to you through an easy-to-use online interface complete with maps, charts, adwords, ecommerce goals and on and on.

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