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As I’ve said before: video is going to be one of the greatest tools in your toolbox for marketing your site, product, or service. But if you’re not submitting those videos to any of the sites that will get eyeballs to watch, then you’re not doing much good. Here is a list of 5 of the most popular online video sites:

1: Yahoo! Video

Most people know who Yahoo! is. After the craze and tremendous growth of video on the web, Yahoo! finally created their own web-based video hosting system to their members. Yahoo! had over 20 million visitors view their videos as of July ‘06.

2: MySpace Videos

Myspace is an online community of individuals blogging, sharing information, bulletins, photos, and now video! Videos have seen over 200,000 views in a single day on Myspace. Imagine the possibilities of a viral market to 200,000 people.

3: YouTube

Possibly one of the most known video sharing websites on the internet today. Youtube has grown tremendously in popularity over the last couple years, and has seen over 16 Million visitors in the year 2006 alone. Youtube is great for video blogging and connecting with other users.

4: MSN Video

Video with the power of MSN behind it. As google did, MSN, Yahoo!, and AOL were bound to follow. MSN has seen great popularity in their news videos, and has begun to develop their own viral video sharing system.

5: AOL Video

Over 15 million people have visited AOL video, which makes it one of the most popular video sharing websites on the internet today.

All 5 of these websites should not be overlooked when considering marketing video. Since video is so viral, make sure you put a lot of thought behind what your video is going to be. Is it comedic? Is it an infomercial? You want to make sure that it’s viral, so that as many people will share it with their friends as possible.

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