Big Bang = more views for mythbusters

Make and impact and do it with a very bang ...... half a million views a day may follow.

The Cliposhpere simply loves explosions and the bigger the bangs are the higher the view count goes; if possible involve a lot of equipment as well.

Anything blowing up is probably going to get a few views and this 500,000 in a day clip from the "mythbusters" team shows that you don't really have to be witty to make a big impression; you just need to let rip with a massive and powerful machine that makes a lot of noise and the Clipospere will take care of the rest.

If you think its simply down to who made the clip and that the team of Adam & Jamie are sure win mega-hits in the Cliposphere you are totally wrong.

View counts of videos from the same team so far show there hasn't really been anything like this one ... well apart from the one on farts and pretty girls .... still a clip about explosions though I say ... with sex and perversion added and we all know how much that helps ...

Imagine if they had made a slightly different image choice this time what may have happened ...





And just in case you missed the 4 million view pretty girl farting video that never went to air (I think) ... here it is:

Tip #1 Topical and funny works perfectly

Make your clip topical and funny - that's the message from the Batman spoofs and what can be learned from this clip at a time when there is nothing on the Internet about the topic on video.

Hitting a million views in a day is not normal; however as I have explained the IOC failed to bring the world a victory run of any type on the Internet or even a glance at the world records in Beijing so once again it comes down to a spoof to storm into the lead as people click in search of the real thing and cant find it.

Will this be taken down ... well time will tell - for the moment enjoy the fun as this clip follows two rules:

a. its Topical

and

b. its funny

McCain vs Obama

The Cliposphere has seen many things and the pushing of political views has been no greater than in recent months.

First two Americans who were supposed to be on the same side went to war with their "messages" and now the battle really heats up : the message from one side now seems to be just sling dirt at the opposition.

I'm not so sure that this is a positive trend however its always been so in politics and as the Cliposphere seems to be a magnet for conflict, disaster, drama and pain .. it's logical that a person who wants to win something creates drama by going into conflict and seeks to dish out some pain in the hope that people will want to watch the drama.

Once again the power of negativity on view count is demonstrated by this "300,000+ on day one" clip that seems not to have a single positive note to it.

To see would be President John McCain via a YouTube video dish up the dirt in the Cliposphere:

Will knows laughs win

Will Ferrel knew that the Cliposhpere was going to be huge he hooked up with the Ask a Ninja team early on ... comedy is one of the top youtube categories and a site that does just that run by a star for himself, his buddies and anyone else who wants to make people laugh was a sure win.

58 million views recorded for Will and "Pearl" its a must see :

See more Will Ferrell videos at Funny or Die

Batman spoofs hit the spot

In the Cliposphere you can trade off almost anyone in the search for fame and fortune ..."parody" enjoys a really big playground provided for by the law (watch out for those music and trademark rights though!)

Two Batman "the dark knight" spoofs show that millions of people watch comedy that's topical..

A solo effort by "Raul" is captivating and every now and then you may even think its the real movie; the scripting is attention grabbing and the pacing perfect .... as for his "joker" .. you decide:






A bigger cast; more than one is easy to beat on size, is next. A team led by Craig Deering in this clip really push the boat out and make a movie "short":





"Raul" has it spot on in my view .... Craig probably knows the more people that you involve in your clip the more its inevitable that weak acting will creep in, pace will fall off and viewers will "clickoff" no matter how many locations you throw at it or changes in pace you make ... they will not always save you... complexity is not what the Cliposhere normally rewards

The mini-bat-bike is perfect though and could be a star on its own if re-worked...

Both clips are one hit wonders in the Cliposhere right now 2 months and 3 million views vs. one month and 2.7 million sees Craig looking like despite all the effort to make his "film" hes not going to win the batrace.

For both of these guys this is a fist step to fame ... a toe in the waters of fortune is yet to come.

Watch out for their next clips.

3 million view Olympic slideshow

Such is the power of youtube and the Cliposphere that were there is no video then linked still photos will do the trick.

We don't like the concept much yet it shows how totally useless the internet has been for anyone who wants to see any 2008 Olympic action. A clear victory in itself in the eyes of those who want it to be that way.

Shocking images can often get real traction in the Cliposphere; this clip is no exception. With close to 3 million views the clip gets its high view count from:

a. shock value

b. using the Olympic name and

c. being "news" when there is a paucity of anything to look at when searching for Olympic video coverage (so this clip is bumped (into) frequently).

Odd that it's not even of a moment of Olympic glory that we see at the top in the Cliposphere this week but one of pain and not even a video clip at that.

Olympic Invisibility

We pointed out the massive failure of the Internet to reach for gold when it came to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and then suddenly the 100m victory run of Bolt was there for all to see one of the greatest moments in athletic history available in the Cliposphere .. now its gone again despite a flash of hope.

As the Olympics should not "belong" to any "corporation" we have put up a link to video of a great athlete from a time when life was more simple and yet perhaps not much different as to media control ... a reminder perhaps of why our Olympic heritage should not be hidden away.

Olympic Broadcasting Disaster

Big business rules the Cliposhpere right now and no matter where you live the Internet leads to very lean pickings if you want to see anything "Olympic".

No matter that you can't see what you want to watch in the traditional media, new media is failing all over the place as old school interest groups carve up a big fat five ring pie.

Videos are being taken down as fast as they are posted however what possible damage we ask could follow if the world were able to see the majestic performance, and less than ten seconds, it took Bolt to cover 100m in the Birds Nest stadium.

The paper thin American pool victory over the French or the performances of possibly the greatest medal winner of all time....

We couldn't all be there and some of us were not able to get to a TV or missed those short moments ... and now can we see them at all or perhaps we never will ... not on youtube yet that's for sure.

Any advertising driven youtube clip of the 100m would have seen millions of views that would have been paid for by any advertiser - that was probably worth as much as a Superbowl advert slot to some .. yet people still just don't understand the Cliposphere ... not yet ...

The IOC had a great chance to via the Internet let the whole world see the greatest athletes on the planet perform and for us all to enjoy the massive effort and spectacle Beijing and the Chinese nation has put on (and make a few bucks along the way) .... yet broadcasters have flat failed.

The opening ceremony was being shown to and for the world and a yet huge sector of the world couldn't even see it on their computers ... is that the "Olympic spirit" or bringing the world together?

The powers that control the rights have done almost as badly as Tyson Gay of the USA did in failing to reach the final of the 100 meters ... relaxing and not paying attention to what his competition was doing ... theres always a price to pay for that.

Thanks to the video clip blackout we can't easily see that failure either in the Cliposphere; something he's probably very happy about.