Today Yahoo! released Yahoo! Video, a great new way to find, discover, and share videos. Kudos to my man Ethan and the crack team of engineers who built it — I gotta admit, it’s pretty dope.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: “What’s different about Yahoo! Video? I can already go to YouTube and iFilm to find stupid videos to email to my friends when I’m bored at work.” Well, here are a few reasons to check it out:

• Yahoo! Video helps you to find videos from across the web as well as videos that people have uploaded themselves, one of the only sites that combines the best of both worlds. It’s got the greatest selection of videos around. For example, you can find almost 10,000 music videos from Yahoo! Music in Yahoo! Video. That’s ten thousand music videos from artists both big and small. Just search for one of your favorite bands, or check out this page to see all of our videos in their glory. There are also videos from sites like AOL, YouTube and Grouper if for some reason you want videos from sites other than Yahoo! Music (I can’t think of why you would, but hey, you never know).
• You can easily keep track of the videos you like by saving them as bookmarks in an RSS reader, a great tool for storing videos that you can access from any computer and any browser (previously I said this was done through My Web, but it’s actually done through the Yahoo! Video RSS reader, and you can export a video channel to your own RSS reader if you’re so inclined. My Web is still a great tool though). Even better, you can subscribe to a feed from any source to keep up with all the new videos coming in from your favorite sites. Check out the feed of Yahoo! Music videos here.
• For all you amateur filmmakers and videographers, you can upload your own content and let millions of Yahoo! users watch it. That’s right, you too can post that video footage of your cat skateboarding or your friend getting hit (in the face) with a football. So go ahead, share those great video clips with the world!

Here in the Yahoo! Music offices, we’re most excited that the new Yahoo! Video gives us another way to help people find great music videos. So take a look, subscribe to Yahoo! Music in Yahoo! Video, poke around and watch some videos. And be sure to check out
the Video team’s blog for an on-going look at the product and how it can help the video enthusiast community.

Michael Spiegelman
Yahoo! Music

It’s pretty understandable if you didn’t know that Yahoo! launched the Audio Search product a few months ago. This week, we decided to give it a little more prominence by giving it a tab on the Yahoo! Front Page. You can use it to find music from Yahoo! Music Unlimited as well as other, lesser-known services like Rhapsody, eMusic and that Apple product I keep hearing so much about. My good friend Ethan Fassett from Yahoo! Search gives the lowdown here.

It’s pretty cool, so check it out and tell us what you think.

Michael Spiegelman
Yahoo! Music

Yahoo!’s Audio Search went live tonight.  Use it to search for music across the Web or from all the available music services.  Find Podcasts, such as Zoe Radio.  Find random train noises or spooky halloween sounds.  If it makes noise, you can find it on Yahoo! Audio Search.

For the full how/why of Y! Audio Search, read Ethan’s excellent post on the Yahoo! Search Blog.

Congrats to Ethan, Dave, and the rest of the crew who pulled this off.  Kick ass.

ian c rogers
Yahoo! Music