{"id":230,"date":"2008-02-09T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2010-12-25T13:35:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T18:35:28","slug":"youtube-experiment-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=230","title":{"rendered":"Youtube Experiment Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Well, the Youtube Scouting Video Day<\/span> experiment did not accomplish the goal of getting a Scouting video or two to the top five “views” pages on Friday, February 8th. I do appreciate everyone who participated in the project. We gave it a good run, but we just did not have the numbers needed to do it. Here is a brief summary of the results.<\/p>\n

The views received by each of the four suggested videos varied by the hundreds. The Cub Scout commercial featuring Steve Young only received 201 hits on Friday, as near as I can tell. The Boy Scout commercial about Jim Lovel did better, receiving 367 views.<\/p>\n

The “What Parents Say About Scouting” did better then I expected when compared to the other videos. I thought it would come in with the lowest number of views since it was the longest of the videos. It received 271 hits, seventy more then the Cub Scout video.<\/p>\n

The “Scout Zone” received the most hits, which was something I expected. It was watched 533 times, far more then the other videos. I would guess that was because it was the first video listed, and that it was a music video which was fun to watch.<\/p>\n

The experiment failed<\/span> to get any of these videos to the front pages, but I would not call it a complete failure. Dozens, or even hundreds, of people watched these videos for the first time and may have been introduced to other Scouting videos found on Youtube. I would call that successful, wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n

Once again, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the project and spread the word to others. Maybe we can try it again next year, or maybe make this a yearly occurrence.<\/p>\n

PS – After writing<\/span> this article this morning, I took another look at the numbers around 10:00 am. Either Youtube is playing with me, or a lot of people watched the videos since 7:00 am. The numbers of views for each of the videos has gone up by the hundreds! Take a look at these numbers:
\nThe Cub Scout Commercial (Young) – 223 more views.
\nThe Boy Scout Commercial (Lovel) – 346 more views
\nWhat Parents Say About Scouting – 221 more views
\nThe Scout Zone Video – 470 more views.
\nI think these videos have received more views in 36 hours then they normally receive in two months!<\/p>\n

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