Vodpod.com is a site that allows users to maintain their own collection of videos from thousands of sites on the Web. Users have their own video collection, and can upload their own videos, import videos from thousands of sites such as YouTube, Blogger, Wordpress, Twitter, etc. Videos can also be imported from an RSS feed. As users have built video collections on Vodpod, the site has increasingly become a place for users to discover videos. The site offers a browser bookmarklet which allows users to import videos directly from a site they are visiting. Users can customize their video site on Vodpod, and can even map their site to their own domain. The site also makes it easy to share videos from the site on YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twittr and other social networking sites. Videos on the site are organized into categories, which include Popular, Music, Funny, Politics, Sports and Anime. Users have the ability to display Google Adsense ads on their video websites. In addition, their entire collections can be shared on any website using embed code provided by the Vodpod site. Free users can have up to 3 video collections on the site. Paid users can have up to 10 collections. In addition, free users are limited to 1 RSS feed for importing videos, paid members can have 5 additional feeds. San Francisco-based Vodpod.com was founded in June 2006 by Mark Hall, currently CEO, Scott Persinger and Spencer Miles. Vodpod.com is a subsidiary of Remixation, Inc. The site has grown tremendously since launch, and currently over 3,000,000 videos are collected on Vodpod by over 600,000 users. Competition to Vodpod comes from sites such as YouTube and MetaCafe. YouTube is the most popular video destination on the web, while MetaCafe is oriented more towards user content than YouTube or Vodpod. Vodpod users tend to have larger collections of videos than the other two sites, and the site is rapidly becoming one of the best places to discover which videos are being watched or discussed the most. Vodpod users can browse the Popular category by Most Collected, Most Discussed, Most Watched and Right Now, which shows what users are currently watching. The Vodpod.com site has a very clean and uncluttered look and feel. Navigation is intuitive, and page loads are quite responsive. There is a convenient top menu bar for navigation. Videos load and begin playing quickly, and the site is very responsive during video uploads/downloads. Advertising is displayed on the site, but it is relatively unobtrusive. Registration to the Vodpod site is free and is not required to view videos. Registration is required for users who wish to have their own video collection website. The registration process asks for username, password and email address. A free membership is limited to 3 video collections and importing of videos from 1 RSS feed. For a one-time fee of $10 users can purchase a package of 10 video collections. In addition, for a one-time fee of $10, users can purchase the ability to import an additional 5 RSS feeds. The Vodpod site is recommended to anyone who is interested in watching video content from the web. The site is a good place to discover what videos are most popular currently, as well as to browse for topics of interest to the user. In addition, the site is an excellent place for users to host their video collections. The site offers some advantages over YouTube, particularly the ease of importing videos from websites and exporting of videos to the major social networking sites.

• Users can have their own video collection website
• Videos can be easily uploaded or imported from sites such as YouTube, MySpace, etc.
• Video collections can be easily shared on the major networking sites
• Over 3,000,000 videos are collected on the site
• Users can discover what people are watching currently or browse by topic of interest
• A free membership allows the user to have up to 3 video collections

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