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More…Revver has been around since 2005, but the site as you see it today really only saw the light of day in September 2006. Like Blip.tv, Brightcove, Veoh, and Metacafe, Revver enables you to profit from your videos thanks to advertising revenue-sharing arrangements that are split between you and the site 50/50. But unlike its rivals, Revver includes ads on all videos, whether you like it or not.
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| Pricing: | Free |
| Design and usability | Very Good: 83 |
| Ease of file upload | Very Good |
| Embedded player design | Superior |
| User-selectable video thumbnail | Yes |
| Embedded player viewing options | Embedded in page, full-screen. |
| Users can download video | Yes, site converts files to small QuickTime files for download. |
| Overall Web site design | Very Good |
| Documentation and support | Very Good |
| Performance | Good: 76 |
| Video quality | Good |
| Audio quality | Very Good |
| Processing speed (post-upload availability delay ) | Fair |
| Features | Good: 78 |
| File size/length limits | 100MB/Any length |
| Storage limit per user | Unlimited |
| Acceptable file types and formats for upload | QuickTime, MPEG, .mpg, .mp4, .wmv, .asf, .avi (including DivX), .3gp, .3g2 |
| Site converts files to: | QuickTime and Flash 8, resized to 480 by 360 pixels; 3:2 and 16:9 resolutions also accepted, but letterboxed |
| Revenue-sharing details | Compulsory advertising within video. Ad revenue split 50/50. You also earn 20% of ad revenue for sharing videos by other Revver members (the remaning revenue is split 50/50 between the video maker and Revver). |
| Video sharing options (social networking) | Embedded video code (Flash and QuickTime, with and without JavaScript); page/profile permalink; one-click email, IM, social networking links; RSS feed, customizable Revver embedded video link widget |
| Support for upload via cell phone | No |
| Ability to make videos private | No |
| Embedded player supports wide-aspect video without letterboxing | No |
| High-definition support | No |
| Online video editing capabilities | No |
| Supports playlist creation | Yes |
| Supports customizable user channel/profile page | Yes |
Bottom Line
Using Revver is one of the easiest ways to make money from your video content. Its compact QuickTime files look better than its Flash conversions.
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Revver Review, by Danny Allen August 21, 2007
The reason for this goes to the core of how Revver differentiates itself: You earn 20 percent of ad revenues for sharing videos (on, say, your Revver page or your personal blog) that were created by other members; the remaining revenue is split 50/50 between the video's creator and Revver. Revver's My Dashboard gives you a great overview of your revenue and traffic analytics.
Uploading to Revver was easy, and a progress bars shows your upload status. We were advised that a "real, live human will watch the video to make sure it meets guidelines." Unfortunately, this process--and the wait to have an advertising association made with the video--took about 2 hours, and the site says it can take up to 24 hours.
At least each video is automatically made available in both Flash and QuickTime; and yes, you're given the HTML code to embed either format along with the ability to add your own branding or logo into the Flash player interface. The QuickTime .mov file, even though it's a further compressed version of the original file (in our case, a 5.95MB .mov versus the original's 95.5MB size), looked better than the mediocre-quality Flash version in our tests.
Bottom line: Using Revver might just be the easiest way to make money from your video content; you even make money by sharing video from other users. Revver's compact QuickTime files look better than its Flash conversions.
Resources: See our Top 10 Video Sharing Sites chart, find out how we tested, and visit our video-quality comparison page (requires QuickTime).
Danny Allen
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