‘Dog Steals Cabbage,’ published by pet lover crackrockcandy, is the latest dog video to go viral. In just one day the video has garnered more than 175,000 hits.
A head of cabbage is on the table, just out of reach of the puppy. After much effort, the pup finally get a few bites and chomps away. Who knew dogs like cabbage?
The video is covered on HolyCuteness, TheFW, Neatorama,and Buzzfeed.
Popular animator/story teller Swoozie focuses on texting etiquette in his latest rant. He really hates it when he gets a text from a friend, replies, but they never continue to convo. Like they were just giving you a pointless Facebook poke.
So next time you text your friend, you better text back and not leave a brother hanging. His humorous animated story already has over been seen over 1.5 million times in the first week of publication.
NSFW – as in, it’s not safe to light tennis balls on fire at work. For the love of Pete, please do not try this anywhere.
The ultra popular The Slowmo Guys are back with an Olympics themed video. They soaked a tennis ball in gasoline, lit it one fire, and served, all under the watchful eye of the 2500 frames per second capable Phantom Flex camera.
The results are simply glorious, and the video is naturally already making the rounds.
1. Channels. Viral videos rarely come from the big Youtubers. You know people like Sxephil, WhatTheBuck, Ray William Johnson, Shay Carl…, the list goes on and on. Their videos get hundreds of thousands, or even +millions of hits. But it’s not viral.
So first check how many subscribers the video poster has. If they have a substantial fan base, odds are, their fans will watch it and it will die with that. Some times they will post a video with a sexy thumb nail or ridiculous title that will up their views up. But in general viral videos never comes from the big people.
2. Video Library. If you see a channel has only one or two videos, and doesn’t really make videos regularly, there’s a better chance it can be viral.
3. Music videos. If they are made professionally they can get millions of hits in just days. But again, it’s not what most people would consider viral. On the other hand, if it’s a single post of a spoof of a popular song or video, there’s a great chance it can go viral.
4. Niches. You may find a video that seems to be exploding, but if it’s too specific of a niche, it’s not good viral video material. A good example of this are the video game channels. MW2, COD, SC2 have huge fans bases and channels devoted to them. They get hits, but are not viral. Steer clear. What could be viral is a single video posting of a funny occurrence in a game that is general enough for even non nerd video game fans to understand. Classic example of this is Leroy Jenkins.
5. Video Length. I can think of just a hand full of viral videos that go over 5 minutes. That is the general time limit. If a video is over 5 minutes, keep looking. Actually, the shorter, the better. People want to find, and watch the newest, crappy, waste of time, viral video for a minute or two and go back to work , having sex, eating dinner, or whatever they were doing before they needed they technology fix.
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5. Connie Talbot, a young girl who sings ‘Some Where Over The Rainbow’ for Britain’s Got Talent. Yes I know it’s not really opera, but it makes the cut. Amanda basically starts crying, and while Connie is singing, you can hear a pin drop from the silence of the audience.
4. Carlos Aponte sings on America’s Got Talent 2010. He did not explode like the others, but he still gave America goosebumps.
3. Jackie Evancho is just 10 years old, but shocks the crowd when she sings with the maturity and grace of an experience professional singer.
2. Of course Susan Boyle is on the list as the ugly duckling who wowed even Simon Cowell in 2009. Of course no one gives a hoot about her now, but that’s to be expected. She is still one of the most viewed videos on the Internet today. This is not the actual video that shocked the world, as I can’t find one that allows video embedding. Here’s her second rendition of ‘I dreamed the dream’.
1. Paul Potts has become one of the fore fathers for shocking the world at talent shows. He was one of the first to go viral like fire, spreading around the world, and giving hope to all over weight, depressed, insurance sales men. I don’t know what kind of hope he brings to fat, losers around the world like myself, but that’s that, I suppose.
