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Sharing video online has become synonymous with Youtube. But besides Youtube, there are a lot more video sharing opportunities you can use to catch some online attention.

Online video

As we explained in previous articles, video has become the most sought after content on the internet. So if you're serious about affiliate marketing, you should at least be trying to use video as a way to get your offers checked out.

The only way to do this is by creating qualitative and unique video content about your subjects of choice. If your videos have the information inside that people want to know, they will start showing up everywhere. Don't be afraid to make them personal either. By getting bombarded with advertising day and night, people have developed well-trained commercial offer detectors, and will lose interest as soon as they notice the only reason the video's there, is because you're trying to make money from it.

Online video sharing

So let's say you find a decent angle to produce a video containing your message. The nex step is getting that video out on the internet. The obvious choice is to upload the video on Youtube. But you shouldn't stop there. There are a lot of video sharing websites, and some are pretty big and receive a lot of traffic. Having your videos on these sites as well will multiply the attention your videos will get.

New video sites pop-up all the time. We compiled the top online video sharing websites in this article, but keep your eyes peeled for new ones. Create a single file that contains all your logins for all the video sharing sites you decide to use, to which you can easily add new websites. This way you'll have a structured and well organised way to get your videos as much online attention as possible.

The top online video sharing sites

AOL Video
blip.tv
Bolt
ClipShack
Crackle
DailyMotion
Google Video
Metacafe
Motionbox
MySpace Video
OurMedia
Revver
Spike
Stickam
Veoh
Viddler
Vimeo
Yahoo! Video
YouTube

Next to these mostly US and international sites, there also exist local video sharing sites. These are often carrying away the bulk of the online video traffic for their region. If you're promoting regional offers, or if you're trying to get attention from people in a particular region, make sure you know what the most popular local video sharing sites are, and get your videos uploaded there as well.