9 Types Of Videos That Attract Viewers.

When creating a video to post to [tag-tec]video sharing sites[/tag-tec] and attract visitors to your website it is worthwhile making a video that is worth watching. YouTube is full of worthless videos posted by amateurs looking for laughs or five minutes of fame or by people with strange tastes.

Annoyingly some of these videos receive six figure views, one reason being either by luck or design they had good keyword tags. By doing your best to produce an attractive video with good keyword tags your videos will be seen, generate a buzz and people will be happy to share them with their friends.

What kind of videos will generate a buzz and send traffic to your website. After having looked around the video sharing websites I have found the types of videos and their characteristics that help make them successful.

Funny Videos. People love to laugh and funny is a phrase that is typed into search engines constantly. If it makes you laugh there is a good chance that you will send it to your friends to view as well.

Shocking Videos. For shocking read gruesome as well. Remember Sadam Hussein’s demise and the viewing figures that the mobile phone video clip generated.

Weird Videos. There are some weird people around with weird interests and videos they make are attractive to curious people. Don’t try to be weird, it comes naturally to some people, but the internet is a weird place.

[tag-ice]Sexy Videos[/tag-ice]. I’m not talking about porno videos, there are plenty of those on adult sites or pornotube, but titilating and suggestive videos. Sex is used to sell anything and everything from magazines to tractor tyres and could work a treat for your site.

Demonstration Videos. Demonstrating an appliance or product can be very effective at selling, especially if you are in quick as soon as the product hits the street.

Over The Top or Gross Videos. Some people seem to like watching other people eating worms or similar stunts as seen on programs like Fear Factor. Make sure gross doesn’t become disgusting otherwise it might have an adverse effect. Disgusting videos can be found on ‘voyeur’ sites elsewhere on the internet.

Instructional Videos. Similar to the previous catagory. Show someone how to use a piece of software for instance and be sure to let them know that more videos are available on your site.

Curiosity Videos. Make people curious and interested enough about your video clip to visit your site to find the ‘answer’

Inspiring Videos. Heart wrenching, inspiring videos can become very popular, very fast. Look at the following ‘Free Hugs’ video which has had 15600000 views.

I’m sure that I have missed video catagories that attract hordes of viewers but the above list is a good starting point that you can build from. Practise makes perfect when it comes to video production and the sooner you get started then the sooner you will be driving traffic to your website after people view your work on video sharing sites.