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Enough is enough! YouTube, the monopolist of embedded video on the Web has censored the most popular Web video of 2009 (the JK Wedding entrance Dance). I have embedded it on SEOptimise as well a while ago. You can’t access it from Germany (where I live) anymore  for “copyright limitations reasons”. Orwellian newspeak has been Google’s (the owner of YouTube) specialty ever since they collaborate with the Chinese dictatorship. Plus, you might have guessed it:

YouTube is awful for your SEO unless you want to get viral on YouTube.

There is a viable alternative around: Embedding an open source FLV player instead of the proprietary YouTube player everybody uses without thinking of the consequences:

Ever since the emergence of Universal Search video SEO has been in the focus of forward looking online marketers. Videos can potentially get millions of views and spread virally with ease.

YouTube videos often show on the first page of Google results. More often than any other Universal Search results, be it images, maps or news for instance.

All of this is nothing really new. This month though a private video reached almost 18 millions views that was different. It’s not one of the most popular videos of all time yet. There mostly music videos rule. Nonetheless it’s by far the most popular one this month. The next contender, Michael Jackson follows suit with “just” approx. 4 million views.

Of course I’m speaking about the “JK Wedding Entrance Dance” filmed at Jill and Kevin’s Wedding. Make sure to watch it in case you haven’t yet, it’s really lovely: