2011年1月9日星期日

Everything You Need To Know On 'How to' Videos

By Rex Tango


With technological advances the internet has become the source for information on all matter of subjects. There is a growing number of websites that provide free, factual videos on how to do things. These 'how to' videos are instructional and in most cases provide step-by-step processes for the viewer to follow. To help in the accomplishment of a task a 'how to' video can be a useful tool.

There is no limit to the subject matters that are covered by 'how to' videos. From practical, hands on tasks such as DIY matters, cooking techniques and golf swings to the more emotional, such as how to become good at dating or dieting. No subject matter is taboo and there are instructional videos on matters of a sexual nature available.

The quality of the videos can vary from high-definition, professionally produced videos to those compiled by amateurs at home from their i-phone or camcorder. The videos would still need to pass the format guidelines of the website and not be offensive or promote illegal activity. The professional videos are more likely to have better picture and sound quality. Whatever the standard of filming, the video will need to be instructional and provide the viewer with 'how to' information.

It is not difficult to source 'how to' videos on the internet. Typing in 'how to videos' in the toolbar will provide a long list of video sites. To refine the search the subject should be entered as well, for example 'how to improve my golf swing' will provide a list of sites with instructional golf videos. It may be that there is a preferred or recommended site that you will return to time and again.

There are also a number of articles on 'how to' on the video websites. In fact, many articles are transformed directly into a video format. However, the video is created it is uploaded onto sites which have heavy usage in order to achieve as much exposure as possible. Sites such as YouTube.com offer a huge amount of traffic. The number of sites offering 'how to' videos is in the hundreds, a few examples are: wonderhowto.com, monkeysee.com and ehow.com.

So, for information on how to do things look up 'how to videos' in your internet search engine and pick the one that most suits your needs. Alternatively you could create your own instructional video for submission to the growing number of websites tailored to 'how to' videos.




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