Veoh have just launched the beta version of their Video Compass browser add-on tool.
If you are a fellow online video fanatic then you will appreciate this tool, which takes finding and watching videos to a new level of comfort, speed and ease. Why?
So lets say you want to find out about a recently released iPhone game. The tool will automatically display videos about the game and also allows us to watch the videos – if we want to watch them – on the same page. No need to navigate to the video site and then back to our page. Saves a LOT of fuss and bother. It will also tell us about videos that “others who were interested in this topic” also watched, allow us to instantly send the video to friends … and a host of other useful features.
On the negative side, however, Veoh do not appear to offer videos from other popular sources such as YouTube. This is a serious shortcoming. Consider a search for “iphone downloads”:
Veoh’s offerings are shown above – and that’s the full offer for this keyword. This compares to over 100 videos on this topic on Youtube. And if we search for Warner Brothers recently released iPhone game – Lego Batman: Gotham City, Veoh has nada! whilst Youtube has three (there were more, but we guess Warner Bros have been busy!)
The Veoh Video Compass™ currently supports Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 browsers, BUT it will soon be extended to Safari. For now, you can download this free tool and start enjoying it from your PC.
Download Veoh Video Compass™
Veoh have also made their most popular videos accessible on the iPhone – just type Veoh.com into the iPhone’s Safari browser to access their new iPhone-enabled site. Video viewing from our iPhones just got a lot better!