AOL Is Back On TV
October 12, 2013
The only people I know who continue to use AOL are less than computer savvy people who cling to a past its prime email/Internet provider. I considered it a big accomplishment when I talked my eighty-two year old grandmother to delete her AOL account in favor of a new Gmail account (the hook was less spam). When I think I understand how the Internet world works, I get slammed with a title like this: “AOL Climbs Into Second Place In Online Video Content Ranking With 71 Million Viewers.” Thank you Search Engine Watch for taking me out of complacency.
Google, of course, has the highest video viewing with YouTube, but AOL ranked number two with 167 million unique viewers with 55.9% more viewers than it had a year ago. Video content on AOL has increased by 36.8% and it is time advertisers start paying attention to AOL again.
Here are some more numbers about video content:
“During August 2013, 46.7 billion video content views occurred, with Google sites generating the highest number at 17.4 billion, followed by AOL with 992 million. During August 2012, nearly 37.7 billion video content views, with Google sites generating the highest number at 13.8 billion, followed by AOL with 725 million.”
Hint: AOL is not just for senior citizens anymore. Maybe my grandmother followed the trend that happens if you wait long enough something old becomes cool again. Good for you AOL, but hopefully the old “Welcome” voice will remain in the past.
Whitney Grace, October 12, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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