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Internet video has come of age. We watched for years as people tried to find a way to make Internet video useful .HDTV, next-generation gaming, personal video, and digital photography will all contribute to the emergence of a new broadband gold standard of 100 Mbit/s symmetric over the next 12 to 24 months. Bandwidth consumption isn’t the only byproduct of the increase in video sharing. With the social web, people are eager to share and video is a good way to satisfy that desire. We have broadband to handle the payload and it’s a climate ripe for growth and innovation. Content distribution networks are beefing up, and the companies in that space are thriving as Web-based services make it easy to exchange larger and larger files.

Content makers and advertisers are seeking out online video sites as a way to reach younger demographics. MSN is currently developing a user-generated/user-submitted video solution that will launch this year. With all that going on, it’s definitely worth looking at who stands out in this ridiculously crowded space. Since popular opinion does matter online – where the consumer experience is hugely important – we thought it’d be useful to rank some of the Internet’s most popular video sharing sites by how they performed from the point of view of someone wanting to post videos rather than just look at someone else’s. The main criteria for evaluation drills down on the following issues: Video editing capabilities, File size limit, How much it costs, Whether videos can be kept private  and Whether a software download is necessary .

Free movie downloads are more common than you think on the Web. You won’t find the most recent blockbuster here, but you will find a huge amount of classics, trailers, independent films, documentaries, and more.

General Free Movie Downloads

• Free Movies and Documentaries in the Public Domain: These are all free movies that have fallen out of copyright - download away.
• OVGuide: a meta search guide to online movies.
• Movies: This enterprising website has taken the time to find and upload clips of hundreds of movies.
• Veoh Cult Classics: Night of the Living Dead, Metropolis, Eraserhead are all included here.
• Watch Free Movies Online. This site is full of classic movies, all free movie downloads.
• The Internet Movie Database. Movie reviews, information about upcoming movie premieres, movie clips, and more.
• AltaVista - Video Search. Search for movies and videos on the Web in virtually any format. Find free movie downloads easily and fast.
• Yahoo Search-Video.. Search for videos and movies on the Web. Also includes a link to submitting your own video to Yahoo to be indexed.
• Singingfish, an audio and video search engine. Search for movies, free movie downloads, short movie clips, and always check “Staff Favorites.”
• Google Video Search. Find videos, movies, and TV programs online.
• Netbroadcaster.com: Features trailers, shorts, independent films, and more. Most of the films on this site are free, but some do require subscription access.
• Turner Classic Movies: Lots of trailers, movie clips, and background information on all your favorite classic films. A very cool site.
• Hollywood.com: Trailers, movie clips, and more.
• All Movie Guide:Comprehensive database of film synopses and reviews as well as concise actor biographies.
• Apple Movie Trailers:An extensive collection of brank spankin’ new movie trailers.
• JoBlo.com:Reviews, trailers, scripts, interviews, clips, and a lot more.
• YouTube: you can upload, watch, and search free videos here.
• YouTube, GoogleVideo, and IFilm: Nice mashup of all three services; looks like you’ll need to know exactly what video you want, however.
• Google Video of the Day: Another day, another Google Video of the Day. Varies from funny to interesting to extremely weird.
• LearnOutLoud: free streaming lectures, audio, and video.
• VideoBomb: “Video Bomb filters up the hottest videos on the internet: people submit links to the ‘Incoming!’ page and you bomb the best ones. If a video gets a lot of bombs quickly, it makes it to the front page.”
• Truveo:a video search engine that delivers pretty good results.
• Mefeedia: “Find thousands of videoblogs (video podcasts), and watch them on your computer, video iPod or PSP.”
• The Open Video Project:a shared digital video collection
• Free Documentaries: “Welcome to the Internet’s top resource for finding free documentaries.”
• SearchforVideo: SearchforVideo is a fantastic video search engine with over 6000 sources available for searching at the time of this writing. News, entertainment, viral videos - all searchable here.