A great resource for creating a site map to submit to Google. I found this site very easy to use and had my site map uploaded in a few minutes: http://www.sitemapspal.com/
Google recommends this service along with a number of others: http://code.google.com/sm_thirdparty.html
Break.com, a video sharing site similar to YouTube, announced yesterday that it will pay $400 for user-generated videos and as much as $2000 for animated shorts. When Break launched last year they offered $50 per video and later raised that to $250 before yesterday’s increase to $400. With Google backing the massively popular YouTube, competitors have increasingly turned to paying contributers in an effort to lure them away from YouTube. Metacafe launched a similar program called “producer rewards” earlier this year.
Metacafe is now paying for videos you submit once they reach 20,000 views. I believe they’re the only video site offering payment at this time. Should shake up the video site niche. I don’t know if 20,000 views is a tough number to reach for mid range producers of videos but for artists, pranksters, comedians, sports experts, or film students this seems like a great opportunity. How will this affect other sites? I think they’re going to have to start paying too or video producers will jump ship.Learn more: Metacafe’s Producer Rewards™ program rewards you for creating and submitting great videos.
How it works
If your video has what it takes to entertain people, we want to license it and pay you for every view. Every time someone watches your video on Metacafe, you earn money.
How you make money
Metacafe will pay you $5 for every thousand views your video gets on our site. Payment starts when your video reaches 20,000 views and has a rating of 3.00 or higher - which tells us that the viewers like the video. On top of that, the license to Metacafe is a non-exclusive deal - you retain ownership of your video. Metacafe helps build your brand by marketing your content and making you money.