Vimeo is a site for organizing and sharing video clips. The look and feel of the site has a lot from Flickr, and I totally missed the launch, which was in mid February, 2005. We’re over a year later, and I’ve still not seen the site pop-up when people talk about video sharing. Weird, because it looks really solid and seems very easy to use.
Big difference with YouTube is that all the clips are converted to .mov (QuickTime files) and so they’re very easy to save and pass on.
The site was created by Jakob Lodwick, and was brought to life when he teamed up with Zach Klein. They both work at Connected Ventures, the company responsible for CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, The Big Shocker, and AllDumb.
(If you don’t know any of those sites, you should ask your kids about them.)
The usability of vimeo is very high, it’s very sec and (compared to YouTube) very clean and not so bloated with options. Not that I turn away from YouTube, but the possibilities have grown so fast and are so tucked away in the site that it’s become quite difficult to work with them.
Related:
YouTube, Veoh & Other Video Archives