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Beyond Today on Google, Yahoo, YouTube and GodTube Surpass Half a Million Views

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Beyond Today on Google, Yahoo, YouTube and GodTube Surpass Half a Million Views

The popular online search tools Google and Yahoo continue to allow registered users to upload videos to their video Web sites. This free service allows visitors to search for posted videos and either view them online or download them to their computer. We have now had more than half a million clip views of UCG video material. • As of the end of January, we have 150 Beyond Today TV programs, commentaries and commercials posted on the Google video Web site. In the first two years these programs have been viewed over 133,900 times. The most popular program, actually a commentary, is "Stopping the Addiction With Porn," which has generated over 46,900 views. • We also have 147 programs, commercials and commentaries available online at Yahoo's video portal where they have been viewed 191,669 times since January of 2006—even more than at Google. The top video is a full half-hour program titled "The Return of Jesus Christ," with 5,276 views. It was presented by Gary Petty with guests Ralph Levy and Andy Burnett. • The newest offerings come from YouTube and GodTube. YouTube, where we have been online since November 2006, has 146 video clips that have been viewed 170,586 times—now surpassing Google video. The top clip is another full half-hour program titled "The Next Superpower" by Darris McNeely with guests Scott Ashley and Melvin Rhodes. • GodTube, a site that has been up and running less than a year, has given us 63,637 views of 102 video clips since March of 2007. The top clip is once again the commentary by Steve Myers, "Stopping the Addiction With Porn," with 6,425 views. Thanks to these features from Google, Yahoo, GodTube and YouTube, we are able to reach more people online with the Beyond Today TV program than we would from only the beyondtoday.tv Web site. This is all at no additional cost to the Church. The grand total views of full half-hour programs, commentaries and commercials is now 559,860—with 545 videos online.