Thanks Michael,

Sounds like a very interesting and complex metric, operationalizing the
"hotness" of any given part of a video, relative to other videos.

... Richard


On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Michael Verdi <michaelverdi@...>wrote:

> I think it means, compared to other videos of the same length, the hot
> side of the graph says you are retaining more viewers than average
> and/or viewers are rewinding a watching those sections again. The cold
> side of the graph represents where, compared to other videos of the
> same length, people are skipping forward or clicking away more than
> average.
>
> From the hot spots page on my video:
> "The ups-and-downs of viewership at each moment in your video,
> compared to videos of similar length.
> Above the average line, your video is hot: it's retaining more viewers
> than average and they may be rewinding to watch that point again.
> Below the average line, your video's gone cold: viewers are not
> rewinding or may be leaving the video faster than the average."
>
> - Verdi
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Richard (Show) Hall
> <richard@... <richard%40richardshow.org>> wrote:
> > Michael,
> >
> > I didn't understand what number the curve (the y axis) represented?
> >
> > ... Richard
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Michael Verdi
<michaelverdi@...<michaelverdi%40gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/your-youtube-video-hot-or-not.html
> >>
> >> I made a screencast of how it works -
> >> http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2008/10/02/youtube-hot-spots/
> >>
> >> - Verdi
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