Video has been available on the Web pretty much since the Web's inception, but the technology planets are in alignment such that Web video is effectively accessed by pretty much anyone. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video can be worth a million. Companies are increasingly seeing the value of video on their Web sites—to educate, to sell, to promote. …  (And, a mini-Valentine to YouTube: There's arguably no better way to waste time than to try and stump YouTube by searching on arcane TV shows.)

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