Is submitting a single piece of video content to a lot of different video sites spam?

[anjonr]

In the past I have been told that you can use tools like Tube Mogul to auto submit a single piece of video content to lots of different video sites and that it is not considered spam.

After watching Rand's Whiteboard Friday I am more skeptical of this tactic.

Here are my list of reasons why doing this would and wouldn't be considered spam.

This is not spam because:

These video sites are individual sites with an individual user base.

This is spam because:

Google does not want duplicate content of any kind in the SERPs.

I leaning towards spam but have seen this be very effective in the local space.

So I'm torn.

[SEM-Freak]

In my opinion, duplicate content is one of those things people get unnecessarily hung up about. I think it is about control. Duplication means loss of control - Google will choose which version to display in the results.

For video, keep the full or extended versions on your domain. Syndicate the teasers or ads everywhere. That way you keep control and meet the aim of driving traffic to your site