I have seen that Metacafe was founded in 2002 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacafe ). Why YouTube has won ? What marketing strategies does YouTube used ? .
First interface is quiet good. Bandwidth is quiet higher than Metcafe And now its a part of big G what else you want
One of the best reason is that Google know keyword power and many webmaster started using it for video marketing . They used as much as keyword they are able to add and bang - videos are on first page of Google . Youtube biggest help that it is owned by Google and get first page for latest hot trends . Youtube now partnered with many studios and publish latest series of tv serials . If possible than goggle may start displaying old movies on youtube too .
Metacafe licenses the videos in the Producer Rewards program from the creators under a nonexclusive agreement, so users are able to share the videos and re-post them elsewhere. Producers also earn revenue from their videos if they are shared on other sites using Metacafe's embedded video player.
Brand Google helped Youtube reach where it is today No strategy, just a good use of the brand goodwill.