Web Hosting

Your project is finished. Now what do you do with it? Don't let it sit on the shelf. Distribute it on the Web, the best medium for world wide distribution of amateur videos. But if you don't have a Web page and don't want the headaches of maintaining one, you're sunk, right? Wrong! A veritable plethora of Web sites exist for the sole purpose of posting amateur video productions and more are bursting into this new arena of entertainment every week. Some charge a fee but most do not. So whether you have edited footage of your family dog, an animated short or a rollicking sci-fi adventure, there's a host Web site out there for you. Here's a compilation of some Web sites that we have discovered.

Earthnoise
www.earthnoise.com
Free Basic Service

Earthnoise is a software company and Web site that allows users to edit and post their videos for streaming. Users can upload video to earthnoise.com, then trim and arrange clips to post or send as video E-mail.
You don't have to edit your videos on earthnoise.com to post them there. Basic membership is free and provides up to 50MB of storage (about 30 minutes of video). For a cost of $50 a year, you can display up to 200MB of video on the site. You can use your space to post anything you like (so long as it meets the standards of good taste).

Undergroundfilm
www.undergroundfilm.com
Free Service

Undergroundfilm is a resource for videographers, looking to distribute their work in nearly any category. Not only can you have your videos available for viewing as streamed or downloaded QuickTime files, but Undergroundfilm.com will also sell VHS copies of your masterpiece. They make money by charging you for the VHS dubs (about $3.50 for a 60-minute video in quantities of 100) and taking 25 percent of each one they sell.

Eveo
www.eveo.com
Free Service

Eveo takes a unique approach to showcasing videos. Submit original videos to Eveo on videotape or upload them to Eveo's Web site. The videos are digitized, encoded, streamed in a variety of formats and screened by Eveo's editorial team.
Eveo displays the accepted videos on several online channels: travel/adventure, sports, documentary/true life, bizarre, comedy and fiction. Through viewer ratings and editorial picks, Eveo selects the best videos for offline and online distribution, TV and DVD syndication. Eveo also gives you a chance to make money. You'll get $100 for every 2,000 visitors that view your…