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  2. PLAYERSEED
    PlayerSeed

    PlayerSeed enables you to embed a 5min video, displaying premium videos from 5min Media’s library onto all your pages or individual pages of your site. Choose between our smart semantic matched videos, editorially featured videos, or videos that you can choose on your own to provide the best viewing experience for your audience. Simple, smart, and free.

    Keep your users engaged using our easy-to-implement PlayerSeed - smart, simple and free.

    Select Player Settings

    Choose from your settings for an existing domain, use your account’s default settings, or create new settings for your player.

    These settings will serve the player you create, but will not be saved in our system.

  3. LAYOUT
    Select a Layout

    Player Size

    To learn more about our implementation best practices, please see the recommendations in our Advanced Implementation section below.

    Related Video Pane

    Select where to display the Related Videos pane for your player.

    Companion Banner Location

    A portion of our pre-roll advertisements come with a 300 by 250 companion banner that is required to be displayed in the same window as the 5min Media player. The companion banner spawns from a side of the player, pushing the content on your page or to the side. If a pre-roll plays without a companion banner, nothing will show in the additional space.

    Select the placement of the companion banner to accompany your player. If you wish to select a custom placement, please see our Advanced Implementation section below.

    Controls on Player

    The functions on the player are designed to keep your audience engaged.

    Panel Functions

    Top Functions (viewable on hover over the player)

    Your Logo's Watermark (optional)

    Supply the URL of a logo to be displayed as a watermark on the top left corner of the player.

  4. CONTENT
    Content

    Select the videos that will be seen in the PlayerSeed:

    • 5min Media’s proprietary VideoSeed semantic engine analyzes the text on your site and presents only the videos most relevant to your pages.

      You get the relevant videos from 5min Media’s premium library, providing your audience with videos that will keep them engaged and coming back for more!

      Videos semantically matched to your content. Please select categories relevant to your website.

      Select categories

    • 5min Media’s editorial team screens and hand-picks videos on a daily basis, in order to identify high-quality videos from a long list of premium content partners and features these across our vertical networks.

      You get the best of 5min Media’s huge library, providing your audience with videos that will keep them engaged and coming back for more!

      Please select the category relevant to your website.

      Select categories

    Fallback Definitions

    Fallback Videos option means that in case the VideoSeed engine yields only a few results, the rest of the video results will be displayed according to one of the options below:

    • Select individual videos to display as your Fallback Option. You may select up to 15 different videos.

      Select categories
  5. COLORS & TITLES
    Colors & Title

    Color Themes

    Use one of our themes below:

      Or define custom colors:

      Panel Color

      Functions Theme

      Title

      Up to 100 characters.
    • GRAB CODE
      Grab Code

      Copy the code below and paste into the desired place within your site. The code is designed to be added to your article templates or site section templates to add videos to all pages in one simple step. It's that easy!

    View Demos

    Contextual Player Featured Videos Player Large Player

    PlayerSeed

    PlayerSeed enables you to embed a 5min video, displaying premium videos from 5min Media’s library onto all your pages or individual pages of your site.

    Choose between our smart semantic matched videos, editorially featured videos, or videos that you can choose on your own to provide the best viewing experience for your audience. Simple, smart, and free.

    1. Define Layout

      Choose what your video unit will look like.

    2. Choose Content

      We offer more than 200,000 videos to choose from.

    3. Choose Colors

      Create a unit to match your site's design and scheme.

    PlayerSeed

    *Please note: the videos shown on the demo are for demonstration purposes only - your PlayerSeed will contain only content relevant to your category selection.

    • Examples
    • FAQ
    • Advanced Implementation
      • Contextual Player Demo

        CONTEXTUAL PLAYER

        The contextual engine (VideoSeed) is the heart of 5min Media's syndication platform. This unique technology provides the player with the ability to automatically display videos that are semantically matched to your pages. It gives you the opportunity to automatically add hundreds of thousands of high-quality, relevant videos to your pages in a simple and scalable way.

        View a Demo >>
      • Featured Videos Player Demo

        FEATURED VIDEOS PLAYER

        With PlayerSeed you can easily feature videos from 5min Media's extensive library directly on your site. Your player will display featured videos hand-picked by our editorial team. This option is an ideal way to refresh the content on your website and homepage on a daily basis.

        You can opt for our most popular categories (Celebrity News, Tech News, Food and many more) by choosing the "Editorially Featured Videos" option and selecting the categories of your choice in the "Content" preferences.

        View a Demo >>
      • Large Player Demo

        LARGE PLAYER

        You can opt for a larger PlayerSeed display, placing the player in the center of your page, enabling you to build and create content around the player.

        View a Demo >>

    • Frequently Asked Questions

      • Placement is key when integrating videos throughout my site. Where do you recommend placing the PlayerSeed on my pages?

        1. Above the fold placement is better than below the fold:

        2. Central column placement is better than placement in sidebars, regardless of whether the unit is above or below the fold:

        3. PlayerSeed placement wrapped by content is better than below or separate from your content:

      • Do I have to login in order to use 5min Media’s products?

        You don’t have to login in order to use 5min Media’s products. If you are a 5min Media Partner — you should login prior to creating or customizing your PlayerSeed, so that your Syndicator identification number (SID) will be included in the code and video views generated from this product will be attributed to your account.

      • I am currently partnered with 5min Media - where can I add my SID to the code so that it is linked to my 5min account?

        If you are an existing partner, you should login, and we will insert your Syndicator ID (SID) automatically into the code. Your SID is your Syndicator ID number; it is a unique number that we assign to each syndication partner in order for us to be able to track your views and revenues accurately. Video views from this product will be automatically counted to your account.

      • How do I sign up?

        Registering to 5min is a simple 2-step process - we've made it as easy as possible!
        1. Simply click on Join Now at the top of the 5min homepage and fill out our sign-up form.
        2. A validation email will be sent to the email address you provided, so be sure to enter a valid email address. If you don't receive a validation email within 10 minutes, remember to check your junk mail folders. This would also be a good time to add 5min Media to your list of trusted senders, so that you don't miss out on any important updates or information regarding your account. Once you've received the validation email, click on the link inside it and you're good to go.

        If you are a 5min Media partner, your 5min login information is sent to you by your account manager once your 5min implementation has been approved and activated for your account. If you forget your login information or if you require any assistance, please email your account manager or partners@5min.com.

      • How do I embed a product from 5min Media on my website?

        To embed 5min Media's products in your website, just copy the generated code from the "Grab Code" box, and paste the embed code into your website. That's all there is to it — adding videos to your pages within minutes.

        To see the PlayerSeed on all of your pages simply place the code in the template of your pages instead of just on one article page.

        See examples and advanced implementation for more tips.

      • Can I generate revenue through video views using PlayerSeed?

        Currently, in order to qualify as a 5min Media Partner, we require that you have over 500,000 monthly page-views in the US. If you meet this requirement, please apply here or contact us for more information.

      • Who should I contact if I have questions regarding 5min implementation on my website?

        If you have any questions about your 5min implementation or any of 5min’s products, please email us at partners@5min.com or contact your account manager.

      • How do I select which videos to present on my site?

        5min Media's proprietary VideoSeed semantic technology powers efficient, easy implementation of 5min Media's Syndication offering, helping bring the Video Everywhere vision to life across virtually any site. VideoSeed contextually matches the most relevant videos from the 5min library to your website's existing textual content.

        You can also select to present Featured Videos, curated by our programming team: 5min Media's editors screen and hand-pick videos on a daily basis, in order to identify high-quality videos from a long list of premium providers. You get the best of 5min Media's huge library, providing your audience with videos that will keep them engaged and coming back for more!

      • There are many video platforms on the internet. What's so special about 5min Media?

        5min Media is the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos. Our library includes tens of thousands of videos across 20 categories and 140 subcategories, which are professionally produced and brand-safe.
        5min Media features content from some of the world's largest media companies as well as the most innovative independent producers. Video recipes, yoga and fitness routines, tech tutorials, DIY projects for home and garden, health videos on specific conditions, beauty and fashion tips, video game walk-throughs and much more.

      • Are users engaged by 5min Media's videos?

        Our products already exist on a vast amount of pages across the web, and click-through-rates vary. The rate is mainly affected by the placement location of our products on your pages. Higher placements receive significantly better engagement. By using 5min Media's PlayerSeed, you add safe, interesting, contextually relevant video to your content offering, and your audience is sure to receive added value.

      • Can I change my 5min password?

        Once you have your login information and you login to 5min.com, you will be able to change your password at any time on your 5min account panel.

      • Why do users sometimes get an "Oops, Video Blocked" message on 5min Media's player?

        While the majority of our video content can be viewed globally, there is a very small portion that cannot be viewed outside of the U.S. due to rights and licensing restrictions. This message will appear when one of these videos are accessed from a non-U.S. IP address. Please talk to your account manager or email partners@5min.com about how to identify these content items and find the best solution for your viewers.

      • Contact Us

        For further questions, recommendations or assistance, please contact us:

        • For feedback: feedback@5min.com
        • For customer support: support@5min.com
        • For partnerships and proposals: bizdev@5min.com
        • For media and press inquiries: pr@5min.com
        • For advertising: ads@5min.com

        • For technical questions, please provide as much detail as possible, including:

          1. Your username.
          2. What you were trying to do and the URL that you were using.
          3. What was the response that you received (include any error messages).

    • Advanced Implementation

      • I plan to place the PlayerSeed below the fold, how can I increase engagement?

        For PlayerSeed implementations where the placement is below the fold, we recommend enhancing your integration with TitleSeed for increased engagement.

        TitleSeed is a named anchor tag leading from the top of an article page to a 5min Media PlayerSeed implementation at the bottom.

        The addition of TitleSeed underneath an article’s title will direct a user to the related 5min video when clicked on.

        5min Media's TitleSeed Implementation Guide.pdf (4.38 MB)

      • How can I adjust the location of the companion banner?

        You can adjust the location of the companion banner by adjusting the positioning parameter in the code of the banner. The positioning code is stated as follows: companionPos=XXX. To dictate where you'd like the companion banner position to show, simply add in bottom, top, right, or left where the red X's are in the parameter. All parameters in the 5min code should be separated by &amp.