Daddy, Daddy More Video! In the case of a new child-friendly online video site, necessity is the father of innovation. Software Developer Ron Ilan was eager to share the fun of online video with his young children, so he single-handedly created a tot-friendly version of YouTube. Totlol.com (stands for tot laugh-out-loud) launched in May as a parent-driven video discovery service where parents can share cute, comic, educational or touching videos with their tech-savy offspring. The Vancouver-based father-of-two embarked on the project because his nearly three-year-old son, like many children, is curious about computers and the Internet.
I found myself with a boy that wants to know what daddy does on the computer all day. He doesn't want to see daddy do his email. And, when you go on YouTube you see very quickly it is not designed for parents looking for videos for their kids.
Ilan used his own money to build the site where parents can join an online community that "scouts" Google's popular YouTube service for videos they deem suitable for children ranging from six months to six years old. Underaged users don't see all of YouTube but rather just what parents think is worthy.
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years. Totlol is in... [more]
I really like the concept of this, and checked out the site and it looks quite cool.
I think long-term Ian should also look at bringing in content from other video streaming sites too. OK youtube is probably the biggest and most popular site out there but there is plenty of good stuff for children on other sites too.
Nice site and idea though, hope it grows well!
:-)
Love the idea... I show a lot of video to the kid on Youtube but every so often some random uploader thinks it'd be really funny to start off with Elmo then insert horror movie scenes. (At least these guys are too busy to put razor blades into candy, anymore, I guess.)
I think they dropped the ball on the name though... they should have paid whatever it took to get "again.com". :)
[...] With the kind of videos being uploaded onto YouTube, this site is definitely not kid friendly. Due to this I had forbidden my kids to visit the site and started looking for alternatives. After a bit of Internet searches, I stumbled upon a YouTube like site called “TotLol” or short for Tot Laugh Out Loud. This is basically a site that have a collection of online video clips for kids. Researching more about this site I found a bit of a background here. [...]
