As you know, I have a particular interest in eBaum’s World. I have managed to reach Mike Parker who works in the content department and also works with media relations for eBaum’s World and he kindly agreed to answer my questions about eBaum’s World:

eBaum’s World provides so many funny videos, pics, jokes & so on. Do you ever get bored with the job?

Not at all!  Knowing that we are providing entertainment to all of our users is great.  Its amazing that after all the videos watched and all the pictures we’ve seen, there is always something fresh to be found and sent out to the millions who visit eBaum’s World.

eBaum exists for 8 years by now. Could you tell us, how big your community is and how many uploads do the users perform per day?

Since the end of 2007 when eBaum’s World, has allowed users to register to receive a multitude of perks, including uploading their own media, we have registered over half a million users.  Of course we have a very strong following of nonregistered users as well bringing our daily average to near a million users.
With all these users logging on to check out our site we get thousands of submissions each day, which include videos, pictures, games, jokes, etc.

How do you manage to check the copyright for every upload?

We have a very diligent media department that is constantly checking for copyrighted material.  When something is found the media is removed and the user notified of their infraction.

I see, you’re giving prizes away for the points users get for every upload. Could you tell us more about this? What was the most unusual thing a user got?

We pride ourselves in giving back to our users, so we have come up with a point system that gives our “eRep Points” away for virtually any action taken on the site.  Some actions earn more points of others of course, such as uploading a video earns 50 points and viewing a media earns 1 point.  Also, users earn points for views on their content, so there is a healthy ‘battle’ to get featured on our frontpage.
We feel our “eRep Store” has the best selection of items for our users to choose from.  Just think of earning a new laptop, camera, or even a cruise for just surfing eBaum’s World!!

An up-to-date question: do the recent financial crisis somehow affect your company?

While it is a very difficult time for many people, we hope we can relieve some of the stress by providing the very best in humor and entertainment the web has to offer.

And finally: what is your favourite thing on eBaum?

Very difficult to answer but I’ll go with…
Bubb Rubb and the Leprechaun videos are probably my favorite clips on the site.

I wish long life & billions of funny stuff to eBaum! Thank you, Mike. It was pleasure to talk to you.

The best thing about surfing the web is the ability of having lots of fun online. The only trouble is to find a quality source for really funny video clips, animation, pics or whatever is funny. I bet you found my tips to find video clips article useful for this. But some weeks ago I have discovered the ultimate source for having fun: ebaumsworld.com. And became ebaum-addicted for real! Here is a total review of the best source of fun on the web:

Introduction:

eBaum’s World is a Web site featuring media that comprises videos, flash cartoons, and Web games. The unique feature of the website is individual celebrity soundboards where users can click buttons to hear quotes or phrases spoken by that celebrity. In addition, it has a collection of prank and comedic photos, including signs, Photoshop images, and misleading croppings of normal pictures, as well as flash movies and prank phone calls; and a chatroom and a store that sells the company’s merchandise. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Rochester, New York. As of November 1, 2007, eBaum’s World, Inc. is a subsidiary of HandHeld Entertainment, Inc.

Features Oreview:

At the first glance, eBaum may seem to you like a huge media storage. But in fact it’s much more than that! There is an opinion that eBaum’s World might be considered as a social network like Digg, Reddit, Kirtsy and others. Everyone is allowed to upload any kind of material
(article, photo, video, sound) in case it does not violate anyone’s rights. Basically users prefer to upload funny videos or pictures, occasionaly some of them upload flash games or news articles.

Once you open News & Links page, you get a Digg-like list of articles with votes count on the left of each article and if you are a user of eBaums’s World, you can vote them up, comment and even thumb comments up and down.

When browsing pics, videos or games you are able to rate & comment them. All in all, videos section is much like YouTube to me, which is very helpful, because you are shown related videos and the tab for getting the source code to get the video embedded in your blog is also present.

Audio/Prank Calls section contains famous soundboards and prank calls (including those in which sounboards were used). As everywhere else on the site, you can comment and rate the stuff you like. I spent half an hour playing with Mr.Garrison’s sounboard. I bet anyone can find something extremely interesting for himself.

eBaum also has a very nice Jokes section where different jokes on various topics can be found. And there is also a list of 10 featured and 10 recently submitted jokes, which may be very convinient if you do not have enought time. Featured jokes are very good!

And offcourse, eBaum has its own community and such features as blogs, groups and live chat help people to socialize with each other, tighten their friendship and encourage them to come up with some more awsome funny ideas.

All in all, eBaum’s World is a huge community of people united with an idea of having fun. For the best of funny stories, pics and videos go to the homepage, where one can easily pick the funniest stuff. So if you ever find yourself bored or depressed - give it a try!