GodTube returns -

GodTube returns

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

GodTube, the video-sharing website, is planning to bounce back with new features and and a clear direction.

The popular service launched in 2007 however soon changed its name and purpose. Renamed “tangle.com”, in 2009, the site’s aim changed focus mixing both faith and secular interests.

The change didn’t work out.

“That did not do go as well as we thought it would. Our users were a little confused so we brought back God into GodTube,” Lindsey Neidenfeuhr, brand manager for GodTube, told The Christian Post. “We noticed that people really liked GodTube and they knew what it meant. They continued visiting the site even though it would just redirect [to tangle.com].”

Now back to its original name, “GodTube.com is as committed as ever to the original mission of offering a safe and family-friendly place to share videos,” Neidenfeuhr stated.

Tangle.com now redirects to GodTube.com.

As of May 3, users will be able to make videos, post them on the website and have a chance to win up to $1,500.

With its comeback, GodTube hopes to ultimately strengthen its virtual evangelism. “I work for this site and I believe there’s a lot of power at our fingertips with the Internet and we can’t all go to Africa and lead mission trips there. I know we probably would like to [go] out there and be witnesses to Jesus, but we can’t,” Neidenfeuhr said.

GodTube, currently receives 2.5 million unique visitors and 8 million page views per month, is looking for creative flash mob videos hoping that it brings a community together as they portray their faith on camera.

Neidenfeuhr emphasized that the Internet can be just as powerful as direct human contact. “We do have the Internet and there are amazing and inspiring videos and sermons that we can send across the world. We need our users to continue to upload these great videos and make this community even stronger. We need to come together and use them as evangelistic tools.”

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