Is duplicating video across several sites a bad thing?

[ChrisHolgate]

Hi,

We have a fairly successful YouTube Channel where we create unique and helpful videos that are related to our core business activity.

When we create these videos would you consider it a bad thing to not only post them on YouTube but also a couple of the smaller sites such as Metacafe and Dailymotion?  Sending to multiple sites would possibly achieve more total views but would this kind of duplication potentially be harmful to the overall success of the video and have a knock on effect when it comes to how it ranks in Google?

Thanks for your help.

[ChrisHolgate]

Many thanks Chris.  This was the kind of thought process that I was going down but just wanted to check before we were accused by Google of spamming the same video in multiple locations.

[creybot]

I wouldn't think this would fall into a potentially harmful duplicate content issue. Since people are searching within these video sites, too, I would think it'd have more of a beneficial effect from a brand awareness standpoint.