Here are two great reasons:

1. How many people attended the conference? 10x that number, or even 100x that number are people who search and use the Underline Library.

Think you have visibility at the conference? In our experience, more people engage with the talk AFTER the conference from our library than during the days of the conference.

The Underline Library is a great place to be found! It is what researchers around the world are using to find talks from conferences they did not attend! It’s a great way for potential collaborators to find you and propose interesting ideas and research projects.

2. Most conferences don’t provide long-term hosting or discoverability for individual talks. By submitting your presentation to Underline, you give it a permanent home with a DOI, structured metadata, searchable transcripts, and global discoverability through libraries, search engines, and academic databases — all for just $19.95. Think of it as investing in the long-term impact of work you’ve already completed.

Bottom line: It is the best way to showcase your work and be found!

YouTube isn’t designed for academic research. Researchers do NOT go to Youtube to find interesting research.

Underline provides a scholarly environment where your presentation is hosted alongside your paper, slides, poster, and abstract, enriched with a DOI, and indexed by platforms like Google Scholar and institutional library systems — capabilities YouTube doesn’t provide.

And no cat videos.

No. Underline is not a peer-reviewed journal, and will not be viewed as self-publishing. We host conference talks that have already gone through peer review. Our platform complements traditional publishing by enhancing discoverability, not replacing it.

Underline is where researchers come to find new ideas, to find people working in fields where they are looking for collaborators - and with the video library, a fantastic showcase for your work.

Yes. Our library is used by thousands of researchers, librarians, and institutions worldwide. Underline content is indexed in major search engines and academic discovery tools, and analytics show that well-packaged talks continue to receive views, citations, and collaboration inquiries long after the conference has ended.

Sure you can. However, unless you are an SEO wiz and get tons of traffic, it will be hard to find

Underline is digital academic library. It is curated. It is in many of the top research libraries and universities around the world. It uses the latest SEO to drive additional traffic from Google Scholar.

Underline provides an official, durable academic record that’s easily cited and shared—and appears in institutional research portals and discovery tools.

Yes. All accepted presentations are archived with a persistent DOI and stored in a long-term infrastructure designed for academic preservation and access.

Yes. We provide basic analytics such as view counts, geographic reach, and engagement patterns—so you can track how your work is being accessed and used.

Not really. While your conference may host recordings or proceedings, Underline offers a fully packaged media container—video, slides, paper, abstract, poster—with a DOI, searchable transcripts, metadata, and academic indexing for broader discoverability and sustained engagement.

Submitting takes under 10 minutes. Simply upload your materials (or provide a video link), complete a few metadata fields, and we handle the rest—transcription, DOI registration, formatting, and indexing.

No. Sharing your conference presentation (a public-facing talk, not a journal manuscript) does not conflict with journal submission policies. Many researchers use Underline to showcase preliminary work that later evolves into formal publications.