Videoblogging (Vlog) – The Next Internet Craze
By Daryl H. Bryant
Ok, so by now we all know what a blog is and
many of us run and operate a blog of our very own. But have you heard
of a vlog? If not, no worries, it’s something that has been around
for less than one year. A vlog, or video blog, is a weblog which uses
video as its primary presentation format. It is primarily a medium
for distributing video content. Vlog posts are usually accompanied
by text, images, and additional meta data to provide a context or
overview for the video. Vlogs or videoblogs are created by vloggers
or videobloggers, while the act itself is referred to as vlogging
or videoblogging.
So as you can see, it’s a branch off of a blog but instead of writing
content like I’m doing now, users present their information through
some type of video format. This new version of blogging is intriguing
to many because users find it more interesting than reading through
pages of content. They would rather spend 10 minutes watching a video
of someone rather than read an article. I myself like both blogs and
vlogs. To me it depends on the topic that is being depicted. If the
topic is how to bake chocolate chip cookies (mmmm), then I’d rather
watch a vblog of someone actually making the cookies and talking me
through it. However, if it’s a topic on how Google just launched their
new news archive search, then I would rather read a blog then have
to watch and listen to someone talk about it for 10 minutes.
If you are interested in making your own vlog, then Freevlog.org explains
how to videoblog for free and Feevlog.org explains how to videoblog
for a fee. Also, Typepad.com and Blip.tv are simple turnkey solutions
to consider. If you’re interested in watching and commenting on other
people’s vlog works, then you can subscribe to FireAnt.com or Mefeedia.com.
I’m very interested to see where vlogging takes us. I’m quite sure
in the next year or two we will see a few vlogs become famous because
of their content. We’ve seen it happen with blogging. Many sites such
as Fark, TechCrunch, BoingBoing, Gizmodo, and PopSugar are already
or on track to make millions of dollars through their blogs. It’s
a new advertising medium for companies and vlogging now adds a whole
new sphere (vlogosphere) to this element.
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