Author: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.
Daryl H. Bryant, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Horizons,
effectively helps his clients achieve online success through search engine
marketing and customized e-business solutions.
Hudson Horizons is an e-business product, solution and marketing company
specializing in creating highly sophisticated customized websites, web-based
software applications and providing e-marketing services for small and mid-sized
businesses.
Our vision and ultimate ambition as a company is to always strive to be "The
New Light for e-Business."
By offering new, innovative and extremely competitive products and solutions
to our customers, we provide better ways to run and operate their business
online.