I spoke to Frank Sinton, and more details will be released in my article. But for everyone's information, the numbers reflect where feeds listed with Mefeedia originate, not where the actual content is hosted (which was the main question everyone seemed to have about the study).
On 30 Mar 2007 10:39:12 -0700, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its interesting but id like to see more detail of the methodology. > > For example does 'number of videoblogs' mean number of feeds, does it > take account of rss feeds that are built on the fly based on search > terms, etc. And is the breakdown of sites used purely based on where > the video files themselves are hosted, or is it anything to do with > where the rss feed is generated? Is it purely based on feeds taht have > been added to mefeddia, and so trends that show an increase in vlogs > might just mean an increase of vlogs being picked up by mefeedia? If > we wanted accurate numbers on youtube use, how would you go about > finding them all as opposed to youtube users who usually upload > copyrighted stuff from tv etc? And finally, are the vlogs on mefeddia > mostly English-language, and thus these stats are likely to miss the > non-English vlogs in the world? > > Its still useful to see their numbers, just cant think of a way to > measure such things with a high degree of accuracy. I assume mefeedia > do what they can with the data that is accessible to them, thats all > they can be expected to do so Im not criticising them for bothering. > Some details on how much the vlogs are being watched through mefeedia > might be a useful measure of the state of the vlogosphere too? > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Jackson West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Mefeedia, in the tradition of Technorati's "State of the blogosphere" > > reports, has posted some numbers and analysis. I would love to get > > some reactions from the crowd here. > > > > http://mefeedia.com/blog/2007/03/136/ > > > > Please let me know with an "OTR" tag if you'd prefer not to be > > directly quoted. If you prefer to contact me directly, it's > > jacksonwest at gmail > > > > The web moves fast -- my piece is due by 11am PST, so please drop me > > line or reply sooner rather than later. Thanks kids, keep up the > > great work! > > > > Jackson West > > NewTeeVee.com > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
