The thought occurs to me that is amazing is you start adding up this long tail of pag views... all of you combined and it starts adding up pretty quick.
I'm very pleased with the way blip is going and it certainly seems to be attracting a lot of big groups that are aimed at making "shows" or episodic and entertainment content and helping those groups monetize their work. Something youtube has failed at... and youtube has also failed at letting people control their brand. Anyway, the vlogosphere has two sides and the key is that it grows up as not only an entertainment industry... but also as a communications industry. The communications industry model is much tougher. Entertainment monetization is all about advertising. Maybe a la carte media sale like Cruxy.org too. But the communications industry favors "freemium services"... pro-level services like flickr PRO... OR as google has demonstrated time and again, most recently with making Feedburner Pro-level free... supporting those services with advertising, tracking and other high level means that only become available when they're massed in large quanities.... which is to say when markets meet a critical mass. Anyway, I hope as these numbers start to quickly add up wether there's you intend vlogging like you share photos... or wether you intend to aim at a mass market that blip.tv and others (like mefeedia) will find new metrics... favoriting, thumbs up, subscriptions, comments, etc., etc. to accurately represent no matter what is important to you. -Mike On 7/5/07, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I first started posting videos, I was completely obsessed with my > stats. Now, not so much. One stat that still is cool to me is where > people come from that find my site. I think I lost interest in all the > stats thing when I realized that I wasnt going to make a living from > this. Which is ok. It's a fun hobby and I enjoy doing it. > > My video views are few. That's fine. I get wonderful comments on my > work. That's awesome. Comments are my crack. I had one donation since > I added a donation button. I damn near cried and died all at the same > time. > > Looking at Blip, I average about 600 views on my videos. My highest > viewed video is "If A Tree Falls" with 1557 views. > > Like I said. Small views. Which, in the long run, doesnt mean much. > It's the comments that I get from my vlogging friends and complete > unknowns. > > Thems my words and I'm stickin to them :) > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > --- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for sharing this :) Do you know where people find you, > > mostly? Do you spend a lot of time fielding feedback? > > > > On 5 Jul 2007, at 22:01, Chumley wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Rupert <rupert@> wrote: > > > > > > I'm on a roll, today. > > Sure, I'll chime in with some stats. It always urked me that people > > are so secretive about their downloads, It's not a competition though, > > as long as you enjoy what your doing it shouldn't really matter what > > your stats are. > > > > The Cult of UHF has been going since Nov. 05 and I have 35 episodes > > out (only put out about 2 a month) According to Blip my last two > > episodes are each about 10,200 downloads. Over my 35 episodes I > > usually get (on non-new episode release days, release days spike of > > course) about 700-800 downloads a day. Counting in my old host Libsyn > > with blip my total downloads are around 310,000. > > Feedburner says I have around 1,800 subscribers (but who knows what > > those stats actually mean.) > > > > Rev. Chumley > > > > > I'd like to suggest that more of us should try to be open about how > > > many views we get. I mean, not *all* of us, obviously. There are > > > those of us who won't want to say for commercial or other reasons. > > > > > > But I keep hearing people worrying about how few views they're > > > getting. And I'm sure that part of their worry is that other people > > > are getting far more. And I'm not sure that that's true. I'd bet > > > any money that 99% of the people on this list get two figure views > > > for all their videos combined per day. And I'd bet the majority get > > > single figure views per day. > > > > > > This is important in the discussion of monetizing videoblogging, too, > > > perhaps. > > > > > > I think Youtube has distorted expectations - by its nature, it > > > attracts clusters of people to feast on certain featured & popular > > > videos in a way that's quite different to what a lot of us are > > > doing. And as Mark Day said last week, even on Youtube the really > > > big view numbers are rare. > > > > > > Personally, I don't think that getting just a few people per day or > > > per week is bad at all. Your films are still being seen by more > > > people than they would if you were taking them to a local film night, > > > or showing them in a local gallery, which was the only forum for them > > > before the web. > > > > > > And you're actually connecting with the people who are watching them, > > > in a way that wouldn't happen otherwise. And probably in a more > > > profound way than you would if you had 1000 people all wanting to > > > talk to you. > > > > > > You don't have to join in this game - it's not Truth or Dare! - but > > > to get the ball rolling, here are my own stats. > > > > > > They're a bit weird compared to most, probably, because I only > > > started Twittervlog 3 months ago, I've made 89 videos in that time > > > and I pimp it all the time on Twitter - that must be where I get most > > > of my views. > > > > > > I feel it's been successful on a personal level - I've met all sorts > > > of great people and it's been a lot of fun. But featured status on > > > Youtube - or even on Blip - it ain't. > > > > > > I have posted 89 films. With 14,000 views in total. That's an > > > average of 150 per film. I figure - what? - half of those have > > > actually watched the video to the end? > > > > > > 25 videos ( a third of them) have less than 100 views in total > > > > > > another 57 videos (almost two thirds) have between 100 and 250 > > > > > > and only 7 have more than 250 - all of these have been featured > > > somewhere, like The End of Pixelodeon, or the Vlog Deathmatch video. > > > > > > The Vlog Deathmatch video is the most popular, and has topped out at > > > 765 views. Which is a fraction of what Irina and The Burg's total > > > votes were, I'm sure! At the end of the Deathmatch, I think it'd had > > > 350 or so views. > > > > > > The only Youtube context I can give to this is the Flashmob video, > > > which has had 13,000 views on Youtube, and 746 on my site. > > > > > > Oh, and I now have around 50 or so subscribers (Feedburner number). > > > > > > I don't know - maybe I'm wrong and you're all getting thousands and > > > thousands of views for every film you make... but my heart tells me > > > that's not so... and if it isn't, do we average non-commercial > > > videobloggers need to readjust our expectations? > > > > > > Is getting 100 views on a video after it's been out there for a few > > > months really so bad? Imagine those 100 people in your local bar or > > > in your house! That's quite a lot of people. And then add all your > > > videos together. You've made 50? And they average 100 views in the > > > end? That's 5000 in total! And 5000 was a big number for Jesus... :) > > > > > > I remember a time when we complained about people's Feedcounters, and > > > the pressure of popularity that comes with people talking about > > > statistics. I hate that. But on the other hand, it's terrible if > > > everybody thinks that they can't say how many viewers they have > > > because they'd be perceived as unpopular and unsuccessful. > > > > > > I'd be really interested on your thoughts about this. > > > > > > Rupert > > > > > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
