you are correct, a video blog sounds more like a genre of video podcasting. I still think that vidcasts was the best name. Verizon advertises Vcasts so heavy on the TV. that vidcasts would be understood rather easily.
On 11/1/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah. I agree. It's the term that people understand. > You yell vlog or video podcast, people go "Huh? What?" > You yell "video blog", you got a panic on your hands on the fourth of > July. > > However, David Howell was raising concerns the other day on Twitter > about the connotations of the term. The general public knows the > word, and they *think* they understand it... > > BUT they think solely in terms of Youtube, and the picture that comes > into their mind when you say 'video blog' is that of a person droning > into their webcam at great length about what they've done today. > People aren't aware that video blogs and user-generated (sorry) > online video comes in a million flavours. That's a barrier which > stops intelligent and creative people being aware that there's > challenging, varied and engaging new content online by independent > vloggers, artists and filmmakers. At best, they know about the big > name shows. And soon, they'll be spoonfed commercial 'channels' via > things like Joost and Windows Media Center. > > As a community, we now need to put as much (if not more) effort into > evangelising about the content as we have previously put into > evangelising about the technology. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv/ > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > On 1 Nov 2007, at 06:37, Mike Meiser wrote: > > I hadn't thought to check into this in a long while. > > video blog vs. vlog vs. video podcast > > Which terms is winning out? > > http://www.google.com/trends?q=video+podcast%2C+vlog%2C+video+blog%2C > +videoblog&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 > > Alternate tiny url: > > http://tinyurl.com/3b6j4u > > It would appear that "video blog" is THE clear term of choice, which > makes me quite happy. The masses have pretty much spoken at this > point. I think it's safe to say the dust is starting to settle and > can't forsee anything changing the picture anytime soon. > > In fact the only thing more popular then "video blog" is simply > "podcast", with an order of magnitude. > > http://www.google.com/trends?q<http://www.google.com/trends?q=video+blog%2C+podcast> > =video+blog%2C+podcast<http://www.google.com/trends?q=video+blog%2C+podcast> > > On a side note it's interesting to note that while popularity the term > podcast has obviously peaked the term videoblog continues to rise very > steadily. Most interesting. > > I would think that podcast is the prefered term for audio specific > media, but I could well be wrong, which brings me to my next point. > > **Google can't tell us what people thing these terms mean.** > > Do people think of podcasts as generally audio only? > > What percentage of these articles that are refering to "podcasts" are > actually referring to video specific podcasts? > > When people here "video blog" what do they think? > > When people here "video blog" do they think simple "youtube"? > > or do they think "like a blog but instead of text primarily video"? > > Is blog itself yet a household term, or do people still think it means > "to throw up"? > > And finally and most importantly... what is the state of RSS in all > this? > > My guess is the vast majority will never know the term, RSS. Nor do > they necissarily need to. > > They may understand two things: 1) subscribing, 2) syndication (if > they make media). > > RSS is undisputeably and undeniably integral to this space. As 1) a > subscription mechanism, 2) a serch mechanism, and 3) a syndication > mechanism even though the vast majority of the public may not know it > or even need to know it. > > What interests me though, is how far have we come in loosening media > from the confines of the "web page" so it may flow freely beyond the > boundries of the traditional web to set top boxes, portable devices, > cell phones and such. > > How far have we really gotten in that big picture? > > What percentage of web originating video is viewed on a web page? > > What percentage is viewed on the web page it originated on, as opposed > to through a syndication, reblog, or search site? > > Just some late night ramblings. > > -Mike > mefeedia.com > mmeiser.com/blog > evilvlog.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Gary Leland www.PodcastPickle.com www.PickleReviews.com www.PickleMobile.com www.PodcasterTree.com www.PodcastJunk.com www.PodcastInspector.com www.DillDomains.com www.MySalesAccount.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
