Very interesting topic. I ran a similar vlog/video blog/videoblog regular google search after someone suggested renaming the WP article from vlog to video blog. After Youtube added a video blog genre the term exploded and vlog began to plateau. There was suddenly very strong reasoning to rename it.
As for podcasts. I would assume those who publish videos still refer to their feeds as simply podcasts. I also found that it was very difficult to explain a podcast to people. I think people do think of youtube and of someone sitting in front of a webcam when you mention "video blog" but i think that's a good thing. It's understandable since it's still the most common type of video blog and it gives you a simple base from which you can begin to explain how yours differs. As for RSS, I agree that most will probably never know term but I'm still not sure it's the future. In my opinion as an adult educator, RSS is just plain old not user friendly. The term is obscure, having to copy and paste links is a lot to expect of people, (i wish i were exaggerating on that one) and, in regards to aggregators, people rarely download third party apps anymore and having to visit an additional web site is counter intuitive to reducing the amount of sites you need to constantly check. The solution has to be web based and it has to be something people are already using. Right now, that's facebook, youtube, and email. If people aren't exposed to your content through one of those three ...series of tubes(? :)... it will be significantly harder to reach them. So how far have we come in making video work fluidly on different mediums? Quite far I'd say but unfortunately it hasn't been through an open standard such as RSS. As for blog, I'm pretty sure it's a household word. I'll have to ask my mom if she's ever heard of it and report back. :) On 11/1/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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=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]
