For starters, their should be wide adoption of WFW - Well-Formed Web wfw:commentRss namespace element.
http://wellformedweb.org/news/wfw_namespace_elements/ http://www.sellsbrothers.com/spout/default.aspx?content=archive.htm#exposingRssComments On Jan 30, 2008 10:56 PM, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > It's not that complex though to track comments. > > You follow the permalink. > > You parse the page one time... you look for the comment RSS most > platforms have them now. You display all or part of the comments in > the aggregator... maybe as trackbacks, you just take them into > account in the aggregator as ranking info, display them with the other > comments and on site activity... maybe you simply say "8 more comments > at joevlog.com". This last idea in particular is a personal favorite > of mine because it simultaneously drives traffic back to the vlog > while adding value to the aggregator. > > There in fact may be packages / API's out by now on for tracking blog > comments... there are certainly meta standards, at least one > documented micoformat for comments. > > There are of course potential partners. I've chatted with the guys at > co.mments.com. They're huge potential for them to licensce their > technology. It actually makes much more sense then running a single > webservice for them... because obviously mefeedia and other > specialized aggregatory communities don't compete directly or even > indirectly. > > But... partnership is probably not necessary... because like i said... > comments are very widely standardized around blogging packages these > days. > > Of course.... there's still cooler things... there's tracking... > which posts/ blogs are linking in the content to which posts. It's > meme tracking... like techmeme.com and megit.com. Tracking the > conversations in the vlogosphere. All that data is already in > mefeedia's DB... all that need be done is to process it. The > combination of these two types of tracking could light a fire under > the vlogosphere.... and of course it's implied that it'd light a fire > under the webservice that did such a thing just like it's done for > companies like techmeme and dozens of others. > > What's more... it's organic unlike digg... and embraces an open > ecosystem unlike youtube. > > Peace, > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog > > > > On Jan 30, 2008 9:44 PM, Frank Sinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're working on putting technology in place - a new Video Search > > Engine - that will hopefully enable the tracking of video responses > > across vlogs. > > > > The problem is extremely complex as there are many variations on > > formatting, blog post URLs, embedding, etc. It will be interesting to > > do some small experiments such as apply the technology to a "hot" > > conversation that becomes threaded / moves in many different directions. > > > > Regards, > > Frank > > > > http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Meiser" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sweet work David, Jay and everyone who worked on it. > > > > > > Now all we need is 3rd party services, i.e. aggregators and meme > > > trackers to start tracking video comments as well as simply RSS feeds. > > > > > > This has long been one of the biggest failings of aggregators. it' > > > not just about the RSS... it's about the conversations at the end of > > > the permalinks... AND it's about other bloggers and their blog posts > > > referencing each other. > > > > > > As people such as David, Jay and the Show in the box team build more > > > value into the comments hopefully others will stand up and take > > > notice. > > > > > > Conversation tracking, meme tracking, or social aggregation. There are > > > many names and many approaches to exploring what is I personally think > > > is a whole new frontier beyond the diggs, facebooks, twitters and > > > myspaces into a much more organic and natural social space. > > > > > > These aggregators will make 1.0 versions of aggregators look one > > > dimensional. And they are. > > > > > > Examples of 1.0 aggregators > > > > > > - bloglines > > > - google newsreader > > > - various software aggregators: itunes, fireant, miro, newsgator, > > > netnewswire, vienna > > > > > > Examples of experiments in conversation tracking are > > > > > > - co.comments.com > > > - cocomment.com > > > - Megatite > > > - Commentful, commentful.blogflux.com > > > > > > And a couple of Meme trackers > > > > > > - megite.com > > > - techmeme.com > > > > > > There' probably a bunch I don't know about or am forgetting about. > > > > > > I have yet to see a RSS / blog aggregator that also tracks users > > > comments well. But there are a few out there who's names I can't > > > remember yet. > > > > > > I think the one web-service in this space that is best positioned to > > > start tracking video comments and memes across the vlogosphere is > > > mefeedia, but sadly though i've pushed and pushed it hasn't happened > > > yet. Consider this another suggestion. (Disclaimer: I'm not longer a > > > part of mefeedia.) > > > > > > -Mike > > > mmeiser.com/blog > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 30, 2008 1:46 PM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > for those of you using Wordpress, Davod Meade craeted a whole new > > > > plugin for video comments: > > > > http://www.davidmeade.com/wordpress-plugins#videoComments > > > > > > > > It seems works much better than what we were using Semanal: > > > > http://semanal.org/2008/01/27/week-5-2008-video-commenting-is-live/ > > > > > > > > The plugin adds some extra fields to the comment area. > > > > The video comment then shows up as a clickable thumbnail and lays > > > > inline if you also have vPIP installed. > > > > > > > > This is a good example of old fashioned team work. > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://jaydedman.com > > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com > > > > Personal: http://momentshowing.net > > > > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > > > > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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