> g through their reader, than why have a site at all then? > > As far as having all of your video's on Blip etc, well I know for me, > that Blip's Showplayer does not show all of my stuff it only goes > back about a year, so you are missing anything older...but that is > neither here nor there...
Nobody but you guys are viewing through your reader. Nobody is going to mefeedia. The feed services like feedburner and mefeedia are awesome for giving a large footprint, but for the masses they are not destinations. The only people who go there and use feed readers are geeks. Regular people don't know what an RSS feed is let alone how to use and manage one. If FF did not automagically parse them they'd think it was a broken link. I use RSS feeds to push my vids out there and to get them exposure so I can get hits on search engines. Mefeedia and Feedburner are great for creating a large footprint. They are for the people on this list. But there are very few people who view stuff on RSS feeds. Just the busy geeks like yourselves. I exempt myself from this statement, as I don't use feeds, although I probably would if I had the bandwidth available to watch videos. I gobble up my 5 GB shuffling files around the sites that I am developing. > So I go back to my first statement and ask, Is RSS in effect part of > the problem? Is it so easy now to just watch that we are becoming > passive? That we no longer care about the communication or the > connections that can develop? Yes, they are part of the problem. The people on this list are busy, busy, and we live in our own little world. If I don't follow a link from a post here, I don't see it. There needs to be a gathering place with an application that can make the people on this list happy AND reach the public. Hasn't happened yet. We need to start trying to put things together as a group if we're going to get any kind of serious visibility. Hasn't happened yet. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Dec 11, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Heath wrote: > So it seems that by having an RSS feed we are actually taking away > from the communial side of blogging/vlogging? > > I mean if there is no reason to ever go to a site because everyone is > reading through their reader, than why have a site at all then? > > As far as having all of your video's on Blip etc, well I know for me, > that Blip's Showplayer does not show all of my stuff it only goes > back about a year, so you are missing anything older...but that is > neither here nor there... > > So I go back to my first statement and ask, Is RSS in effect part of > the problem? Is it so easy now to just watch that we are becoming > passive? That we no longer care about the communication or the > connections that can develop? > > Heath > http://heathparks.com > > --- In [email protected], "michaelaivaliotis" > <michaelaivalio...@...> wrote: > > > > If someone can watch all your videos on a site like Blip.TV, Vimeo > or > > even Youtube - which probably already has a great viewing > experience - > > Why should they come to your site? what's the compelling reason? I > > think this is the main question that needs to be answered and > thought > > about before you start redesigning your site. > > > > If you can't clearly answer that then your site needs to be more of > an > > "About Me" page with links to your stuff. > > > > On the other hand, if Blip.TV is the only place you have videos and > > you are just using them as a virtual hard drive then you need to do > > some serious work on your site. > > > > Sorry, I don't have a clear answer but you really need to put some > > time and money into it if you want your site to be a hub. You have > to > > give people a reason to come back. Honestly, with the concept of RSS > > feeds in full effect, I never go to anyone's site anymore. I watch > all > > your videos in my Google reader. The only reason for me to go to > your > > site would be to leave a comment. The problem there is I usually > never > > read the response unless I'm subscribed to the comments via email: > > like Rupert does on his blog (that helps). > > > > For those that want dynamic related posts. I found a WP plugin here: > > http://mitcho.com/code/yarpp/ > > It doesn't do thumbnails but it has great options to show related > > posts (probably the best). I'm currently trying to modify it to show > > thumbnails. The main issue with thumbnails is that you need to > > manually attach a thumbnail to your post and specify that this > > thumbnail is for the video (like is currently done with the vPIP > > plugin). Still some work there. I'm trying to figure out how to get > it > > to find thumbnails automatically, like it is done in the BlipIt > plugin: > > http://www.bravenewcode.com/blipit/ > > > > Anyway... more work ahead. > > Michael Aivaliotis > > > > --- In [email protected], "Heath" <heathparks@> wrote: > > > > > > I agree about the content, and google reader and RSS, etc make > things > > > very easy, but when people do come to my site, after maybe seeing > a > > > video for the first time....I want it to look as visually > appealing > > > as possible and to be able to showcase some of my best stuff and > > > other things/vlogs I like, etc....for me it's more about > the "look" > > > of the site..... > > > > > > I do think you are also right in that it's best to showcase > video's > > > on a standalone sight, but then again, how do you get people over > > > there? Just a header link, an "ad" on your site, etc... > > > > > > We spent so much time talking about content, how to make video, > how > > > to set up RSS feeds, how to promote your site, etc...but the > layout > > > and design we just have pretty much accepted what is out there > and > > > made due.....let's change that! > > > > > > Heath > > > http://heathparks.com > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
