VideoBlogs - The Future?

[RegFee]

So that it didn't appear I was trying to give myself a bump on the appraisals board, I decided to start a new thread here.

I just reg'd FreeVideoBlogs.com. As many are aware, VideoBlog.com recently sold for $21K.

Some of the issues people have with video blogs:

• Most people who like reading blogs just scan through their favorites, they never actually sit down and read through the whole thing. Having to sit and watch a 5 minute video blog would be time consuming.
• Hosting for a 5mb video watched by thousands of people would be expensive.
• Videos would be forced to be low quality and tiny
• Everyone has a keyboard, not everyone has a webcam
• SEO - Search engines don't crawl through a video finding keywords...yet.

So, I'd appreciate anyone's opinions on video blogging. I have a few videoblog names in mind, and I'm just wondering if they are worth the investment, or if I should just register hundreds of .info keyword names and park them instead.

Also, is it going to be "VLOG" "VBLOG" or "VIDEOBLOG"?

Thank you for your time!

:azt
bl-og.com

 

[RegFee]

http://www.d-log.info/templates/videoblog/index.html has a neat example of how video blogs will look. It's not going to be a bunch of huge videos instead of text. You can still have the text, the videos will just be a supplement.

 

[Kishin]

I dont know if this will catch on,I just like to read short snippets on blogs,I would rather not wait for a video to download and watch it. But I dont know this may become a hit.
But I prefer text

 

[RegFee]

I dont know if this will catch on,I just like to read short snippets on blogs,I would rather not wait for a video to download and watch it. But I dont know this may become a hit.
But I prefer text

Maybe one day DNF will be completely video. lol, imagine seeing 20 different faces saying "reg fee".

If you take a look at the sample site I gave, you have the option of just having a really really small snippet that's quick to download, and still have text. If the readers wanted to, they could download and watch the whole video. This saves bandwidth, and will probably make the transition from all text blogs to video blogs smoother.

 

[Kishin]

But from that link you posted I dont see how thats much more different from a regular blog,just a small snippet.Might as well call blogs with pictures "Picture blogs"

 

[RegFee]

If pictureblog.com would sell for $21k, then I'd call it that too!

 

[Theo]

Check this out - very creative :-D
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5769332644

 

[Kishin]

Check this out - very creative :-D
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5769332644

Wow thats a great use for a video,Really ads a personal touch to a auction.
Now that name suddenly seems tempting :wink:

 

[Theo]

Wow thats a great use for a video,Really ads a personal touch to a auction.
Now that name suddenly seesm tempting :wink:

The guy looks like Peter the Family Guy :-D

 

[GiantDomains]

If video blogs are the future, the future sounds pretty boring, lol.

 

[Cash Is King]

The guy looks like Peter the Family Guy :-D

Where are the nuts on his chin :laugh:

 

[VisualDigits]

video blogs might be near future but interactive video is the goal!