Comments on: Some thoughts on vlogging

By: Andy Melton

Andy Melton — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:30:23 +0000

Have you looked into Blip.tv?

By: Shawno

Shawno — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:12:11 +0000

Andy: It sounds a bit pretentious to say that YouTubers don’t understand “real video blogging.” But I actually think that’s kinda true. And I don’t really care about monetization. Sure, I’d like to make some scratch. But, I’d rather have my stuff seen by as many people as possible. Which is why it’s not a bad idea to have a YouTube channel.

Ed: No doubt! I think it took like 24 hours for the one video I posted to Revver to become “Revverized.” Though, this is probably due to the fact that they’re trying to keep people from posting copyrighted content. But, still. It’d be nice if the process was faster.

By: Ed Kohler

Ed Kohler — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:56:55 +0000

Another negative on revver: it takes a while for a video to become “revverized” after you upload it, so after creating an uploading a video you find yourself waiting and waiting before you can post it. That’s a pain.

By: Andy Melton

Andy Melton — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:47:42 +0000

It sounds as though Revver would be the best option for you. Just make sure that they don’t stop allowing people to link directly to your videos. If that ever happens you’ll be in the same position I was. I am now hosting my videos on my own hosting account so I can link directly to them and I’m considering maybe uploading them to Vimeo & YouTube so I MIGHT (maybe, doubtful) get a few more viewers. Just make sure you put a title at the beginning or end of your video with your URL, that way they MIGHT be persuaded to come to your site from the video sharing site you choose.

Another thing to remember about YouTube is that videos you post on there can only be 10 minutes long. That’s SUPPOSE to help combat piracy, but, it just hinders some people from posting their entire video. Most people don’t go over 10 minutes but I do sometimes when I’m cooking or rattling on about something and I really don’t care, I’ll rattle on as long as it takes to get my point out.

I also know exactly what you are talking about with the YouTuber’s who think they’re all that and a bag of potato chips simply because they have a YouTube account and have videos of their own. They don’t know what it takes to be a real video blogger. I know I’m not super great at it, but, I feel like I do a lot more work than the YouTuber’s out there.

Oh and I wouldn’t worry about the monetization aspect. If you make some money from it, I seriously don’t think people will throw up arms over it as long as you are upfront and honest about it.