It's no wonder that more people are moving to using video blogs, or Vlogs, because they have many advantages over the usual text based blog! Web surfers' attention is more easily caught with video blogs.
Video blogs have become more attractive to internet users than the traditional written blog.
More viewers means more word of mouth spreading of your blog, which means more traffic and more money!
While there are disadvantages to video blogging, they can be readily overcome. Hosting a vlog can require quite a bit of server space, which can make it difficult to get started. That is if you decide that you want to host it. The best
way is to use a service like YouTube, Google Video or Viddler for free. Next
obtain the embed code and make it available on your website. Allow them to deal with any bandwidth concerns and additional costs.
If you don't want to use those services and want more control, use a service like Amazon's storage service called S3. They charge according to your bandwidth consumption and also by file size (in GB) when you upload. The cost is about .10/GB to upload and then .17/GB for bandwidth usage. This is such a small cost for complete control.
In addition, it can also take much longer to create and upload a video than it does to write up a short blurb of text. If you dont know how shooting and editing of a video is done then running and adding content to a video blog can be quite a bit of work for you.
Like most things, though, after you've grown accustomed to it, it becomes very simple. The
hardest part for many is simply going through with the shooting process.
Moreover, at times because of a few computers and connections, several individuals may experience frustration with loading or playback issues from time to time.
Most people have a fast connect an updated software to handle videos, but keep in mind the market that you are sending to your blog. In case they are older people who don't have much experience with internet yet, a video blog is not the best choice. Make sure you remember who your market is before you decide what to do.
Regardless of whether you decide on a traditional blog, a video blog or a combination of the two, just remember to provide useful, high quality content to your viewers. Be yourself and have fun!
