[videoblogging] Re: videobloggingweek aggregation?

2009-04-07 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Schlomo, We just had a massive release (soft launch) yesterday. I already asked our development team to look into that videobloggingweek search issue. In the meantime, you may find this useful (even has some classic VBW videos featured at top):

[videoblogging] Re: VloMo08 - Videoblogging Month 2008

2008-10-31 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi all, We have a Mefeedia users group and can field all questions there: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/mefeedia-users/ In short, feeds are usually updated once per day. We do have a way to manually spider a feed for Admin users. Perhaps we could open this up for logged in users who have

[videoblogging] Re: VloMo08 - Videoblogging Month 2008

2008-10-30 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi all - we just had a complete relaunch, and are working through a bunch of issues, mainly to do with the logged in version of the site. We should have all issues resolved by EOD tomorrow. Apologies for those who are trying to join and can't. Also, we did switch over from username to email for

[videoblogging] Re: VloMo08 - Videoblogging Month 2008

2008-10-30 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi all, The issues Mefeedia.com was having with sessions / login are fixed now. You are now able to join the channel and add your feeds: http://www.mefeedia.com/channels/vlomo08 We added a Find a Feed search box at the bottom of Feeds in this Channel - if you are unsure if your feed is in

[videoblogging] Re: VloMo08 - Videoblogging Month 2008

2008-10-30 Thread Frank Sinton
://twittervlog. tv On 30-Oct-08, at 11:35 AM, Frank Sinton wrote: Hi all, The issues Mefeedia.com was having with sessions / login are fixed now. You are now able to join the channel and add your feeds: http://www.mefeedia .com/channels/ vlomo08 We added a Find a Feed search box

[videoblogging] Re: Fw: [podcasters] NaPodPoMo: National Podcast Post Month Nov. 1-30

2008-10-24 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi all, I'm really excited about this year's Navlopomo! Site is working - was just on. We re-launched about 3 hours ago, as Rupert said, and are working through various issues. It was a complete revamp of both most of the frontend and backend. The good news is nothing too bad - one site slowdown

[videoblogging] Re: who are the Green Video Bloggers?

2008-07-29 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Rox, Thanks for the link - that Green Channels is one of our most popular! Good question Right now, the Channels are meant to be a Guide to Feeds, with each channel focusing on feeds dedicated to that subject (BTW - yes, we are changing the name back from shows to feeds soon!). We've

[videoblogging] Re: Hey!Spread - TubeMogul - Blip - Social Poster - RSS

2008-07-08 Thread Frank Sinton
On the flip side of hyper-distribution: Mefeedia.com aggregates from almost all of these sites, and we have spent a LOT of time and resources removing duplicates. I can't tell you how many times we see the same videos coming in from YouTube, DailyMotion, Metacafe, Veoh, etc. etc... We have also

[videoblogging] Re: my favorite vlog template of the week

2008-06-24 Thread Frank Sinton
I'm excited about these new interfaces! We've been playing with various theater view interfaces. We just launched this for your personal queue (if you use Mefeedia to subscribe to vlogs, feeds, TV shows, etc). Also, you can do any search on mefeedia.com and click the watch this page on the top

[videoblogging] Re: Any video sharing sites still worth the bother?

2008-06-17 Thread Frank Sinton
I remember back in the mid-90s, people were asking should i build my website on Geocities or Tripod?. This feels like another one of those discussions. Not sure why these sites aren't trying harder to solve a core issue: how to find video that interests me - particularly Google, since this is

[videoblogging] Re: Any video sharing sites still worth the bother?

2008-06-17 Thread Frank Sinton
go man that is coolWe gotta get them guys a publicist or something! ;) Heath Parks Media Made Easy http://batmangeek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton frank@ wrote: I remember back in the mid-90s, people were asking should i build

[videoblogging] Re: New VideobloggingWeek2008 Viewing Experience

2008-04-25 Thread Frank Sinton
Mike - the UI was designed as a different viewing experience that supports as many players and formats as possible. As David mentioned, it is also a great way to watch and then visit the original vlog if you wish to comment and interact (just click on the link link), but still keep the user within

[videoblogging] Re: Where my travel bloggers/videobloggers at?

2008-04-24 Thread Frank Sinton
Tons of great stuff here: http://www.mefeedia.com/channels/travel/ (vlogs on the right) Also check out the location-specific channels linked to there. You could also check out the How-To sites: http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/nyt_lotsa_how_to_sites_out_there Regards, Frank

[videoblogging] New VideobloggingWeek2008 Viewing Experience

2008-04-24 Thread Frank Sinton
All, We just launched a new viewing experience for Videoblogging Week 2008: http://www.mefeedia.com/videobloggingweek2008 Back to Basics - no extra stuff, no fancy flash - just focus on watching videos. Our plan is to extend this to other parts of the site over the coming weeks - for example,

[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008

2008-04-22 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Steve, The vPIP Quicktime feed worked fine. It is here: http://www.mefeedia.com/feeds/37130 The Wordpress feed didn't contain media elements, so won't work in Mefeedia or iTunes (well, you can add it to iTunes, but won't play any episodes). Also, we have a users group here in case anyone

[videoblogging] Re: Cozmo TV

2008-04-22 Thread Frank Sinton
Looks cool - will have to give it a try. thanks! The main problem I have had with these type of things is that they support Flash-only. At Mefeedia, we even created a basic experience like this ourselves, but canned it because of the non-Flash support. I'd be interested to see what they

[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008

2008-04-22 Thread Frank Sinton
://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/rss2.xml I should be able to select advanced/subscribe to podcast, enter that and away I go? ... thanks ... Richard On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED]frank%40mefeedia.com wrote: Hi Markus, That RSS should

[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008

2008-04-20 Thread Frank Sinton
http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/ You can also grab the tag widget, and RSS from that page. Also, you can do a search videobloggingweek2008 and that should pick up videos that perhaps weren't even tagged and only had it in the description. The tag and search updates throughout

[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008

2008-04-20 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Markus, That RSS should work in iTunes now. I just tried it in iTunes 7.x and it worked. You might notice a small discrepancy of entries between the web page and the RSS feed. We've recently implemented extensive caching, which has made the tags quite zippy, but causes a delay of a few hours

[videoblogging] Re: Videoblogging Week 2008

2008-03-31 Thread Frank Sinton
Excellent! Mefeedia will be doing our typical tag aggregation: http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/ (no promo videos yet??) Tag stream widget here: http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2008/videostream_widgets/ Working on some enhancements for this year (event date

[videoblogging] Re: wow, totally missed this / Mefeedia Video Search

2008-03-20 Thread Frank Sinton
aspect, Burbank, CA-based MeFeedia offers social networking tools like peer-based discovery. CEO Frank Sinton was previously at Sony (NYSE: SNEhttp://finance.paidcontent.org/paidcontent?Page=QUOTETicker=SNE) Pictures Entertainment. Other companies exploring similar things include VodPod and http

[videoblogging] Re: Two New Versions of Miro: Sliced by Genre

2008-03-05 Thread Frank Sinton
Why not just market bundles after someone first installs Miro? So, what happens when Mom also wants Gardening videos? http://www.mefeedia.com/channels/gardening/ using the concepts of player themes. would be slick if groups of people could make mashup themes and let other download their

[videoblogging] Re: Two New Versions of Miro: Sliced by Genre

2008-03-05 Thread Frank Sinton
/ Motorsport Videos http://TireBiterZ.com/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not just market bundles after someone first installs Miro? So, what happens when Mom also wants Gardening

[videoblogging] Re: Miro Not Working Well for Me

2008-02-23 Thread Frank Sinton
I have used Miro in the past, but have used it less and less lately - unless I need offline viewing. (Disclaimer - i head up Mefeedia) Lately, I have been using iGoogle + Mefeedia. Mefeedia handles all of my video subscriptions (including my YouTube subscriptions, Hulu TV Shows, and podcasts

[videoblogging] Re: Conversation Tracking (was: Plugin for Video Comments)

2008-02-17 Thread Frank Sinton
We can expose our data via API if anyone wanted any easy way to find the data for this project. I've been doing some tests recently (based on this thread), and it is looking like a lot of the data is there (some issues are more human-based, such as the habit to link to a vlog's homepage rather

[videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-02-01 Thread Frank Sinton
Mike is correct in that Mefeedia does have a lot of the data that could make video conversation tracking possible. I hope we can do something with this soon. We are working on putting the search technology in place that should be making setting up these memes possible for any user, we hope.

[videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-01-31 Thread Frank Sinton
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

[videoblogging] Re: Plugin for Video Comments

2008-01-30 Thread Frank Sinton
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

[videoblogging] Re: Controlling Your Feed

2008-01-25 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Tim, Every major video hosting site gives you a MediaRSS feed when you create an account (some advertise it more than others). YouTube and Blip have great feeds. I know a lot of people on this list prefer their Feedburner feed. Unfortunately, Feedburner feeds have lagged behind for video

[videoblogging] Alternatives to ning? (Was Re: Video a week, evolved)

2008-01-18 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Chris, cross my fingers? :) You may want to try: http://mefeedia.com/tags/semanal08/videostream_widgets/ (this is available for any tag) We are working on developing something even better in this area, and have taken the wish list posted by Rupert on the Ning site as a starting point.

[videoblogging] Re: Comparing Flash encoding across different sites

2008-01-18 Thread Frank Sinton
Thanks for the link - excellent reading! We have found that the abandonment rate goes up exponentially when the user has to wait more than 3 seconds for a video to load. YouTube consistently delivers on this playback experience - partially because of their philosophy on bitrate and partially

[videoblogging] Re: marketing and distributing videos

2008-01-08 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Andrew, Been reading in on this conversation and had a few thoughts: 1) RSS enables you to have one point of distribution and ad insertion. The views on your video count as views on the original source, and makes managing the ads much easier as it gives you one place to manage them. It also

[videoblogging] Re: SEMANAL

2008-01-03 Thread Frank Sinton
Really cool idea. What is the tag? semanal ? Mefeedia will do our usual hyper-aggregation / tag meme thing. Regards, -Frank http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, rudy.jahchan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with Paul. It's great this will

[videoblogging] Re: SEMANAL

2008-01-03 Thread Frank Sinton
We'd be willing to syndicate the aggregated tag or channel to a blog, if someone would like us to do that. Regards, -Frank http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yay! We're going to use a Wordpress blog with

[videoblogging] Re: SEMANAL

2008-01-03 Thread Frank Sinton
Just let us know what you want, and we will accomadate. One thought: One thing that we've always imagined is to decentralize the centralization. What if I was on DavidMeade.com and could see that Mike Moon just posted a Semanal video, clicked on that and went to http://vlog.mikemoon.net, etc,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: SEMANAL

2008-01-03 Thread Frank Sinton
that happened... showing the work environment, various topics, whatever) just a thought -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[videoblogging] Re: My Amends To Robert Scoble

2007-12-27 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Jan, One big reason big media rings so false: advertisers control content. I have to disagree with that. Viewers control the content. Meaning, studios only fund productions they think audiences will watch, buy a movie ticket, purchase a DVD, etc. It is the masses controlling what gets

[videoblogging] Re: Forget Apple TV - What about the Nintendo Wii ??

2007-12-23 Thread Frank Sinton
I was mostly worried about watching video and if this was an easy path to the TV. There are 17+ million Wii owners out there, which is way higher than Apple TV or even the iPhone. The other interesting factor is that the Wii is opening up a whole different demographic that is buying game

[videoblogging] Re: the inevitable conversation about what we're doing

2007-12-23 Thread Frank Sinton
I've been a part of this community for over a year, having taken over from Peter at Mefeedia.com one year ago. Since then, this community has been nothing but supportive. I've learned and grown from being a part of this community. I hope that I've been able to contribute both on this group and

[videoblogging] Forget Apple TV - What about the Nintendo Wii ??

2007-12-22 Thread Frank Sinton
I just saw this chart - makes me think the path to the TV will not be through the Apple TV, but rather through the Wii (or PS3 or XBox360): http://www.vgchartz.com Has anyone experimented with online video on the Nintendo Wii? Looks like i will have a Wii in a few days. :) Building a Wii

[videoblogging] NaVloPoMo07 Wrap-up

2007-12-06 Thread Frank Sinton
/12/05/international-video-blog-posting-month-wrap-up-navlopomo-2007/ but will let the videos do most of the talking: http://mefeedia.com/tags/navlopomo07/ - over 1,000 videos! Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching?

[videoblogging] Re: QuickTime Embeds on iPhone

2007-11-28 Thread Frank Sinton
on my way. We've been using a custom PHP embed script for some time - will have to check the jQuery plugin. Thanks for the plugin link. There is another plugin too that also does Flash and other formats (we currently support Quicktime, Flash, Real, Windows Media, and others). Regards, -Frank Frank

[videoblogging] Disgusting article about viral video marketing

2007-11-23 Thread Frank Sinton
conversations. This reinforces that belief. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web

[videoblogging] Re: Counting views in Facebook?

2007-11-21 Thread Frank Sinton
Wow. Thanks for the link (and thanks for the summary, Steve). Has anyone played with putting their MediaRSS feed directly into Facebook? I wonder if this would be useful? Regards, -Frank http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, mattfeldman78

[videoblogging] Re: Embed from Hulu beta

2007-11-20 Thread Frank Sinton
a long way, but not far enough IMO. (Of course, the biggest limitation is it is a walled garden for only those MSM companies who do content deals with Hulu.) Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedina.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging

[videoblogging] Re: ARTICLE - Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs

2007-11-20 Thread Frank Sinton
online. That is great! It opens up an even bigger audience beyond the 18-25 year-olds that currently dominate online video viewing. Regards, -Frank -- Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks/ - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL

[videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo - the 12th

2007-11-13 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Susan, I know a few people using our video tag aggregation service (some are also using Miro to just download the videos they want from this tag by putting the tag RSS in Miro): http://mefeedia.com/tags/NaVloPoMo07/ We've also created this page where you can subscribe, track comments and

[videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo - the 12th

2007-11-13 Thread Frank Sinton
We are working on a threaded view based on activity. Initial looks at it are pretty cool. We also have a new search in the works which will track video responses / trackbacks right in the mefeedia video page. Third, i'd love to have widget tools (similar to what Flickr does for images) to be able

[videoblogging] Re: NaVloPoMo - the 12th

2007-11-13 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Kath, Yes, Mefeedia does pick up tags from YouTube videos. Since we don't spider/crawl (mefeedia is 100% user-submitted), your YouTube user feed or a YouTube tag feed needs to be submitted to Mefeedia first (YouTube does supply RSS feeds for each user, although they don't publicize it -

[videoblogging] Re: TV as we know it is dying (no shit)

2007-11-12 Thread Frank Sinton
? If this starts happening, we will surely see more movement on the studio side. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a good op-ed by one

[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?

2007-11-11 Thread Frank Sinton
have to. Hope that helps. BTW, your RSS is in Mefeedia - i subscribed. Looking forward to watching future episodes. http://www.mefeedia.com/feeds/26422/ Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging

[videoblogging] Re: everyday video in November

2007-11-06 Thread Frank Sinton
(of course, you could always change it at the source and we will pick it up too, but just in case you want instant gratification...). Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Howell

[videoblogging] new mefeedia

2007-11-02 Thread Frank Sinton
enjoy the new experience and stay tuned for even bigger things on the way. Please contact me directly if you have any question - [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 310.927.7841 (cell). Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching?

[videoblogging] Re: video blog, the term of choice

2007-11-01 Thread Frank Sinton
). Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Shawn Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Video blog would seem like the obvious term of choice especially since it is become more popular among the masses

[videoblogging] Re: video blog, the term of choice

2007-11-01 Thread Frank Sinton
heading in the same direction too, fortunately. Feed seems to have regained in popularity, mainly due to Facebook using the term news feed. We like that. :) Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com

[videoblogging] Re: Spamming via Trackback?

2007-10-15 Thread Frank Sinton
Yes, this happens a lot. I think the term is splog (spam blog). Mark as spam! We've also been seeing a rise of comments that look like comments, but aren't (i.e. will say I really liked your article [article name], but i am not sure I 100% agree - or something similar to that). Regards, -Frank

[videoblogging] Re: NTV Live Free to Those Carrying Cameras

2007-10-15 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi Jackson, Thanks for the invite, a couple of questions: 1) Other than Kent from Ask a Ninja and Ben from Barely Political, why isn't NTV including people actually creating video in the sessions? There should be a session of just creators bringing their perspective. 2) How did you guys come up

Re: [videoblogging] Ryanne Jay on teevee!

2007-09-11 Thread Frank Sinton
Excellent! Congrats! I'm glad that i-Caught is finally featuring some videoblogging stories that are off YT. :-) -Frank Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web On 9/11/07, Harold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy Toledo! I just turned on channel 7 (ABC

RE: [videoblogging] Owning a television...

2007-08-03 Thread Frank Sinton
that I like. I am infinitely excited to start using this. The path to the TV is becoming much clearer. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs _ From

RE: [videoblogging] Re: the ugly truth about online video

2007-08-02 Thread Frank Sinton
player Fox (although sometimes the devil is in the details, so it is hard to say how good of a deal it actually was). -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs _ From: videoblogging

RE: [videoblogging] new ways to distribute your shows

2007-07-31 Thread Frank Sinton
, most of these video companies require you to upload your video (and agree to their TOS), so we are still stuck with the upload your video and agree to my TOS problem until these sites become more open networks and accept video feeds. Just my 2 cents. :) -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED

[videoblogging] Anyone using OpenAds?

2007-07-27 Thread Frank Sinton
, open media, now open ads. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs

[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns

2007-07-27 Thread Frank Sinton
Looks like Podtech is looking for a new CEO now? This is the second pod related company THIS WEEK that i've heard about looking for a CEO. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/27/whats-really-going-on-with-podtech/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nick Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[videoblogging] Re: Anyone using OpenAds?

2007-07-27 Thread Frank Sinton
, the sponsorship model or Federated Media model seems to work better. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Share video blogs --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles Iliya Krempeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED

[videoblogging] Re: I compiled a list of PodTech's latest meltdowns

2007-07-27 Thread Frank Sinton
, we haven't exactly made any money yet, but I am confident that those opportunities will present themselves without having to modify this core mission of connecting viewers and producers. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ http://mefeedia.com

[videoblogging] Re: compressing for iPhone

2007-07-16 Thread Frank Sinton
I just got an iPhone over the weekend. We've been talking about creating a m.mefeedia.com, mainly for the iPhone but also for other devices. It is great that the iPhone supports these formats. Flash is a problem, but since most of the vlogosphere is standardized on Quicktime formats, I am

[videoblogging] ABC News and Mefeedia

2007-07-16 Thread Frank Sinton
on our blog post: http://mefeedia.com/blog/2007/07/196/ Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mefeedia.com/user/franks/ - What I'm Watching http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover great videoblogs and podcasts

[videoblogging] Re: ABC News and Mefeedia

2007-07-16 Thread Frank Sinton
://outonthestoop.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton frank@ wrote: Hi All, We are very excited to let everyone know that Mefeedia is working with the ABC News – i-Caught Show and Website to help discover great videos and report

[videoblogging] +Re: The Cult of the Amateur

2007-07-14 Thread Frank Sinton
The revolution, to me, is that the walled gardens of old media no longer exist - they no longer decide what is good and what is garbage (BTW - how many good shows have been on TV over the past few years?!?!?). With the Internet, the people deciding what is good and what is garbage are the

[videoblogging] NewTeeVee rocks

2007-07-12 Thread Frank Sinton
Hi all, I know a lot of people here read the NewTeeVee blog and some of you have had blog posts about your videoblogs (and Jackson West who is part of this group is a blogger there), but in case you haven't checked it out, it just rocks. http://newteevee.com Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton

[videoblogging] Re: On a more positive note... my vlogroll

2007-07-10 Thread Frank Sinton
Great idea to have this as a separate page so that you can include more elaborate descriptions. Linky-love across the vlogosphere is extremely important :) - and not going down the same path as the blogosphere, who are starting to not link to one another due to competitive forces. For those

[videoblogging] Re: Hey everybody - not a positive email, about domain squatters

2007-07-10 Thread Frank Sinton
Domain names is a big business. There are a handful of companies that this is their only business, in fact. It is basically treated like real estate. Someone has bought meefedia.com, meefeedia.com, mefedia.com (i wouldn't suggest going to any of these unless you like pop-ups and pop-unders).

[videoblogging] Re: Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics

2007-07-05 Thread Frank Sinton
Views on a video is just like pageviews - pretty static stat. I would think some more telling stats would be: 1) Subscribers to our vlog 2) %/# of Return viewers (how many people have watched more than 1 of your videos). Does Feedburner help to track these statistics? -Frank Frank Sinton

[videoblogging] Re: Number of videobloggers?

2007-06-28 Thread Frank Sinton
). See here: http://mefeedia.com/blog/2007/03/136/ Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks/ - my mefeedia page Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Quirk, Wreck Salvage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[videoblogging] Re: Number of videobloggers?

2007-06-28 Thread Frank Sinton
information. Thanks a ton. On 6/28/07, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] frank%40mefeedia.com wrote: Mefeedia has a Quarterly State of the Vlogosphere and are finishing up our 2nd one as we speak. our database includes metadata about video blogs from around the World

RE: [mefeedia-users] RE: [videoblogging] MeFeedia - Can Ping It But CANNOT Log Onto It

2007-06-25 Thread Frank Sinton
Mefeedia is back up! The down time was caused by heavy traffic load on the site. We've done some query optimization that should hold us over until we can move to the shiny, new infrastructure later this week. Happy Mefeeding! Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia mailto:[EMAIL

[videoblogging] Re: Is there a listings for pixelodeon?

2007-05-25 Thread Frank Sinton
Looks like there are already people tagging via pixelodeon2007 http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/pixelodeon2007 The convention of event name + year seems to work (like videobloggingweek2007, etc.). It keeps it simple, easy to remember, and puts a historical context to the videos. However, a lot

[videoblogging] Re: Youtube Partner Program

2007-05-17 Thread Frank Sinton
any of that control? To put it another way, what dollar value would you put on 1,000 regular users on your site versus 1,000,000 views on YouTube? Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310-927-7841 (cell) http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Enjoy great videos

[videoblogging] Re: Youtube Partner Program

2007-05-17 Thread Frank Sinton
Doesn't have to be one or the other. Just trying to see what people think the value of a YouTube viewer or subscriber is versus someone who has viewed and subscribed at your vlog. Why give Youtube so much power? as we know in the web 2.0 world, the barrier to entry is a server. jay BUT you

[videoblogging] CBS acquires Wallstrip for $5 million

2007-05-13 Thread Frank Sinton
. goes to show (again) that vloggers have something that MSM wants - let's hope Lindsay Campbell stays as entertaining as she is now. :) Congrats again! -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310-927-7841 (cell) http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Enjoy great videoblogs

[videoblogging] Re: Why Joost?

2007-05-12 Thread Frank Sinton
and PaidContent.org, Business 2.0 and TechCrunch, etc... Andrew - fell free to give me a call if you want to discuss. 310-927- 7841. Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310-927-7841 (cell) Y: fsinton Skype: fsinton http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Enjoy

[videoblogging] Re: Why Joost?

2007-05-12 Thread Frank Sinton
. For finding stuff Id rather use mefeedia and similar, and if I ever find shows I want to stick with, I'll use a desktop aggregator or more recently the nokia podcasting thing on my phone. Agreed. :) Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton frank@ wrote

[videoblogging] Re: flickr to support video soon

2007-05-04 Thread Frank Sinton
LOL. Or you could use Blip.tv to upload and distribute your videos and Mefeedia.com to track and organize all interesting videos. seemed to work for Videoblogging Week! :) Does this mean that Flickr will also replace Yahoo! Video too? -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED

[videoblogging] Re: Pixelodeon attendees

2007-05-04 Thread Frank Sinton
to the highway. -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover, Collect, and Enjoy great videos Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok...we need to find a common place to stay

[videoblogging] Re: Great videoblogging week mashup!

2007-04-17 Thread Frank Sinton
Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, Watch, and Share great videoblogs and podcasts. Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devlon Duthie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A little birdie told me that there are bunch here: http

[videoblogging] Adobe Media Player - Anyone know more?

2007-04-16 Thread Frank Sinton
videos. Does anyone know more about this? Sounds really interesting, but from the sounds of it, it won't be available for GA until later this year. -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, Watch, and Share great videoblogs and podcasts. Our blog

[videoblogging] Re: pyro.tv transcoding and rehosting your stuff

2007-04-16 Thread Frank Sinton
I'm not sure why these aggregators don't provide a link - the Permalink is provided in the RSS feed. Mefeedia does this everywhere there is a reference to your video. It is easy. Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, Watch, and Share great

[videoblogging] Videoblogging Week Update from Mefeedia

2007-04-06 Thread Frank Sinton
days to go - anyone planning something special? Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videobloggingweek.mefeedia.com

Re: [videoblogging]

2007-04-02 Thread Frank Sinton
, so it doesn't take too long to laod - it is 6 by default) We are also open to continued suggestions on how people would like to grab the data and videos. The team will be working on these requests tonight and throughout the week. Keep the feedback coming! Thanks -Frank Frank Sinton CEO

[videoblogging] YouTube / VBW - Thank you Mark Day!

2007-03-31 Thread Frank Sinton
://videobloggingweek.mefeedia.com Mark's is the first from YouTube! -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, watch, and share great videoblogs Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog

[videoblogging] Re: NewTeeVee Request for reactions to State of Vlogosphere

2007-03-30 Thread Frank Sinton
a number people are interested in. I've also seen requests for file type (quicktime, wmv, etc...). Let us know either through this group or send us an email. Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310-927-7841 (cell) Y: fsinton Skype: fsinton http://www.mefeedia.com - Find

[videoblogging] Re: NewTeeVee Request for reactions to State of Vlogosphere

2007-03-30 Thread Frank Sinton
Audio feeds were excluded and duplicate feeds where excluded. I will also post as many clarifications as possible on our blog in the next few days. Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, watch, and share great videoblogs Our blog: http

[videoblogging] Re: mefeedia question

2007-03-30 Thread Frank Sinton
. Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, watch, and share great videoblogs Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tagging - how do I remove a tag from my videos? Most

[videoblogging] Re: Twitter vlogging Twittervlog!

2007-03-29 Thread Frank Sinton
Since many of you already have your feed in Mefeedia: http://mefeedia.com/tags/videobloggingweek2007/rss2.xml 2 videos already from Mike Moon. We could also do a feed that is date-sensitive - good suggestion. Also, maybe we could do a feed of all the participants and and allow for some sort of

[videoblogging] Re: Twitter vlogging Twittervlog!

2007-03-29 Thread Frank Sinton
Frank, Does mefeedia now read my tags from my blog? Like the ones on TypePad? This sounds good if I don't have to do anything extra when I post. --Steve On Mar 29, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Frank Sinton wrote: Since many of you already have your feed in Mefeedia: http://mefeedia.com/tags

[videoblogging] Re: A question about viewership habits....

2007-03-28 Thread Frank Sinton
, would be to enhance the interaction between viewers and videobloggers, and to help to build your audience. Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, watch, and share great videoblogs and podcasts. Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog

[videoblogging] Mefeedia and The Vloggies Show team up to track and cover Videoblogging Week

2007-03-28 Thread Frank Sinton
column here and your feed name will show on the left column under Who's Participating. If you haven't already, be sure to add your feed to Mefeedia's directory: http://www.mefeedia.com/add.php Personally, I am ready to start watching some great, entertaining videos! Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO

[videoblogging] Re: A question about viewership habits....

2007-03-27 Thread Frank Sinton
about featured personalities on a site like Mefeedia - like a get to know your videoblogger - very interactive and engaging. Thanks, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310-927-7841 (cell) Y: fsinton Skype: fsinton http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, Watch, and Share great

[videoblogging] Re: vlogweek '07 update

2007-03-25 Thread Frank Sinton
week 2007! -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - 2,219,533 episodes from 22,818 video feeds across 13,565 websites Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devlon Duthie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Jan, that's

[videoblogging] Re: Competition for YouTube?

2007-03-22 Thread Frank Sinton
it as ubiquitous - will all video feeds be available via MediaRSS with enclousures? Will I be able to download to my iPod? Just my initial thoughts... still lots of question marks, obviously. -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - Find, Watch, and Share

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