Rupert, That was a great summary! I have had a stab at both tumblr and posterous, but the freedom associated with the user experience, imo, was more with posterous.
I agree, nothing beats a wordpress.org installed vlog, but the flip side is that with things like tumblr, posterous and wordpress.com, you have a community ready to dig into your work immediately. For a self hosted blog, some time is needed before the recognition comes. And this is more for newbie bloggers, who need a little "encouragement/incentive" as they start off, right? And with not so much SEO experience to back us up, it does get a little difficult, imo. Same can be said for hosting the vlog videos on sites like youtube or blip, where there is a user community to interact with you (more on youtube than on blip, imo). Pranab Chatterjee, MBBS Medical College, Kolkata, India http://blog.pranab.in pra...@pranab.in Mobile: 0091 98 361361 95 > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > From: rup...@twittervlog.tv > Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:58:29 +0100 > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: My Videoblogging Website > > Posterous and Tumblr are really good options for non-geek > videobloggers. I think they beat Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org and > Blogger blogs for ease of use & features. > > Wordpress.com hosted blogs have a lot of media and code restrictions, > that aren't great for videoblogging. > > Wordpress.org self-hosted blogs are too much unnecessary work & > complication for a non-geek videoblogger, in my opinion. I've set up > a lot of Wordpress self-hosted blogs for people, and they get confused > when it comes to maintaining, updating, if things go wrong, etc. And > are particularly vulnerable to hacking. > > Blogger is simple but ugly and not as feature-rich or useful as Tumblr > or Posterous. > > Posterous allows you to post blog posts and media really easily via > email, mobile, or desktop. And then will distribute your media out to > dozens of social media sites & sharing sites. > > Tumblr allows a bit more customization and code, and has a big > community of users who read your updates easily via the Tumblr > Dashboard. Commenting is a bit less elegant IMO (more about Likes & > Reblogs) and you don't have the easy distribution that Posterous gives > you. > > Personally, I use Tumblr for easy reblogging of things I find on the > web, and Posterous when I need to set up a new videoblog for a > specific project like a festival. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 17 Jul 2010, at 05:15, Pranab Chatterjee wrote: > > > > > Thanks Dave! That was a great list! > > > > What about Posterous? With the introduction of static pages, free > > custom domain (if you own it), ANY file type, no upload hassles, > > etc. it does seem like a nice way out for newbies like ourselves! > > The lack of different types of templates is also a bit of a problem > > though! > > > > And isn't bloggertube ONLY compatible with the Youtube.com links? > > Again, that's a rider I hate! > > > > Cheers, > > Pranab > > > > Pranab Chatterjee, MBBS > > Medical College, Kolkata, India > > > > http://blog.pranab.in > > > > pra...@pranab.in > > > > Mobile: 0091 98 361361 95 > > > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > > From: ratbagra...@gmail.com > > Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:31:44 +0000 > > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: My Videoblogging Website > > > > Here's a few of Blogger template samples that should suit single > > episode presentation: > > > > http://ipodtouch-btemplates.blogspot.com/ > > > > http://randomness-notelog.blogspot.com/ > > > > http://multimedia-blog-deluxetemplates.blogspot.com/ > > > > I've also used > > > > http://hemingway-black.blogspot.com/2006/07/hemingway-template-for-blogger-black.html > > > > http://hemingway-white.blogspot.com/ > > > > There's also the new Bloggertube > > > > http://btemplates.com/2009/blogger-template-bloggertube/demo/ > > > > dave riley > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "philipmanktelow" > > <philipmankte...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello, I am a newbie to videoblogging. I have been going for just > > over a month now on YouTube and Blip.tv > > > > > The thing is both YouTube and Blip.tv user pages aren't very > > customizable so I made a Blogger.com blog but that too isn't very > > customizable. Can anyone suggest a good customizable website i can > > post videos too. > > > > > > > > > > That would be very helpful. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > Philip > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/philsthoughts > > > > > http://philipsthoughts.blip.tv > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Bollywood, beauties and the latest flicks on MSN entertainment > > http://entertainment.in.msn.com/ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > _________________________________________________________________ The world on four wheels in MSN Autos http://autos.in.msn.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
