I suppose since we at Audioblog.com is a videoblog/podcast company that is a FEE-based service (for now), I might be qualified to answer. ;-)
I guess I think of the olden days when we had television (heh), you'd see two offerings: rabbit-ears network TV (free) and then cable (fee). Why pay for cable when you can get TV for free? 1. There are usually differences in service offerings in things that are free vs. fee. 2. There's a different kind of accountability (not better/not worse, just *different*) with pay services 3. Some people believe you get what you pay for--look at free blog site, Blogger; then look at fee-based Typepad. One is more feature rich (and stable IMHO) than the other. I'll let you guess which one is which. ;-) 4. Free services might tend to be a little more DIY or technically demanding... People have actually wanted to PAY ME to set up a FreeVlog for them because of the complexity of the steps (as perceived by some newbies in the world)... talk about weird (I've turned them all down thus far). 5. Why mow the lawn or change the oil on your car yourself, when you can hire a neighbor kid or take the car to the local Park-n-Lube? 6. I tend to believe that it's a myth that FEE can't compete with FREE. I've seen ridiculous surges in new customer signups when a similar and/or competing service has a blackout. When I started using blog tools, I used Blogger, then upgraded to the more DIY and mostly free MovableType (had to pay for hosting). Now, I pay someone to host (like Typepad) because I don't want to deal with it and I want some sort of guarantee of reliabilty. I like the idea of OurMedia. Great stuff. And while it might be free, just remember that SOMEone SOMEwhere is paying money for allllll that stuff that makes it go. I hope they don't get hit by a bus. My .03 cents worth Eric http://ericrice.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Greg Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is absolutely a newbie question, but I've been > wading through much vlogging info and haven't found a > definitive answer yet. Perhaps you guys can cut right > to the chase: > > If there's FREE vlogging, including unlimited media > storage on ourmedia.org, for example, why would anyone > do FEE vlogging? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
