The next step in blogging: Video?
From
Contractor UK:
Google is taking blogging to the next level with an announcement by co-founder Larry Page that he will upload movie clips to the search engine?s servers. So-called video blogging, or "vlogging" for short, allows people to display personal video clips on the Web. Page admits there is an issue with video content, but doesn?t forsee being a "big issue." Google began looking into visual entertainment after acquiring
Blogger.com in 2003, and plans to test a new service,
Google Movies, in the "vlogging" market. "Vlogs are weird," said Jeff Jarvis, founder of
Buzzmachine, a political and media related blog. "It has the potential to be the farm team for new talent used by big mainstream media." Although Google hasn?t officially publicized a move into video blogging, the announcement is expected soon.
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