Friday, January 13, 2006

new word

I came across a new word today: vlog.  A vlog is a blog where main content is video.

When I googled vlog, it came back with over 2 million pages!  How far behind the times am I?

When I looked on wikipedia, it says another word commonly used for vlog is vodcasting.  But, vodcast only returned a little over 1/2 a million pages on google.

Has anyone else heard of vlogging?  Anyone a vlogger?  Anyone have a vlog they frequent?  Any opinions on the future of vlogging?

Jan 13, 2006 4:41:42 PM | bloginess, on the net

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Bethany

Whew. It's a new word for me too and my husband is a gamer! I don't think I'm gonna tell him about it though! (Course, he probably already knows!)

Posted by: Bethany | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 08:08 AM

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