Posts Tagged ‘vlogs’

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Video blogging or VLOGS has a lot of distinct advantages over text-based blogging, and it is little wonder that this new technology is catching on all over the internet. Video blogs or VLOGS very effectively grab the attention of your website visitors, and people are much more likely to become excited about the dynamic content of a video blog than they are likely to find a written posting very thrilling. The more enthusiastic viewers are about a site, the quicker the word of mouth spreads, and in a perfect world, this then equates to more traffic. Additionally, with Video Blogs or VLOGS, you are personalising your brand as well and if your website visitor can relate to you and your image, you have then created trust with your potential customer. They then have a perception of you, your company and your product, based purely on your VLOG.

In our situation, we were unable to secure Brad Pitt for the role, so you are stuck with me and my droning voice, but that is not the point. The point is that the information that we are presenting is for the benefit of our website visitors and we trust that they find the information of assistance. Please follow this link.

http://www.hostingimpact.com/blog/2008/10/on-the-couch-with-hosting-impact/ 

Each week we will be presenting “On The Couch” with Hosting Impact in an endeavour to raise the awareness of our website visitors and also to answer viewer questions. Please feel free to email us with questions you would like answered. Anything ranging from, SEO Techniques, Web Design to Hosting. Send all requests to live@hostingimpact.com 

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Of course, on the other side of the coin, there are plenty of disadvantages to video blogging as well. Hosting a v-blog can require quite a bit of server space, which can make it difficult to get started. It takes more time to process and upload a video file than it does to dash off a quick bit of text, which means that running and updating a video blog may take some work. In addition, web surfers sometimes grow frustrated with the slow loading times of the files on many video blogs. Whether you opt for a video blog or not depends on what kind of subject matter you want to cover, and how much time you can devote to video blogging. Before you decide to pursue a video blog, consider if there is an easier way for you to get your message across. 

We trust you have found this information of benefit and we look forward to answering your questions.

Until Next Time …
Happy Blogging

SEO Steve
Hosting Impact – Australian Search Engine Optimisation Specialists

Hosting Impact has made another giant leap in technology with the introduction to Video Blogs. Please view our brief Welcome message.

Unfortunately, we were unable to get Brad Pitt for this starring role, so you are stuck with me.

httpv://au.youtube.com/watch?v=CoPlFOA84RM 

Over the coming weeks, we will be presenting tips and techniques on all aspects of SEO. No gimmicks, no cheapshots, just honest, tried, tested and proven Search Engine Optimisation methods.

Until Next Time …
Happy Blogging

SEO Steve
Hosting Impact – Australian Search Engine Optimisation

Creating Your Website Presence

 Why Is Blogging So Effective?

If there is one single phenomena that could best be said to represent the idea behind Web 2.0, it is blogging.

A blog is simply a website that will usually ‘provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.’ according to Wikipedia.

Whilst blogs first came into being as online personal diaries, the ones that we are going to concentrate on are those that are used for business.

Blogs have many attractions, the main one being their simplicity. Anyone who has the basic ability to use two fingers on a keyboard can begin to create their own blog,

They can also be updated as often as you like, and many people do update their blogs two or three times a day.

This means that there is a constant stream of fresh new content available on blog sites, which is probaly the main reason that blogs are fast becoming the favorite sites of the major search engines, especially Google, itself the #1 search engine.
 
There is no need to know anything whatsoever about website creation or scripting language to create a blog.

No matter which blogging ‘platform’ (system) you use, it is always a simple question of following a very small handful of simple instructions, and you are good to go.

And, as the Wikipedia definitions suggest, a core function of blog sites is that they invite reader input and feedback in the form of comments.

What a good blog site therefore does is start a ‘conversation’ between the blog site owner and their readership.

It has an inherent ability to begin building a relationship centered around a common area of interest, as expressed in the subject matter of the blog itself.

So, in simple terms, if for example you are an avid mountain climber, and start a blog about your hobby, then the chances are very good that most of the people who visit your pages will be interested in climbing mountains too.

So, all you need to do is create articles that are interesting or controversial enough to prompt your readers to comment and you have generated a discussion or debate about a subject that is close to your heart.

And, the point is that you can create your own blog about any topic under the sun, and publish it for the whole world to read literally within minutes of sitting down in front of your computer.

Our next post will discuss Business Blogs.

We trust you have found this information of assistance and please feel free to contact Hosting Impact for further assistance.

 
Until Next Time…
Happy Blogging

SEO Steve
Hosting Impact – Australian Search Engine Optimization Specialists