The evolution of blogging. part II

    In a previous post, I told you about those bloggers who strive for optimization and use microblogs and tologs for this. But is it possible to convey with a sentence of 120 characters all the colors of your summer trip, or evening Moscow? Could you appreciate the singer’s talent if you just read his song? If the
    dancer, in brief details would describe to you what he does on stage. I think the answer to this question is NO and again no. As you probably guessed, we will focus on photo audio and video blogging.


    Photoblogging
    For the most part, photoblog - is the same as a regular blog, but the main content in it is photography. There are also posts with a title and possibly a brief description, comments - so that readers can appreciate the quality of the author. Sometimes a photo blogger
    Allows you to rate photos. As usual, there is an archive here.
    All this is easy to implement on the Wordpress engine or another blog engine without resorting to additional plug-ins, but there are ready-made solutions especially for the most picky ones:

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    Pixelpost - PHP engine tailored specifically for photo blogging. Simple and lightweight (612 KB) Pixelpost is suitable even for a spoiled photo blogger, because you can find localization in 11 languages ​​(including
    Russian ) on the site , 65 templates for your photo blog and 119 different add - ons - all this will help you turn the usual gallery on the site in a professional photo blog with comments, ratings and a stylish design.
    There is another enginephotostand , but I did not find any add-ons or themes for it on the official website, nor did I have a working forum. A search in Google returned only exploits and bugs of this engine, which already raises suspicions ...
    If, however, you don’t have enough money for your domain and hosting is also not a problem, there are a huge number of sites that are simply a paradise for a photo blogger - flamber , flickr , zooomr , fotodia , smugmug . All these services, in addition to free photo hosting (see restrictions on sites), will give a strong community ready to evaluate your work at any moment and point out shortcomings.
    It is also worth paying attention to mopotosite designed specifically for mobile photo blogging.
    Also, having decided to start a photo blog, I recommend looking at photoblogs - this is one of the largest catalogs of photo bloggers in the world, well, its Russian counterpart, photoblogs.ru .
    In general, any little malomalsky fan of photography on the Internet has where to turn around would be a desire.

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    Audio
    Blogging Podcast- This is a blog where the basis of the post is an audio file, most often in mp3 format. In this file, the author of the podcast talks about events that happened in his life or deserve his attention. As a rule, in every post of such an audio blog, there is a flash player, so that anyone can listen to the file directly from the page, as well as a link to the file, for those who want to listen later.
    A podcast, unlike a photo blogger, in addition to a podcast site, you just need to have a special program for recording podcasts, because listening to a bubbling recorded on the recorder when your dog barks in the background or a child cries ( Prev to colleagues ) or something else , sometimes terribly do not want to. WildVoice Podcast Studio helps you with this.
    (Registration required). In addition to the usual functions - cleaning noise, adding background music, changing the volume, WildVoice Podcast Studio also uploads your podcasts to your server or saves it to mp3, if you do not want to use the built-in podcast terminal in the program.
    Speaking of terminals, these are the sites on which podcasts are posted. But of course, you can again use your hosting and wordpress with the addition of wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress \ "> podpress, but in the initial stages I recommend trying them ...
    rpod.ru \"> Rpod (also referred to as russianpodcasting) - the largest Russian portal of podcasts, except
    friendly community, ready to help at any moment, the site has a convenient interface and fast speed. Also pay attention to www.playcast.ru \ "> playcast and to podfm.ru \"> podfm (Before moving on read ad28.ru/?p=19 \ "> the opinion of our editor on their account).
    Most likely you will want to listen to other podcasts (however, you’re not going to listen to them constantly through the browser) in this case the
    program www.apple.com/itunes/download \ »> iTunes will help you . She herself will upload new podcasts to your computer, and if you wish, to the player.
    As an alternative to www.apple.com/itunes/download \ "> iTunes I recommend juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php\ "> Juice, it weighs less and all the activities of the program are aimed at only one thing -
    podcasts.
    Podcasting in Russia is developing at a moderate pace, although you only need a microphone, a program for recording and a little time - maybe in a week your speakers will sound with speakers and headphones, not only in Russia but throughout the world. The main thing - do not be afraid to start and worry about possible flaws in the sound quality. Try recording the first issue. Secondly, you will already be a little versed in the process and will be able to improve the quality of the release. Good luck

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    Video blogging ( Vlogging )
    Information in such a blog is provided in the form of a Video clip, which the author recorded using a video or web camera, as well as from a mobile phone. This method has gained distribution, with increasing speed of Internet access and quality of this access.
    In Russia, frankly, video blogging is only gaining momentum, so it’s
    practically impossible to find detailed instructions, manuals for action , although they are not very needed. As I said earlier, you only need a video camera, and a place to put it. And the bulk of the Internet! For vblogging the same youtube and its Russian counterpart rutube will do . Of the alternatives, I recommend paying attention to RBKashny smotri , by the way, such large portals as mail.ruand liveinternet
    also provide video hosting. The biggest issue for video blogs on these services is video compression.
    Often the site compresses the video so much that it becomes simply impossible to watch it. In such situations, you can try video.google . It compresses less rigidly than on others, and also do not forget about rpod , because in addition to podcasts, you can upload video castes there too .
    The trend in the development of network video content, encourages the thought of an imminent boom in video blogging. Pay attention to woho.tv , for lovers of tasty cooking and eating, rouxbe and
    foodtube , imcooked, and even game lovers will not stay on the sidelines, for them there is a YouTube - wegame . Teachers will choose teachertube . If desired, you can always create something similar. No one will forbid you to put wordpress and upload videos of the quality that you need, there are plenty of plugins for it.
    As you can see from this article, blogging is growing fast!
    Someone opts for time optimization, and someone chooses the variety and quality of content. In what format to present information to your readers is only your own business. Perhaps you start Vlog or Photoblog or you like podcasts. Perhaps you decide to use everything at once, including the microblogging and tolog - the most important thing is that you would have enough time and energy ...

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