When I first started this blog, my intentions were to deliver podcasts and videos from time to time, me to you.  With the current workload on my plate with the geo network under development, these have been almost impossible to deliver.  However, we will still deliver them eventually for your entertainment.  The down side to these cool tools is they do not assist in search engine placement,  nor do they allow visitors to find your site when searching the internet.

But they are very entertaining and let readers interact in a more intimate way.  Today on TechCrunch.com, Michael Arrington added a video comment wordpress plugin from Seesmic (A company he has invested in) to all his blogs.  Many of his readers have expressed their lack of support to the video comment plugin.  Of course, there are also tons of readers who support this move by Michael. 

I think it is a pretty cool tool, but it leaves alot of opportunity for readers to abuse the tool, such as spamming your blog and delivering inappropriate video content.  Additionally, it will not help your site grow in search engines as stated earlier.  If you get a chance take a look at comments his readers have posted, both video and written.

What do you all think of the new trend of video commenting evolving?  Can it bring value to a blog or will it hurt a blog’s performance? 

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