Seeing’s Believing: Videoblogs on the Rise

On Nov. 4, the Vloggies awards ceremony was held in San Francisco to celebrate the best of Video weblogs, or Vlogs.

And while they aren’t as popular as the written kind, vlogs, riding the wave of digital cameras and editing software, are coming of age. To reflect that, our editors added some of the best video weblogs to a new Video Blogs/Vlogs category in NewsGator Online.

Vlogs are all over the blogging map. For kids, there is “The JETSET Show," with reports from youthful correspondents around the country on subjects as varied as popularity, tennis-shoe art and music. “Goodnight Burbank” spoofs news in the post-“Daily Show” world. (And the site is trolling for fake-news correspondents.) “The Show with ZeFrank” (pronounced ZayFrank) features the aforementioned ZeFrank with his own unique perspectives on everything from putting fruit on your fingers to what you can do with newspapers after you read them. Not for the squeamish.

“WineLibraryTV” is just that, offering suggestions on which Beaujolais Nouveau is to die for or what wines to serve for the Thanksgiving Day feast. Amanda Congdon, the original host of “Rocketboom,” an early entry in the Vlog sweepstakes, and who just signed with ABCnews.com, is blogging her way around the country via “AmandaAcrossAmerica.” The episode we caught was an interview with technology guru Doc Searls. And political junkies can get their fix from “Bloggingheadstv,” where commentators and bloggers of various stripes argue their positions.

From your web reader, click to Add Feeds and look for the Video Blogs/Vlogs category. If you know of a favorite vlog (or have your own) that isn’t on the list, click on the “Want to add your content to our feeds list?” below the Enter a Search Term function.