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Audioblogging is a variant on the
blogging trend of online self-publishing, using
audio
to reach the audience instead of text used by traditional blogs.
Audioblogs have similar form as blogs, using post-based entries
cataloged by time and date. There is usually a title and brief
description, but the bulk of content is in the linked audio
file. Usually audioblogs are
MP3
format, but occasionally in
Ogg Vorbis,
AAC, or
Macromedia Flash formats.
Many audiobloggers are also text bloggers and use both types
of posts on their blogs. It can be claimed that if a blog post
contains a linked audio file, the weblog is also technically an
audioblog.
The year
2004
was the tipping point for audioblogging. A group of
audiobloggers started to unite around the use of
RSS enclosures with their audioblog posts and a radio like
content format. As media attention grew aroung this new style of
audio distribution, a community started to grow. Audioblogs that
have come to use RSS are technically known as
podcasts.
See also
-
Podcasting
-
Audiofeeds
-
Videoblogging
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