Mefeedia recently tracked over 110,000 vlogs for its annual "State of the Vlogosphere" report about vloggers' preferred platforms and syndication strategies.

Among the trends cited:

• People create YouTube channels every day, but fewer are creating their own video blogs to complement their channels.
• International vlog numbers are growing faster than the U.S.
• After English, Spanish-speaking vlog are growing the fastest.
• The average pro-vlogger syndicates their video to 3.6 sites.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, it's a good time to contemplate what you're thankful for and, presumably with work and school winding down a bit, an even better time to make a video. What's more, your video might end up on our homepage and/or on TV on Thanksgiving Day.

This year, ABC News' Good Morning America is asking for videos about the things in your life you're grateful for. They'll pick some of the best ones and broadcast them on Good Morning America on Thanksgiving morning. You can upload your videos here.

Need some inspiration?

julianattaway uploaded this video of kids at day care sharing what they're thankful for:



dare2bxabigail talks about the difficult times her family has been through, yet how many things she's grateful for despite the bumps in the road:



wilvan is thankful for memories he shared with his dad and created this sketch to express his gratitude:



So what are you thankful for? Your family, your health, your dog? Upload your videos on the Good Morning America website for a chance to be on TV on Thanksgiving morning.

The Internet is amazing. How else could developers from disparate countries build things that have the potential to be used by millions around the world? In this case, Dante Araju of Brazil, Abu Farhan of Indonesia, and Aneesh of India have developed a video template for Blogger, making it even easier to showcase YouTube content on your blog.

The "BloggerTube" template renders the blog's index page as a grid view of your YouTube video blog posts with a polished, professional presentation:


In addition to looking good, "BloggerTube" makes it easier to post YouTube videos to Blogger. The template examines your post content and automatically replaces YouTube video URLs with the embedded video.


Check out the BloggerTube demo and learn how to install BloggerTube yourself.

Thanks Dante, Aneesh, and Abu for bringing us a great YouTube blog template.

Good overview in Mashable on Friday on Video Blogging. See especially "What Makes a Good Video Blog." Top tips:

1. Be passionate and cover topics you care about

2. Get to the point. You have 10 seconds to hook your viewer in; then keep the story moving

More info here.