WeatherBug Launches Weather Video Community

WeatherBug has launched its own video sharing community that allows any citizen meteorologist to upload their own reports and/or severe weather videos. This is a natural extension of what the company has been doing for years with photos. All videos can be rated and you don't need to use the desktop product to participate or watch vids. There are additional features, including professionally produced content, on the broader video site.

The WeatherBug video community is lacking in some key features. It should have tags, geocoding and RSS feeds. So it's no YouTube. Speaking of which, they should also find ways to link to the great weather videos that individuals are posting to YouTube and Google Video. Still, it's a good start. Severe weather, citizen journalism and video go together nicely.

Also new in WeatherBugland is an Ajaxy personalized weather page. I found this less useful. I would love to see a partnership between WeatherBug and Netvibes so I can view these gadgets on my own personalized page.

(Note: WeatherBug is one of my former clients. I haven't worked with them in over a year. They haven't approached me to write this post. I am writing on my own because I think these new services are worth pointing out.)

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