SAVANNAH—The vlogging world is still in its pioneering stage, John Rife says during his panel at this year's BlogSavannah Unconference. According to Rife, the vlog world is where the blog world was eight years ago.

Part of the slower expansion has to do with barriers to entry such as having a camera, editing software and editing know-how.

During Rife's discussion, the question of video rights is raised. Rife says it's worth it to put your content out there even if you run the risk of seeing it mashed up somewhere else later. We can't live in walled gardens.

Rife put his content out there last year documenting a trip across the U.S.