Vimeo / Vzaar vs YouTube Channel?

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Bassman2003

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Hello,

I wanted to start a discussion about where to throw your work videos to on the web. I shoot a lot of different things throughout the year - sports, concerts etc... I have videos on my website as well as videos on my YouTube channel. Reading the thread about Vimeo going the YouTube route is making me examine which way is better - putting your work on YouTube or paying for decent hosting and integrating your work into pages on your website?

YouTube is free and offers unlimited bandwidth. But the playback might be suspect or lower resolution. And it is YouTube!

Having all of your work on your own website might be better from a branding/marketing perspective and might get people to click around your website. But this approach is not free!

Search Engines - do you think having your videos on a YouTube channel has that much of a search advantage to having the same videos hosted on your website?

I don't know. I am mulling this over as Vzaar looksvery nice but is the social aspect of Youtube just too powerful to pass up?

Thanks for your thoughts!
 
Well you can always put your video on YouTube or Vimeo or wherever and then embed it into your website. This way the viewer is watching it on your website, rather than on YouTube or Vimeo, so you still have the opportunity for people to click around your website. I think that's what a lot of us do because, as you point out, hosting the video on your site is not free.

I think when someone does a search using a search engine, YouTube videos are probably going to come up more often and much higher in the search results than videos hosted on your site, unless you pay big bucks for higher search engine placements. A lot of people, though, will actually do their search on YouTube itself, in which case your video will never show up in their search unless it's actually on YouTube.

I like Vimeo, personally. No ads to worry about. But you're right, it does not offer the unlimited bandwidth that YouTube does.

Paying for a video host and keeping the videos on your website might give you better quality and control, but it comes at a price -- more expensive and less likely to show up high in a search. It's a trade-off. Only you can decide which way is best suited for your work and goals.
 
Thanks for your reply. That is just the problem, this stuff is so fluid it is tough to know what is best suited for my goals! I think of people finding one of my videos of YouTube and wonder how much that really ends up helping my business compared to just entertaining the general public. Sure you have a channel but there are so many distractions on YouTube that I doubt if the views register as advertising.

I compare this to if I had people watching the video on my website the chance of getting marketing value is a lot higher, but folks will be smaller in numbers without the Google help. I often will send out links to finished videos to people which are on the YouTube channel. In this case I think it would be better for the videos to originate on my website. The problem is I am not a fan of YouTube embedding and default 480p playback but maybe I need to get over that...
 
Bassman2003 said:
Thanks for your reply. That is just the problem, this stuff is so fluid it is tough to know what is best suited for my goals! I think of people finding one of my videos of YouTube and wonder how much that really ends up helping my business compared to just entertaining the general public. Sure you have a channel but there are so many distractions on YouTube that I doubt if the views register as advertising.

I compare this to if I had people watching the video on my website the chance of getting marketing value is a lot higher, but folks will be smaller in numbers without the Google help. I often will send out links to finished videos to people which are on the YouTube channel. In this case I think it would be better for the videos to originate on my website. The problem is I am not a fan of YouTube embedding and default 480p playback but maybe I need to get over that...
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What is wrong with having both? Why can't your videos on YouTube drive traffic to your website?
 
Got this info from a website:

When embedding a youtube video of your work into your website or blog, why not make it look its best, yes? Here’s how you do it:

1. go to the Share tab below the video, then the Embed tab




2. copy the html provided and paste into your site’s editor, should look something like this:
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/RrphKwWOfcg?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>


3. then add the magic html additions (in bold)
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/RrphKwWOfcg?rel=0&vq=hd1080” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

(or ?rel=0&vq=hd720 for 720p)

ta da!
 
Hey thanks a lot. So if I have a 560 x 315 sized window YouTube will play the video in 720p or 1080p resolution? Sounds too good to be true. I will give it a shot in a few days when I have the time. Solves all of the problems if it works. Thank you.
 
David W. Richardson said:
What is wrong with having both? Why can't your videos on YouTube drive traffic to your website?
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I think YouTube is designed to have people stay on YouTube. So many other videos pop up that I think your company or website details get kind of lost in the shuffle. But you can't deny the shear amount of eyeballs.
 
Bassman2003 said:
I think YouTube is designed to have people stay on YouTube. So many other videos pop up that I think your company or website details get kind of lost in the shuffle. But you can't deny the shear amount of eyeballs.
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You can always superimpose your URL on the video.

Or create a YouTube channel for your business. People who enjoy your videos will find them all together, along with other important info about you. None of which has to replace hosting the videos on your website too -- just consider it an extra outlet for your work. One that you don't have to pay for. :-)
 
Bassman2003 said:
Hey thanks a lot. So if I have a 560 x 315 sized window YouTube will play the video in 720p or 1080p resolution? Sounds too good to be true. I will give it a shot in a few days when I have the time. Solves all of the problems if it works. Thank you.
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I haven't tried it, but it sure sounds like that's what it will do. Let us know how it works out for you.
 
Bassman2003 said:
Search Engines - do you think having your videos on a YouTube channel has that much of a search advantage to having the same videos hosted on your website
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I was told by a Search Engine Optimazation "expert" (suspect term, but he charges a whole lot of $$$) that the first place Google looks for ​any search is Youtube.
 
David,

I had a second and tried your code out. It works! Thank you very much as this solves some issues for me. I will be embedding all of my website videos from now on...at their native resolution.
 
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