Wix (or other platform) video hosting directly vs embedding from Vimeo

[Josh Bass]

I am looking into (probably will) start using Wix or one of the other services for my site, for a few reasons. Looks like you can upload videos to Wix (that's mainly what my site does, showcase my reel/work samples). The question is, SHOULD you? I have searched but can't find anything comparing viability of hosting videos directly on Wix vs embedding them from Vimeo. I have a Vimeo pro account now, if Wix is good enough, would be nice to cancel the Vimeo account to offset increased monthly cost for Wix. Yes, not much money difference either way, but still. Thoughts?

 

[slavikb]

Good question. If you’re getting any amount of organic search traffic and don’t want to potentially mess up your SEO, then avoid the wix hosted videos. That might increase page load time which is bad for seo.

 

[Josh Bass]

Typically (I assume) people who find my site in the first place do so through searching "videographer Houston" or similar, and search results from the sites where I have a profile linking back to my site come up. I do send a link out now and then but more find me than me applying for things.

Anyway, sounds like what I've read in the few places that even touched on the comparison, that sites like Wix are not "meant" for hosting video (that's what Youtube and Vimeo exist for) and they simply can't compete when it comes to quick loading and users from different quality connections/speeds having a good experience.