Now that you’ve got your businesses web site up, its time to get creative and start posting some web site video content for your visitors.
Like your web pages, your videos need to be hosted. You could host your video files like you do your other web pages—on your own server—however videos use a lot of bandwidth and could put a strain on your server.
A better alternative would be to use one of the popular video-sharing services like YouTube to host the video and then embed the files on your web page. Some video-sharing providers charge for the service but there are quite a few free ones to choose from. Below are four of the ones that companies are using to host web site videos successfully.
1. YouTube
Since they are the site that has become a household name, it’s only fitting that YouTube should at the top of our list. In order to use YouTube, you have to register for an account, and once registered you can upload as many videos as you want. The nice thing about the service is that the interface is very easy to use and upload videos.
YouTube’s video file size is limited to 2 GB and 10 minutes length of time. Youtube also offers great SEO for your video. Google has started placing videos in prime positions on search results so be sure to get your keywords into the title and description.
Here is an example of YouTube’s video player.
2.Yahoo
If you already have a Yahoo account for email or RSS feeds you can automatically start using Yahoo Video, their video hosting service. Yahoo video hosting capacity is minimal with an upload limit of 100 MB.
Here is an example of Yahoo’s video player.
3.Vimeo
If you are a filmmaker or in the video production world, Vimeo is a very popular and professional choice for hosting your web site video. They have an active community that loves to share videos and talk about the equipment they used to get the shot.
Vimeo also supports full 1080p video and has a slicking video player. They offer a Vimeo Plus plan that gets you even higher video quality video, 5GB of uploads per week, faster uploading and advanced video statistics.
Here is an example of Vimeo’s video player.
4.Wistia
Do you want video hosted on your website professionally? Do you want a no-ad, non-branded video player? Do you want advanced analytics and video heatmaps? If you answered yes then you need Wistia. Wistia offers a professional video hosting platform that is perfect for collaborating, marketing and sharing your videos. Full Disclosure – we use Wistia to host all our videos in our portfolio and use Wistia for client approvals. No, we’re not getting paid to recommend them.
Here is an example of Wistia’s video player.
There are other free & paid video hosts for you to choose from but this list will at least get you started. If you find that your business is using more video promotions, you may want to experiment with some of the other video-sharing sites—maybe even the premium ones—to find the one that works best for your business.
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