People enjoy watching videos; they add value to websites and
blogs giving the viewer more to participate in. Keeping the reader interested will keep their
concentration on your message. With all charactesitcs involving web 2.0, it only
makes sense that You-Tube and Vimeo are the top two video hosting sites. Together the sites’ contain streaming software
for browsers to find closely related material linked to their topic of
interest. Social media has caused for both sites to be visited by millions
daily, allowing universal interactions. Personally I have much experience with YouTube
and none with Vimeo. I looked into some facts to decide which site would be
best for posting my self-portrait video I produced for a class project.
YouTube
First off YouTube liked with Google; has an enormous search
engine. This is useful when seeking for materials on a precise subject matter. With
up to 1GB of data and an unlimited amount of HD uploads, mass amounts of videos’
are available for display. The huge amount of data has caused over 450 million
visitors to the site a month, creating a huge community of viewers. The bigger the
population, the bigger the exposure; posting videos’ on YouTube establishes
more opportunity for your video to be visited. YouTube aware of their high
exposer, and they take advantage by promoting all types of billboards.
YouTube being seen by the masses, come with unpleasant sacrifices.
Companies take advantage of the large audience
that the site facilitates, flooding site with advertisements anyway that they
can. Supporters of YouTube have said that they suffered behind steering through
video clusters and overly injected ad placements. YouTube also arranges “related and recommend” material
that might take away from exposure to your video.
Vimeo
Under 17 million monthly consumers worldwide, Vimeo is less recognized
than YouTube, and has less circulation. Vimeo is more of a branding hosting site,
ensuring the company they can expose their principals anyway they see fit. The investments
of companies are at stake, so the qualities of the videos’ are higher than
those on YouTube. In efforts to lesson traffic on the site, limitations of 1 HD
upload a week are applied. Seen as a flaw compared to YouTube, the community is
undersize. Small communities tend to keeping visitors on the page, because
there is less to distract the user from the material they are viewing. Vimeo
does have a cost that companies, but the site attributes No-player ads to
compensate for the fee. The removals of the ads give the videos a more skilled looks;
allowing you to implant your emblem and stamp it onto the player itself.
When choosing the top site to host your videos, take into
account if your goal for the viewer is to observe or take action. Where YouTube
has more powers is in its popularity and status, so you could expect more views.
Vimeo is a more professional and seen on a high podium so you could expect more
engagement from your consumers.
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