Hosting videos on high-value sites like YouTube is a good way to get a strong link back to you.
However, embedding a video into your site that's hosted elsewhere can be a performance hit since you're making a request to another domain, so you need to consider a few things & not get them mixed up: Host your videos on a site like YouTube with your site URL in one of the frames. It's advertising 101. People see it, they see your URL. Be careful of embedding videos hosted off-site because that's an additional http request that users' browsers have to make & it can be a performance hit that brings down your page speed rankings. If you're a serious video user & your traffic demands it, look at a content delivery network to take the load off your server(s). Always look at your site's load time, regardless of your solution. Like there being no spoon, there is no 100% right answer. Your Mileage May Vary. Cheers! Pat -- Pat Ramsey Web Design and Accessibility Specialist [email protected] @pat_ramsey Code that works,… beautifully http://slash25.com On Aug 24, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Todd O'Neill wrote: > If you can, scare them away from serving off their own server. You need a > server optimized for video for best playback. and if their customers are > outside of Texas they will need to serve their video through a CDN (content > delivery network.) Hosting video is not web hosting. They are different and > let no one tell you differently. For "private" video serving lok into > AudioVideoWeb.com. Competitve prices for archival (on demand) and streaming > video. (They helped me out of a huge jam for an international Latino > conference and I will be forever in their debt.) There are other companies > out there too. They have the optimized servers and CDNs just like YouTube, > etc. but you don't get all the good search juice if you use them. -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
