I’m sure that if you’ve ever thought about putting
video on your website, you’ve had the thought…
“Why don’t I just use YouTube.com to put video on
my website?”
I’ve seen people on webmaster forums giving advice…
“Yeah, use YouTube! It saves bandwidth and it’s free!”
Well, let me break the news to you.
You should almost NEVER use YouTube to put a video on
your website if it’s a website for your business or if
it’s any kind of important video.
Instead, I recommend a software tool that’s called
VideoWebWizard 2.0…
Take a look, now
YouTube is great for personal videos AND videos that
you’re trying to get to “go viral,” but not for videos
for your business’s website.
Why?
1. Putting your video on YouTube and then “embedding”
it on your website for commercial use is, technically,
against YouTube’s Terms of Service. You probably would
not get in trouble, but you never know.
2. YouTube comes across as unprofessional and could
hurt your business’ image. If you use a YouTube video
on your site, YouTube’s logo always appears in the
bottom right corner of your video.
3. YouTube shows little “thumbnails” (ads) for other
videos after your video finishes. So another video
(possibly a competitor’s video) could distract your
visitor from your site. In fact, clicking on a
YouTube video on a page while it’s playing opens
up YouTube.com, which completely loses your
visitor’s focus and attention!
4. YouTube videos can be slow & unreliable. Sometimes
you’ll get an error when trying to watch a video, such
as, “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available.”
Not very good if you want to market 100% to your
customers, is it?
5. When you put a video on YouTube, you have no control
over the quality or file size of the video. It’s set to
how THEY want it, not how YOU need it.
6. Video playlists are more user-friendly and easier to
make and use with VideoWebWizard 2.0 than with Youtube.
7. With VideoWebWizard, you can brand a video on-the-fly
with a company logo, copyright notice, or other image.
YouTube doesn’t have this feature.
8. You can set a “Completion URL” in VideoWebWizard so
that when a visitor finishes watching your video,
they’re automatically redirected to the URL you set.
(This is great for affiliate marketing) YouTube doesn’t
have this feature.
As you can see, VideoWebWizard really leaves YouTube in
the dust when it comes to putting videos on your website!
Sure, YouTube is a decent tool to start off with, but
the old “You Get What You Pay For” rule applies here.
VideoWebWizard 2.0 is the more powerful (yet just as
easy) software tool.
