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...
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/likes/videowizard.htm
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?
There are at least 8 reasons NOT to use YouTube...
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 othervideos 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'thave 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. Check it out now...
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/likes/videowizard.htm
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