Website is a great way of compiling and producing the contents of a subject you know of. Displaying relevant photos on website was an innovative step in the field of websites a few years back. But now it became a common thing done by all the publishers. Every website or blog we have on the net displays photos.
In recent days, displaying videos on website or blog is slowly becoming a norm. Many sites are tasting success with the help of appropriate videos.
Putting video file on the website
There are a lot of free options available to place a relevant video on your website or blog. These free services provide free hosting of the videos on your website in return for displaying their brand names along with the video. You just need to attach a HTML code of the video on the HTML of your web page which results in embedded video. Some of the most popular free services are
Youtube is the most popular video hosting site and it is the most used service to place videos on website too. Youtube has millions of videos in their library and you can choose hundreds of videos matching the content of your site and you can choose the best videos. Youtube videos are fast to upload on to your website and the one advantage it has over other services is that it displays progress bar while the video is being uploaded. This helps to estimate the time in which the video is uploaded and you can do your work in the mean time.
Google video is as popular as youtube in the case of hosting videos on websites. It provides quality videos with more clarity. It works almost as same as youtube but it has an advantage over youtube. One can shift the position of playback and can watch what they want. They don't need to watch the complete video. Instead they can watch the parts they are interested in.
Jumpcut is another hosting service which is slowly becoming popular. The main advantage it has over others is that it has a editing feature with which one can trim, cut the videos and add music to them.
Besides these, Videoegg and Motionbox are also good hosting services for displaying videos on websites.
While the above said services are free of cost, there are few paid services with which one can display videos without the need to display third party brand names. VideoSilo is the most preferred paid service for hosting videos on website. You just need to send them the video you have recorded and they place the video wherever you want on your site without the hassles of third party branding.
Why Display Video on a Website
Displaying appropriate videos on the website always pays well. But you must have a reason to do that. Some important points about when should you use videos are
- If you have to say something which is hard to put in words, you can say that through a good video. Using an eye catching video in the place of a "difficult to digest" text helps in attracting the reader.
- If your topic is demonstrative, you can embed a video showing the practical demonstration. For example, if you are writing about how to fix a DVD drive in a computer, theoretical demonstration may not be so understandable. You can record a video in which you fix the drive and you can embed that video along with the your writing brings you positive feedback
- If your site is a cookery site, you can attract many people by displaying he videos of the preparation method of the dish. It really helps the readers to understand the recipe well.
- Since there are all types of videos available on the web, one can associate the appropriate video to their writings and increase the traffic.
Benefits of Displaying Videos on a Website
There are a lot of benefits of using videos on your website. The most important of them are
- You can get more traffic which helps in increasing the revenue you generate through your website. There are cases in which there is a rapid increase in traffic after the videos are displayed.
- You will get some regular and loyal visitors who are a great help in giving suggestions and increasing revenue.
- You can be successful in making the people understand the thing you have say easily which always brings a positive feedback.
What Not to Do
- Don't use videos just for the sake of using them. People get bored if you place videos which have no relevance to the subject of the website and you may lose
- Don't use lengthy videos as they have slim chances of keeping the reader glued to the site. At maximum, a four or five minute clip is good to display.
- Don't embed explicit or obscene videos in your site. There is only a small section of people who get attracted to such videos and they won't be regular visitors.
Using video effectively on your website can make wonders. This is the most affordable way of increasing the traffic.
