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We have our YouTube channel embedded in our website. This gives our fans access to all our videos without having to leave our website. The only downside is if they want to see archived videos past the last five posted, they will have to go to the channel at YouTube. The good news is that the channel loads in a pop-up window from an icon on our video player, so our website is still in the background. Vimeo does not allow channels to be embedded in a website, just individual videos. To see your channel, a person must go to Vimeo.
YouTube is free (for now). Vimeo is also free in its basic form, but larger download capabilities (over 500MB/week) are only available in Vimeo Plus which costs $58.95/year. It's probably worth it if the service fits your needs.
Vimeo makes it easier to set up a channel, I think. There are however, some limitations--the biggest being no embedding of a channel in a website. So far, it seems to me (as a basic free user), that the options for creating a custom "look" on a Vimeo channel are not as good as YouTube. Vimeo seems less cluttered. According to website comparisons, YouTube currently hosts over 64 million videos compared to Vimeo's one million.
If I were a consultant loading instructional videos or blog-related content on a regular basis, Vimeo might be a good choice. The downside of Vimeo is that not a lot of people are there searching for video content (compared to YouTube), so if you are rely on searches for people to find your content, it might not be the best site right now. If you are interested in driving people to video from a blog or website for specific content, this might be a good choice.
If the lack of content control on YouTube is a concern, Vimeo's Plus Service lets you redirect viewers to a URL of your choice after watching your video. The lack of commercialization and cross promoting on Vimeo-Plus is good for people who want less "junk" to show up on their channels. Vimeo was created for videographers--YouTube for the general public.
I know there are a lot of features of Vimeo-Plus I am not clear on yet, but as I continue to explore, I'll continue to keep you updated.
Anybody use Vimeo? What do you think? What about other hosting services?
3 comments:
Chris,
I agree with everything you said.
Our design guy did our Hall of Fame videos in Vimeo. Apparently, the video quality is better in Vimeo.
it drives me nuts not to be able to embed, however.
I'm looking forward to YouTube's editing and overlay advancements. Hope to test before my presentation at CoSIDA!
The other good thing about Vimeo is there is no 10-minute time limit on your video. I posted our 13-minute department highlight video on Vimeo and embedded it on our website.
Bob--I also heard that about video quality. I hope you are sharing your findings @ the Tube at CoSIDA. looking forward to your session--I'm on right before you doing social media policy.
Greg-Having a longer limit is nice. Do you have the basic subscription--the free one?
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