ELCA Web and Multimedia Development Blog

Let’s say you have a Web site, but have no real way to place videos on that site. What do you do? You could host your videos on a site like YouTube or Blip.tv and just link to those videos. But why lead people away from your site when most of these video sites allow you to embed a player, with your video, on your own site?

Embedding a video is as easy as opening an account on any one of the popular video sites, and uploading your videos. When that is completed, simply copy the embed code that the sites provide and paste it into your site, wherever you would like the video player to be.

Here are my top five tips is searching for the embedded player that is right for you.

1. Does the player look nice? Is it unobtrusive and does it take away from the look of your site? Some video sites let you customize the color of the player.
2. Does the player offer your all the sharing links? You want others to be able to easily share your video to promote traffic.
3. Are there ads? If so, is there a way to turn them off, or opt out of them showing?
4. When the video is done playing, does the player recommend other videos that are not your own?
5. How is the quality of your video after you upload it? While I have not seen a video site mangle a video, some sites are definitely better than others in this area.

If you have and questions or comments, please feel free to post them.

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