videos & your website: how to upload to total control and youtube
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Our Essentials Developer, Stephanie, answers the following question in this month’s webinar: Why should you use YouTube for your videos? How do you display your videos on your website? How do you add them to your site in your CMS? View the full webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m6CgmrAgn0&list=UUVSCEZH9c1mrxP3FyAjKPzwTRANSCRIPT
Importance of Videos
Stephanie HernandezEssential Developer
Overview
• Why use YouTube for your videos
• Ways to display your videos on your website
• How to add your video to your site
Quick Facts
• Videos help get your user’s attention
• Google shows videos in the search results
• YouTube has been owned by Google since
2006
Why use YouTube?
• Easy to upload videos
• Cost Effective:
– You can embed (add) your video easily to your site without
creating a custom video player.
– Avoid additional cost from your hosting provider
Why use YouTube?
• Optimize your videos for SEO
• Link your YouTube Channel to your website to
bring in traffic and vice versa to increase views
on your videos.
Ways to display your
videos
• Single page with one video
• Media Library
• Lightbox/Pop up
Single Page with Video
Media Library
Lightbox/Pop up
Step by Step Process
to add your video
References
• http://www.seoinc.com/seo-blog/why-you-should-embed-
youtube-videos/
• http://moz.com/blog/hosting-and-embedding-for-video-seo
• http://fancybox.net/