How to publish your videos

[kgun]

This is a follow up of this http://www.webproworld.com/breakroom-general-any-topic/72922-first-online-video-some-questions-4.html#post397214 thread.

So long I have preferred to use YouTube, but it seems that there is little interest for the videos there. You find my videos here:

YouTube - kbleivik's Channel (http://www.youtube.com/kbleivik)

You get the best overview in grid view and view all.


What is the best way to get the videos known?
Anybody that has experience with YouTube - Partner Program (http://www.youtube.com/partners?)
Embedding them on sites with low traffic is not good enough. Example: DigitalNorway: The digital revolution is transforming the world. (http://www.digitalnorway.com/)
How are the quality on your internet connection?


Remarks, suggestions and proposals for improvement are welcome.

[wige]

First, I would guess that vacation videos probably get somewhat less views than tutorials or entertainment (music video or show clips) would - the primary audience is most likely people who will be visiting the same locations, and that is the audience that the clips need to be optimized for.

First, the videos don't have "usable" titles - the title is just the timestamp for the file. This should be changed to something more meaningful and should focus on the location and subject of the video. When users scan the lists of related videos, before anything else, they will see the video title and the thumbnail - these two elements are the most important things in getting views from YouTube itself, IMO. In addition, the title should help search engines in picking up and indexing the video files.

Second, I would strongly recommend tagging the videos. This should help when YouTube tries to figure out what other videos yours are similar to. Especially important, IMO, is that the tags mirror the keywords in the title - again, focus on location and subject.

[kgun]

Thank you very much. Exellent feedback. Much appreciated.

[Sofia22]

Vimeo is an excelent option.
Good luck

[Web Res]

I've just been looking thru your videos and I would agree, titles and tags would help a lot. I would guess the still image that is displayed before the video is clicked is also worth getting right.

I'm leaving in a couple of days on a campervan trip in Australia. My goal is to make videos as I go with destination information. I'll link that to my websites to make them 'hopefully' more interesting.

What I am seeing with my tests is that you can mark a geo tag on the location where the video is shot. If you've ever wondered how video's show up in Google Earth and Google Maps - I think this is because of tagging.

Ultimately, the hard part about getting views with videos, websites or anything is to make interesting and relevant content. To get the sound right and make the videos smooth. It's an art. I suspect my trip will provide a lot of stuff, which will be reduced very quickly when I start editing.

[kgun]

Thank you both for your input.

I have some additional questions.

I upload the videos in raw format and those files are big. On YouTube, the AVS Video Converter (http://avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Converter.aspx?type=GoogleAdWordsContent)

is mentioned.


Do some of you use that or another converter before the the Video is uploaded?
If yes, what is your experience and what is your preferred method?

[markymark193]

I have account on youtube and i always publish my videos on youtube because its popular among all the video websites. I tell you how can you publish your videos:-
First of all:-
1. Open account
2. Select menu Upload (right-top)
3. Fill form
4. Select your file
5. Upload
The link for the video has been created by youtube.

[kgun]

I know that.
I have made some improvements and already got one (with one vote:rolleyes:) 5 star rated feedback.
Now I have to concentrate more on Wige's sticky post.
Additional input is welcome.

[NetProwler]

I faced similar problems for a client who does specialized surgeries. There might be better ways of doing this - but after a long search, this is what I did. I bought Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 which amongst other things allows you to resize your video clips to a smaller size. It can also upload your video directly to Youtube. But that route doesn't give you much latitude to control the eventual output. So I hunted for a software which will allow better control to export files to flv format. This way you can host the video clip in any normal HTTP server. I found Moyea Flash Video MX pro which does the job. I started with a video of about 90 MB and at the end of a long exercise, I could reduce the file size to about 15 MB without affecting the quality.

It cost some money to procure the software and the learning curve for Sony Vegas is steep.

[kgun]

I bought Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 which amongst other things allows you to resize your video clips to a smaller size.
So that is better that Sony's picture motion browser? If I have time, I will look it up.


I found Moyea Flash Video MX pro which does the job. I started with a video of about 90 MB and at the end of a long exercise, I could reduce the file size to about 15 MB without affecting the quality.

It cost some money to procure the software and the learning curve for Sony Vegas is steep.
Thanks. Excellent information.

[NetProwler]

Thanks Kgun. I just read the other thread. This Sony vegas also converts video formats from one format to another. I spent a lot of time downloading many software to do just this. Windows Movie Maker will not open most video format. It will happily work with wmv format however. But once you get Vegas, you can throw out most of these converters.

It is a daunting task to create an acceptable result in Video. It uses lots of time, hard disk space and effort for starters like me.

[floridawebguru]

Thank you both for your input.

I have some additional questions.

I upload the videos in raw format and those files are big. On YouTube, the AVS Converter.

is mentioned.


Do some of you use that or another converter before the the Video is uploaded?
If yes, what is your experience and what is your preferred method?




I have used DivX in the past and prefer it because it maintains quality (and gives several options for playback quality) while giving the most compression. This and a combination of Vegas Movie Studio from Sony (which offers several file format options in the save/render process).

A few comments/suggestions about your videos...along with having proper titles & tags which was mentioned earlier, I didn't see much in the way of descriptions that would encourage me to watch. Are your videos just of your trip, or do they provide any helpful info for others who might be traveling to the area? In filming & production, I would try to offer some helpful advice for other travelers, such as best methods for getting around each destination, highly rated eateries, cultural hot beds etc. You can even add names, locations, etc. into the video for an added touch. Then when you post your videos, use terms that let others know you're offering travel tips and info for that destination. I am much more likely to watch a travel video if I can get something helpful or useful for my own trip out of it. I imagine many others might feel the same also.

Also, I use a multi-site distribution service where I can upload, distribute and track my video traffic, comments & ratings all in one place. If you're looking at video marketing on the business side, programs like that can cost you in the thousands unless you go with savvy marketing agency who really knows their stuff. On the personal side, I've used Veoh which allows distribution to YouTube & Google Video also. And even though they may seem like the don't get a lot of traffic, I wouldn't count the niche travel sites out. I'm working with an overseas client right now who is based in the international travel industry, and the niche travel networks are really helping out. I'm thinking this is because even though they're small, they're also full of folks who really hold travel as a passion. I'd rather have exposure in from of just 10 or 20 of them than mass exposure to thousands of potentially uninterested web surfers any day!

- Elizabeth Varian

[coolguy27]

To help in easy uploading of your video you must convert your video to flv format.

I tried this software for free. Video Converter: Convert video, AVI MPEG WMV MP4 MKV video converter (http://www.xilisoft.com/video-converter.html)
(Note:Just sample video converter link)

It converts mpeg, avi to flv.

Cheers...

[NetProwler]

How is the Video quality with this converter ?

I have tried some free software too - but the eventual output quality is not that high compared with the paid software.

[Dallas SEO]

Adobe Media Encoder is the overall best I've used on Mac. Trying to compress video on a PC is a nightmare. I'd rather poke my eyeballs out with a copy of Windows Vista.

[Rick Noel]

The nice thing about conversion your videos to FLV and then streaming them from your http server is that you get SEO credit for the video as opposed to embedding a YouTube video which passes the value and possibly the visitor on to YouTube.

On the flip side, YouTube has tons of traffic and searches and therefore, putting uploading your videos there gives people a chance to find your video beyond just the embeds in your website and also makes it possible (if you let them) to let others embed your video driving even more views.

The most important thing is to have quality, interesting content that people will want to share with their friends on their favorite social networks. This can drive tremendous page views. The points about the title and tagging consistently are key to showing up in the YouTube, Google Search results.

I agree with Dallas SEO that Adobe media encoder works, though I have only used the PC version. You can get a free 30 day trial to test drive the latest version at Adobes site. The learning curve is pretty low in my experience and the program can convert between a ton of different video formats and codecs.

[kgun]

Thank you all for additional input. Now, If it is what I regard as an important video, I embed it on my site from YouTube and supply a link to the original video, that is free to be "stolen".

Here

[redcarpetrank.com]

is one example.