Thursday 5 December 2013

Video hosting web sites alternative to youtube

Hi Friends,

We know youtube is definitely still the king of online video hosting. If you want to amplify your brand’s reach, then establishing a presence on YouTube remains a smart move.
YouTube has its downfalls, however. For example, YouTube displays ads next to video content, which may very well be for a product/service in competition with yours. Customization is somewhat limited, plus there’s the fact that many companies block staff from browsing YouTube at work. Finally, YouTube has the right to shut down your account at will.
If you find yourself up against YouTube’s limitations, the good news is there are many other options for business video hosting. Here are eight YouTube alternatives for video hosting, which all offer a free trial period.


1) Vimeo

While Vimeo has less traffic and a lower profile than YouTube, reducing your potential audience, it has built a reputation for high quality content and established itself as the video hosting platform of choice for creative professionals.
Note that if you’re looking for business video hosting, you need to pay for a Vimeo Pro account ($199/year). Paying for a premium membership entitles you to unlimited bandwidth/time limits, HD video, the ability to customize and brand your own video player, impressive analytics, and more. As a Pro user, you’ll also be able to monetize your own content by enabling viewers to ‘tip’ your video between $1-500 using PayPal or a credit card.




2) Daily motion

Dailymotion is a French video-sharing website that allows users to view, browse and upload videos by searching tags, channels, or user-created groups. If you want to upload your video to Dailymotion, you should remember that length of the video files is limited to 2 GB and 60 minutes. Also the upload quality to regular users is limited to 1280*720p. However, these restrictions don’t seem to be a real trouble, and Dailymotion can be a good competitor to YouTube.


3) Metacafe:


Metacafe is a video-sharing website with more than 40 million unique viewers every month. Here you can find short videos in the categories of video games, sports, music, movies and TV. The website features a special ranking algorithm that ensures that the uploaded videos are of high quality. Besides, unlike YouTube, Metacafe doesn’t host duplicate videos. Each video can be uploaded only once. One more advantage of Metacafe is that it pays people for posting videos. If your content is popular among users and your video hit 20.000 views, Metacafe will pay you $5 for every 1,000 views. Good motivation for making cool videos, isn’t it?


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