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Videos in blogs - upload file or embed YouTube video? Which is better for SEO?

TallAllie — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:29:20 GMT

Hello,

My company recently started a YouTube channel for our current and prospective clients. The subject of these videos are great for adding to existing and future blogs when the subject is mentioned. I post on all of our social media channels when a new video is uploaded, and link the post to the YouTube video.

My question is, what is better for SEO when adding the videos to the blogs - uploading the actual video file to my blog, or embeding our YouTube link?

Thanks for the help,

Allie

Re: Videos in blogs - upload file or embed YouTube video? Which is better for SEO?

MFrankJohnson — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 19:43:45 GMT

Q: YouTube or 'MeTube'?

It's rarely (with emphasis) a good idea to upload videos to your own website.

Without getting all geeky, it really comes down to who will provide a better video viewing experience for your video viewers -- you or one of the many video hosting providers (including HubSpot as part of their native Vidyard video integration beginning 5-Sep-2018). SEO sorta takes a back seat in this case.

WHY you're publishing video is probably a better place to start the conversation before getting too deep into SEO-talk. Also good to keep in mind that there are MANY reasons marketers are willing to pay good money to host video content using services like Wistia despite being able to do so on YouTube for free. Some of those reasons are SEO-related and some (many) are not.

Again, your reason(s) for publishing video, the types of video you publish, your budget, and many other factors come into play when deciding where to do your hosting. But first and foremost is the viewing experience for your viewers. If that su(ks, nothing else matters.

YouTube vs MeTube = A Big Conversation

Re: Videos in blogs - upload file or embed YouTube video? Which is better for SEO?

TallAllie — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:58:33 GMT

Thanks Frank! This is great advice!

Re: Videos in blogs - upload file or embed YouTube video? Which is better for SEO?

MFrankJohnson — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:47:49 GMT

YW @TallAllie, just updated with a link to another thread that talks about the real price of HubSpot's alliance with Vidyard. Please mark as solved if you find helpful.

Best,

Frank

Re: Videos in blogs - upload file or embed YouTube video? Which is better for SEO?

CRoberts4 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:31:17 GMT

The best thing you can do it just downaload mp3 format from yt1s and upload it. But if you embed it its also look cool.