If you have recently jumped on the video bandwagon, you’ve made a smart move. Video views have gone through the roof in the last few years and it’s not letting up anytime soon. In fact, YouTube mentions that they now have over 2 billions video views per day. That’s a lot of people watching a lot of video every single day. If you want a piece of the pie, look into how best to add videos on your blog site. But you want to take it a step further and use the big videos sites to get traffic back to your blog and vice verse. Let’s take a look at the top five video sites to submit your blog videos to.
1. Vimeo – this is an up and coming video site that has a lot of nice features built in which allow for easy uploading of your blog video along with lots of neat functionality. Many people choose Vimeo over YouTube simply because it’s not the obvious choice, along with the fact that it’s considered to have more of a smaller community feel to it. It’s free to upload and view videos, but they do have a premium feature (Vimeo Plus) for more advanced usage.
2. YouTube – the granddaddy of the video sites and (as of this writing) the biggest most trafficked choice for just about everyone, including blog owners. If you happen to find a niche that is untapped in YouTube and create a series of videos on the topic, you might just strike gold. Many a sensation has been found via this video site and as long as the content is good, the potential is always there to make it big. Submit your blog videos and make it a point to engage any followers you acquire over time.
3. Meta Cafe – not quite as popular as our second option, MetaCafe is still a very large fish in the video market. It’s been around since 2003 and bills itself as “the video entertainment engine”. This one is a solid option to submit your blog videos to and establish a following on. some of the categories found here include news and events, science and tech, movies comedy, how to, music and more. Plenty of options for you.
4. Facebook – there’s no denying the sheer power of Facebook and the staggering numbers it has generated in just a few short years, including a member base of over 750 million. Video has huge numbers as well such as the fact that “Facebook accounts for three-quarters of online shares of video clips” and that women and those aged 18 to 34 share video the most, per this article on Mashable. So if you’re targeting women at all through your blog, this is a video site that can’t be missed. Create a fan page and add videos to it.
5. Google Video – another massive video site comes from Google. Here you get both a video search engine and a video viewing site in one, you can upload via your Google account and make sure you target your intended demographic by submitting to the correct category. Perform a search and see how you’re competition is doing, then do it better. Google video is another great option to submit your blog videos to.
Keep in mind as well, that there are a number of numerous niche video sites for every conceivable topic out there, including the Cartoon Network for cartoon videos, Food Network for recipe and food videos, CNN for business and finance videos, College Humor for funny videos, etc. Step out of the box and get creative when submitting your blog video to a site and don’t just think of the obvious options.
The main thing to note when adding your blog videos to any of the above mentioned sites is to add in the proper information for each, such as a good descriptive title, a description and keywords or tags. This way your videos will be found when a viewer performs a search via the aforementioned sites.
This guest article was written by Missy Diaz who works for various clients, including Web Traffic ROI, a web marketing blog where accomplished writers and bloggers share their tips, strategies and stories.
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