any webmasters (you may video would be 5MB in size on
be one of them) have average.
probably considered using
video on their web site for Bandwidth
promotional purposes. Video is an
excellent way to command Because video has a very large
attention from your viewing file size, it also consumes a lot
audience. of bandwidth. Every time someone
downloads or streams a video from
However, the two largest concerns your web site, an excessive
with video are file size and amount of bandwidth is used.
bandwidth. Again, you should check your web
hosting account to see how much
File Size bandwidth you have available.
Video is the largest of all For example, let’s say you have a
currently deployed files on the web hosting account that allows
web due to the fact it has audio five gigabytes (5GB) of data
and moving video. If you plan to transfer per month. You have one
host video on your own web site, five-minute video available for
it is important to know how much download on your web site that is
free space is available for your 5MB in size. Without anyone
web hosting account due to the downloading anything else, your
fact you can run out of space video could be downloaded 1,000
very quickly with video. times. However, in combination
with your web pages and images,
A general rule of thumb is that a that number will decrease
medium-quality video will consume significantly. Also, if you have
one megabyte per one minute of additional videos for download,
video. For example, a five-minute the number is even less.
search for video hosting and
Alternatives to Hosting Video plenty of options will present
on Your Web Site themselves.
If hosting your own video The advantage to paid hosting is
consumes too much space and that you can host files yourself
bandwidth, an alternative is to without any “branding” that does
use a video hosting service. not belong to you on your video.
There are both free and paid For free services, branding does
hosting services available. Free exist which may drive traffic
services are YouTube and Google away from your web site.
Video. For pay services, do a web
About the Author:
David Risley is Founder/CEO of PC Media. PC Media specializes in creating web properties which achieve the aims of your business. Offering design and development, with services in web multimedia, video and e-commerce. Creator of Miraserver, a powerful CMS.
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