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I posted this in the comments of OP's blog post, but I figure some other HNers could use the clarification around YouTube. --- Hey Scott, Simple video and it

by JonLim 14y ago

I posted this in the comments of OP's blog post, but I figure some other HNers could use the clarification around YouTube. --- Hey Scott, Simple video and it works - definitely better than many other product promo videos I've seen in my time (as a videographer.) Just wanted to clarify something about YouTube: ads do not run before, during, or after if you don't allow them. Ads will only run if a video is "monetized," which is a setting that the uploader controls. In addition, I believe embedded content (such as the video embedded in this post) does not have advertisements running ever, but I could be wrong on this point. That said, both Vimeo and YouTube are great video hosts. I tend to prefer YouTube (if absolutely everything inside your video is original) because it makes the video far more accessible and has a greater chance of being discovered by your desired audience. Vimeo's real advantage is its video page presentation and better compression, at least in my opinion. Thanks for sharing VoiceBunny! I had no idea this existed, and will make my life easier.

JoshLedgard 14y ago
And to repost my reply... Thanks for the comment. We love posting things that we've learned that could help out our customers. The thing I couldn't figure out with Youtube was how to stop the post-roll "ads" for "related videos" that took the user out of our context. And, no, removing it from the public index didn't effect the post-roll recommendations.
- jldteixeira 14y ago
  To remove the related videos from the end of your youtube embed just add "&rel=0" to the iframe url.
  - JoshLedgard 14y ago
    Thanks for the tip. We still like the stats and stuff we get from Vimeo... but if that really works other people could save more $$.
JoshTriplett 14y ago
> Just wanted to clarify something about YouTube: ads do not run before, during, or after if you don't allow them. Ads will only run if a video is "monetized," which is a setting that the uploader controls. Not entirely true; by uploading to YouTube, you run the risk of a content provider claiming that your video contains their content, which will allow them to run ads on your video involuntarily. If your promotional video includes music (even if you have a license to that music), this seems quite likely.

by JonLim 14y ago

JoshLedgard 14y ago

And to repost my reply... Thanks for the comment. We love posting things that we've learned that could help out our customers. The thing I couldn't figure out with Youtube was how to stop the post-roll "ads" for "related videos" that took the user out of our context. And, no, removing it from the public index didn't effect the post-roll recommendations.

jldteixeira 14y ago
To remove the related videos from the end of your youtube embed just add "&rel=0" to the iframe url.
- JoshLedgard 14y ago
  Thanks for the tip. We still like the stats and stuff we get from Vimeo... but if that really works other people could save more $$.

JoshTriplett 14y ago

> Just wanted to clarify something about YouTube: ads do not run before, during, or after if you don't allow them. Ads will only run if a video is "monetized," which is a setting that the uploader controls. Not entirely true; by uploading to YouTube, you run the risk of a content provider claiming that your video contains their content, which will allow them to run ads on your video involuntarily. If your promotional video includes music (even if you have a license to that music), this seems quite likely.