You Tube vs. Google Video vs. Vimeo
I’ve recently started uploading some of my videos. I have lots of them from the past few years. I did a little bit of looking around, and You Tube seemed to be the most intuitive interface, and that’s what I wanted. While it’s not perfect, so far I’m very happy. Some of the features I really like are:
- Automatic trackbacks for each public video you upload
- The ability to create infinite categories of friends, so I can upload myself doing virtuous things and only share those with my Amish relatives (OK, you got me. I’m rarely all that virtuous – too much cussing – and I have no Amish relatives), and I can upload videos of me and my friends acting like fools and only share those with people in the proper inner circle to see. This took me a few days to work out, but now I have it all straight, and I’m pretty happy about it (as, I’m sure, are my friends).
- Videos seem to start and load much more quickly on You Tube than on Google Video.
- Super easy to get things on my blog. No learning curve at all.
- Tagging, beautiful tagging.
I found this article comparing You Tube and Google Video. I think I made the right choice.
