Should I add online video to my web sites?

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Yesterday, I was reading an article about advertisement in the form of videos. It said that people get more inclined towards videos rather than plain text when they are on a website.

For example, if someone a visitor visits my hacking site (not yet ready), would he be more interested in viewing a video or reading plain text with some picture. Another fact is that in my country, not everyone has access to high speed internet which can run a video without buffering. So would that effect my traffic and target audience which would definitely be from my own country?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Burritt
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    Can people in your country watch youtube?

    If so, and If you're using wordpress, then copy share url from Youtube videos to your site. (technically you can do this with html/joomla etc sites too)

    It's easy and cheap, and youtube load times are about the best and most consistent you'll get. Self hosting videos can be challenging if download speed is an issue. So let Youtube do that for you.

    This same idea works for facebook too. But most marketers prefer youtube, so they also benefit from organic traffic from within youtube itself, and if you're lucky google.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    I include both on my web pages. True, people like video more. However, you need to get a star to create some mini movies. Frankly, that costs money. Please learn to shoot video and you need a good camera. 4K is the standard now. Editing video requires a big honking desktop with powerful processors. Also, it must have max memory. It takes me one hour to render just one minute of video using my quad core. Doing a lot of special effects uses up resources. Lighting is important as you want your star to shine as we say. Costs will mount up. However, you can rent an expensive camera. Maybe get a friend to let you use their powerful desktop when you first start up.

    NEED -
    • lighting
    • green screen
    • expensive camera
    • actor wearing make up
    • powerful desktop - 16 gigs memory
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  • Profile picture of the author tyronne78
    I add videos to my blog every chance I can get. Video is a great selling medium and people connect with video more than text.
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