Low Cost Audio, Podcast and Video Hosting

Question: I'm preparing my video for the web, but my hosting company allows only 50 GIG of bandwidth per month. That's not nearly enough. Would you recommend YouTube for hosting my video? Or who would you use?

Answer: Well... yes and no. I would certainly post my videos there, as they have a huge audience. I would also post my videos to Yahoo and other popular sites. But I would not rely on them as my main hosting company.

The trouble with these services, is that once you upload your content, you have no control over how it is displayed. They can lower the quality, throw ads on it, overlay clickable buttons, and all sorts of other distractions, that take customers away from your site.

The hosting company I recommend for podcasting and video, is Liberated Syndication or LibSyn for short. I wrote about them 18 months ago. They've been around a while and handle some of the most popular podcasts.

What makes them different than any other hosting company, is that they do not charge for bandwidth, only storage. Let me spell that out loud and clear... no bandwidth charges!

Even their "Supreme" account, which offers 800 MB of storage a month (yes per month) is only 30 dollars a month. That's enough to store a 45 minute daily podcast. Compare that to the industry standard, offering 50 GB of bandwidth for 30 dollars a month, and it's no contest.

They also have detailed stats, so you know how often your video gets watched. It shows the impressions, views and distribution. They also have a template, for submitting your work to the iTunes directory, which is the biggest music store on the planet.

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You don't have to use all the features, if you don't want to. You can simply store your media files on Libsyn, and link to them with your blogs and web pages. That way, you'll never pay for bandwidth, or worry about third party ads, or other distractions appearing over top of your videos.

But all this - talk about video hosting - assumes that you have the technical ability to produce everything yourself. It means that you already know how to shoot and edit video, embed the linking code, make the controller appear, and get clickable links into the video, while it's playing.

If you're looking for slick production tools in addition to hosting, try the Web Video Zone instead. They offer all sorts of tools, tips and techniques to create profitable videos. Membership includes a web video player, a Flash converter, video web hosting, a video affiliate system, in-depth tutorials, and a private, moderated discussion forum.

So if you just want basic hosting, get LibSyn. But if you want to create video the fast, fun and easy way... and get affordable hosting as part of the deal, choose Web Video Zone instead.

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