[JonLim]

I posted this in the comments of OP's blog post, but I figure some other HNers could use the clarification around YouTube.

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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.

[JoshTriplett]

> 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.

[JoshLedgard]

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]

To remove the related videos from the end of your youtube embed just add "&rel=0" to the iframe url.

[JoshLedgard]

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 $$.