Vimeo is an online video hosting & sharing website that I first discovered last spring, when I was searching for a video storage solution for the video blogs I wanted to start doing on a regular basis. YouTube is the big one, of course, but YouTube is a little too commercialized for my liking. Flickr offers video hosting, but I like keeping my Flickr account for photos only. And there were a few other video hosting solutions I found, but Vimeo seemed to have the most to offer. Besides, their layout and site navigation was the cutest and the most organized, so that also helped to sway my vote!
Vimeo offers a basic free account, which limits you to three albums and groups and an upload limit of 500mb per week. Then there’s the plus account, which gives you unlimited albums and groups, and a 5GB weekly upload limit. The plus account is $59.95 per year, or $9.95 per month if you happen to see one of the completely random “plus” banner advertisements that offers the monthly option.
Here is my Vimeo account, which as you can see is a plus account. I absolutely love Vimeo. Uploads are quick, even with the desktop uploader application. You can add titles, descriptions, tags, photos and choose categories while the upload is in process, and if for some reason the video isn’t uploaded and processed right away (having a plus account guarantees top priority for processing, but I’ve occasionally had to wait for 5-10 minutes before it was ready), you’ll receive an email letting you know when it’s ready to go. A plus account also allows you to change the embedding options (which are shown with a single click of your mouse on each individual video’s page), including colors, format of the video, and whether or not a link to your Vimeo account is included beneath the video.
Bottom line? Vimeo rocks. And if you have the money, definitely upgrade to a plus account!
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