Reading all four articles you can tell which author of the
articles prefers YouTube and which prefer Vimeo. Looking at the articles most
of the authors point out the same pros and cons with little difference. Its
somewhat repetitive. The only difference is the side/position that they take.
The article you
tube vs vimeo says that
Vimeo’s upper hand goes to the fact that they have good quality videos, looks
clean, and keeps visitors on your page. The cons were based on the 1 limit HD
upload per week with the free service. Also the 500 MB upload limit, it has a
small community and the best services cost money. When talking about YouTube
the author applauses YouTube for its large community and unlimited HD
uploading. On the other hand the author looks down on YouTube for being “ugly,”
having an overbearing logo embedded at the bottom of video, 10 minute video
limit and the fact that you can lose visitors easily. This author chose Vimeo
as the user which was odd to me because the pros seem so much better than the
cons.
The article pros
and cons of you tube and vimeo backs YouTube up all the way. Some pros
that this author points out for YouTube is its ownership by Google as being
distinct, advertising opportunities and the fact that it is free. The author
points out that advertising can be a con as well as a positive. When regarding
Vimeo he points out the lack of traffic that Vimeo has. They have 17 million
users. Compared to the amount of users YouTube has that 17 million is nothing.
Also the author compares prices. Vimeo is free but its best features are only
available to paying users.
The articles vimeo
over youtube? and hipster
vimeo was more in between when choosing which site is better to use.
They both stated the pros and cons which kind of matched up with the pros and
cons from the previous two articles. The difference between these articles was
the neutrality. They mostly stated facts but didn’t pick either side. The
article vimeo
over youtube?explicitly states that both sites are good so there is no
winner but the article hipster
vimeo only implies that. You have to fish its position out.
I am in between as
well. I see the pros and cons but no site is better than the other. They both
have their own things that make them special. The fact that YouTube is free is
very appealing but you have to take into consideration the types of companies
each site has. Since YouTube is backed by Google and advertisements of course
their site is free but Vimeo only has about 30 employees and their profits are
mostly based on membership. The Quality of the community for Vimeo makes it
appealing to me. Have you ever watched a video on YouTube and scrolled down to
see the comments. Some of those comments on YouTube are disgusting and flat-out
rude. Vimeo is a bit more tasteful when it comes to comments. They post
meaningful things and give helpful tips. Vimeo definitely plays on the phrase
“quality over quantity.”
Youtube and Vimeo
is another form of Web 2.0. Web 2.0 makes me think of Facebook, Twitter and all
of the other Social Networking sites. I have not gave much thought to YouTube
and Vimeo being a part of Web 2.0 but given it some thought it does tie in.
These sites let you interact with others and find information. That's what all
the other sites considered Web 2.0 do. YouTube and Vimeo has many broadcasting
abilities. You can post a video and it is out there for millions of people to
watch. It is like broadcasting to the world. It is quite amazing.
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