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Video sharing websites

Share your video with thousands of viewers. Browse or search for your favorite video clips. Whether your an aspiring producer or simply looking for some online entertainment, video sharing websites offer hours of fun online.

Video sharing websites comparison chart for 2012

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dailymotion
VodPod
Veoh
Stickam
blip.tv
Yahoo! Video
Excellent
Five stars means excellent
Very good
Four stars means very good
Good
Three stars means good
Average
Two stars means average /
Poor
One star means poor
YouTube has been awarded best buy Product image of youtube Product image of vimeo Product image of metacafe Product image of revver Product image of dailymotion Product image of vodpod Product image of veoh Product image of stickam Product image of blip.tv Product image of yahoo! video
 
 
 
Ratings
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Overall
youtube has a rating of five  overall vimeo has a rating of five  overall metacafe has a rating of five  overall revver has a rating of five  overall dailymotion has a rating of five  overall vodpod has a rating of four  overall veoh has a rating of four  overall stickam has a rating of four  overall blip.tv has a rating of four  overall yahoo! video has a rating of three  overall
Sign up
youtube has a rating of five for sign up vimeo has a rating of five for sign up metacafe has a rating of five for sign up revver has a rating of five for sign up dailymotion has a rating of four for sign up vodpod has a rating of four for sign up veoh has a rating of four for sign up stickam has a rating of three for sign up blip.tv has a rating of three for sign up yahoo! video has a rating of three for sign up
Viewing features
youtube has a rating of five for viewing features vimeo has a rating of five for viewing features metacafe has a rating of five for viewing features revver has a rating of four for viewing features dailymotion has a rating of four for viewing features vodpod has a rating of four for viewing features veoh has a rating of four for viewing features stickam has a rating of four for viewing features blip.tv has a rating of four for viewing features yahoo! video has a rating of three for viewing features
Producer features
youtube has a rating of five for producer features vimeo has a rating of five for producer features metacafe has a rating of five for producer features revver has a rating of four for producer features dailymotion has a rating of four for producer features vodpod has a rating of four for producer features veoh has a rating of four for producer features stickam has a rating of four for producer features blip.tv has a rating of three for producer features yahoo! video has a rating of three for producer features
Safety
youtube has a rating of five for safety vimeo has a rating of five for safety metacafe has a rating of five for safety revver has a rating of four for safety dailymotion has a rating of four for safety vodpod has a rating of four for safety veoh has a rating of four for safety stickam has a rating of four for safety blip.tv has a rating of three for safety yahoo! video has a rating of three for safety
Features
youtube has a rating of five for features vimeo has a rating of five for features metacafe has a rating of five for features revver has a rating of four for features dailymotion has a rating of four for features vodpod has a rating of four for features veoh has a rating of four for features stickam has a rating of three for features blip.tv has a rating of three for features yahoo! video has a rating of three for features
Ease of use
youtube has a rating of five for ease of use vimeo has a rating of five for ease of use metacafe has a rating of five for ease of use revver has a rating of five for ease of use dailymotion has a rating of five for ease of use vodpod has a rating of four for ease of use veoh has a rating of four for ease of use stickam has a rating of three for ease of use blip.tv has a rating of three for ease of use yahoo! video has a rating of three for ease of use
Help & support
youtube has a rating of five for help & support vimeo has a rating of five for help & support metacafe has a rating of five for help & support revver has a rating of five for help & support dailymotion has a rating of four for help & support vodpod has a rating of four for help & support veoh has a rating of five for help & support stickam has a rating of four for help & support blip.tv has a rating of four for help & support yahoo! video has a rating of four for help & support
Viewer features
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Producer features
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Description
youtube includes a description vimeo includes a description metacafe includes a description revver includes a description dailymotion includes a description vodpod includes a description veoh does not include a description stickam includes a description blip.tv does not include a description yahoo! video does not include a description
Disable comments
youtube allows you to disable comments vimeo allows you to disable comments metacafe allows you to disable comments revver allows you to disable comments dailymotion allows you to disable comments vodpod allows you to disable comments veoh allows you to disable comments stickam allows you to disable comments blip.tv allows you to disable comments yahoo! video allows you to disable comments
Max files
2 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB N/A N/A 2 GB 1 GB 150 MB
Max file size
1 GB 500 MB N/A 100 MB 150 MB 250 MB 36.29 MB N/A 150 MB 150 MB
Max file length
15 minutes 10 minutes 20 minutes N/A 20 minutes N/A 3 minutes 60 seconds 10 minutes 30 seconds
Private only
youtube offers private only vimeo offers private only metacafe offers private only revver does not offer private only dailymotion offers private only vodpod offers private only veoh offers private only stickam does not offer private only blip.tv offers private only yahoo! video offers private only
Video editing tools
youtube offers video editing tools vimeo does not offer video editing tools metacafe offers video editing tools revver offers video editing tools dailymotion offers video editing tools vodpod offers video editing tools veoh does not offer video editing tools stickam offers video editing tools blip.tv does not offer video editing tools yahoo! video does not offer video editing tools
File formats
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Help & support
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Telephone support
youtube does not offer telephone support vimeo does not offer telephone support metacafe does not offer telephone support revver does not offer telephone support dailymotion does not offer telephone support vodpod offers telephone support veoh does not offer telephone support stickam does not offer telephone support blip.tv does not offer telephone support yahoo! video does not offer telephone support
Email support
youtube offers email support vimeo offers email support metacafe offers email support revver offers email support dailymotion offers email support vodpod offers email support veoh offers email support stickam offers email support blip.tv offers email support yahoo! video offers email support
Live chat
youtube does not offer live chat vimeo does not offer live chat metacafe does not offer live chat revver does not offer live chat dailymotion does not offer live chat vodpod does not offer live chat veoh does not offer live chat stickam does not offer live chat blip.tv does not offer live chat yahoo! video does not offer live chat
Knowledge base
youtube offers knowledge base vimeo offers knowledge base metacafe offers knowledge base revver does not offer knowledge base dailymotion does not offer knowledge base vodpod does not offer knowledge base veoh offers knowledge base stickam does not offer knowledge base blip.tv offers knowledge base yahoo! video offers knowledge base
Forums
youtube does not offer forums vimeo offers forums metacafe offers forums revver offers forums dailymotion does not offer forums vodpod does not offer forums veoh offers forums stickam does not offer forums blip.tv does not offer forums yahoo! video does not offer forums
Tutorials
youtube offers tutorials vimeo offers tutorials metacafe offers tutorials revver does not offer tutorials dailymotion does not offer tutorials vodpod does not offer tutorials veoh offers tutorials stickam offers tutorials blip.tv does not offer tutorials yahoo! video offers tutorials
FAQs
youtube offers faqs vimeo offers faqs metacafe offers faqs revver offers faqs dailymotion offers faqs vodpod does not offer faqs veoh offers faqs stickam offers faqs blip.tv offers faqs yahoo! video offers faqs

Video sharing websites explained

Video sharing websites make it easy to search or discover new video clips. It might be a popular tv programme, music video, how-to-guide or a funny clip of sneezing panda - either way there are literally thousands of video clips stored in one place that you can access instantly.

Aspiring film producers

For aspiring amateur film producers - video sharing websites opens up huge potential for exposure. Thousands of producers have found fame and furthered their careers through such websites. If someone likes your video they are highly likely to recommend it to their friends.

The community of users bring another dimension to video. Users rate video clips, so you can instantly see what is worth watching. You can see the most viewed and commented on video clips.

Television companies and Hollywood studios have now fully embarrassed video sharing websites. They were at first apprehensive, but now they have embarrassed the medium (almost out of necessity) as they realize its full potential and high viewing figures.

Marketing opportunities

There are huge marketing benefits for business and organizations. Brand exposure is an obvious benefit. Video sharing websites also produce excellent natural search engine rankings, so your video will appear in prominent positions in the search engines.

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