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Although Facebook has its own video uploading feature, assuasive businesses to post videos on their Folio, many companies still prefer to post links to YouTube videos on the site. In fact, over a five day menstruation in Jan, analytics site Socialbakers registered 3,684 YouTube links compared to just 458 Facebook videos posted on Facebook.

Of course, this is completely understandable. Having created a video intended for online sharing, a company volition normally post it on YouTube first. It'due south and so easier and quicker to postal service a link from the video on YouTube than it is uploading it all once more. However, Socialbakers' written report revealed that although there were far fewer Facebook videos posted on Facebook than YouTube videos, they got almost the same number of likes and even more comments. The YouTube videos, on the other hand, were shared more often.

Presumably, the Facebook videos received far more comments on Facebook because commenting on Facebook is easier than on YouTube: you're already logged in and the other comments on YouTube, which oft 'flame' videos, tin often dissuade you lot from contributing. If people desire to comment on a YouTube video, they can do it on YouTube.

There could exist any number of reasons why YouTube videos are shared more frequently. I would guess, though, that it is more often than not considering, seeing as companies tin can postal service other people's YouTube videos instead of just uploading their ain, users are more than willing to share them: they are more diverse, and users won't necessarily exist directly advertisement a company past sharing their YouTube videos. Of course, the visitor'due south proper name will yet appear in the share.

 Facebook videos take a lot of other corking features that are lacking in their YouTube counterparts: a 'Like Folio' button tin can be included in an uploaded video, simply not on a shared link; people can exist tagged in videos; uploaded videos will announced in a Page'due south gallery instead of being pushed further and further down the timeline; put simply, Facebook videos but look amend on Facebook.

The primary advantage of a YouTube video, autonomously from the speed and ease of posting a link, is that it tin be shared beyond all social media platforms. You can and so measure out how many views the video gets using YouTube'south analytics software. Too, any YouTube video yous personally create and mail service on Facebook will link dorsum to all your YouTube videos on your channel.

So, which is better, a Facebook upload or a YouTube link? In my stance, if yous have the time, yous should upload any video you create for your company to both YouTube and Facebook. YouTube links look ugly in the timeline and News Feed, and they chop-chop disappear, whereas Facebook uploads just fit, sticking around in your Page's gallery.

Of grade, you'll miss out on YouTube's analytics software, helping y'all measure how popular your video was beyond all sites, but you can simply monitor Facebook's own analytics and add together information technology to your YouTube views. By uploading a Facebook video, you will likewise encourage more than commenting and engagement on your Page. If you don't have time to upload your videos to both sites, then uploading to YouTube is clearly the better option, but if you practise take the fourth dimension, yous'll definitely benefit from uploading every video y'all create twice.

Stay vigilant though, Facebook'south upcoming video ads could turn public opinion against Facebook vids. If you however tin can't decide, our graphics department has cobbled up a quick tabular array showing all the pros and cons of Facebook and YouTube.

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Practise you prefer posting YouTube links or uploading videos on your Facebook folio?