Compress Your Video Before Uploading It

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When optimized properly, video search results can be more prominent, increase online visibility, and improve search engine rankings .

With that said, let’s take a look at how to optimize videos for websites. You can use the quick links below to jump to the different tips in our post:

Tip 1: Use a Video Hosting Service
Tip 3: Set Up Your Video Sitemap and Schema Markup
Tip 4: Enable Lazy Loading for Videos
Tip 5: Use a Video CDN (Content Delivery Network)
How to Optimize Background Videos in WordPress
FAQs About How to Optimize Videos for Your WordPress Website
Tip 1: Use a video hosting service
First, you need to choose a reliable video hosting platform. Our years of experience with WordPress have shown cyprus telemarketing data that it is better to use a third-party video hosting provider than to self-block your own videos.

For more details, you can read our article on why you should never upload a video to WordPress . But essentially, uploading videos to your media library can take up a lot of bandwidth and resources on your web hosting.

Also, HTML5 video formats can be a bit tricky. Different browsers support different formats, such as MP4, WebM, and Ogg. This means that multiple video files are needed to ensure playback across all browsers.

Even if you use a powerful cloud host or a dedicated web host, it is much easier to use embedded videos than to host your own video content. If you host your own videos, you will need to process them to make them compatible with different devices.

Meanwhile, platforms like YouTube and Vimeo take care of it for you. You don't have to worry about using a certain file format or resolution, as long as it's supported by the platform.