How YouTube Embedded Videos Lead to Slow Loading Speed

Most brands love the idea of having YouTube embedded videos on their websites. It is an easy way to connect your brand's videos to the content of your website. And since videos are highly-engaging content types, you should expect a higher conversion rate from the videos.

But this isn't always the case because most video embeds end up increasing the average load time of web pages.

For every embedded video added to your website, there is an extra snippet that is added to your HTML code which adds more loads on your source code and some extra time for it to load.

If you're not sure if a newly added code snippet is affecting the loading speed of your web page, you can run Google Page Speed Insight to find out.

In order to ensure that YouTube embedded videos don't slow your pages down, you have to optimize your videos.

Let's look at some ways through which you can achieve this without compromising the video quality or user experience of your visitors.

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saruth Premium Plus
very important tutorial. Thanks for for sharing.
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Israel17 Premium
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Glad you considered the tutorial important, Saruth! Much grateful! Learn to optimize videos for your blog and you won't have your site's loading speed retarded.

Israel Olatunji
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FKelso Premium
I really appreciate this information, Israel -- so how does one create custom thumbnails for a video? Better write another tutorial.
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RosanaHart Premium Plus
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Just what I was going to say!
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Israel17 Premium
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Alright, I'll do just that, my friend! I'll create another detailed tutorial explaining how you can create custom thumbnails for your YouTube videos. Thanks for reading my training!

Israel Olatunji
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Israel17 Premium
@RosanaHart
Consider it done, my friend, Rosana. I'm going to create a detailed training tutorial with simple steps to creating custom thumbnails for your videos. Thanks again for your firm support!

Israel Olatunji
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Israel17 Premium
@FKelso
Hey, FKelso, in response to your request that I should create a separate training tutorial on how to create custom thumbnails for a YouTube video, I've done it and you can access it following the resource below. Israel Olatunji
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Israel17 Premium
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In an answer to your request, I've created a separate tutorial that explains how to create a custom thumbnail for your YouTube videos. You can access the resource following the link below. Israel Olatunji
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RosanaHart Premium Plus
@Israel17
Thank you!
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FKelso Premium
@Israel17
I saw it and will watch it...just got so involved in other stuff I have not had time yet. Thanks for creating the instructions.
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anjumshahlla Premium
That's great! After any user clicks on the thumbnail, where will the video open? In you-tube or on the website? Will it allow to play the ads?

Thanks.

Shahlla
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Israel17 Premium
@anjumshahlla
Thanks for reading my video marketing training, Shahlla! So far you've optimized videos for your blog, you can rest assured that users will be able to watch directly on your site without being redirected to YouTube at all. And YouTube has what it takes to show ads while video is playing once you're a free user.

Israel Olatunji
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Jenny28 Premium
Another great training, thanks Israel.
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Israel17 Premium
@Jenny28
Wow, Jenny! Thanks for contributing! Kudos for reading my video marketing tutorial! Much appreciated!

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Parameter Premium
Thank you Israel,

I just finished reading your training on load speed. And seeing this again, videos are good way to boast user experience.

Like you pointed out, optimizing videos is key to avoid a slow site

Ayodeji
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Israel17 Premium
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Thanks for taking notes, Ayodeji! Without optimizing videos, uploading them to your site can cause harm to your loading speed. Thanks for contributing!

Israel Olatunji
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