3 - Optimize YouTube Embedded Videos

YouTube is one of the best places to host your videos and stream them on your website. That's because the biggest video sharing platform is optimized for just that.

However, YouTube earns the bulk of its revenue from ads that are displayed on the videos. It means these ads are likely to run on embedded videos, including the videos on your site.

One major problem with this is that YouTube includes some scripts for managing the ads to be displayed. While YouTube videos may not be much trouble, these scripts can actually slow down your loading speed.

So how do you ensure YouTube embedded videos don't slow down your page loading speed?

You can create custom thumbnails for each of your YouTube videos and include these thumbnails on your site. When the website loads, the overhead won't be too much.

And when visitors want to watch any videos, all they need to do is click on the thumbnails and the videos will be loaded. Doing it this way helps to prevent the browser from loading additional codes when the page is loading.

Conclusion

Having videos on your website is a great way to inform and engage your visitors. However, if you do not embed using the right means, your web pages will take a longer time to load.

YouTube embedded videos can be used to improve user experience without slowing down the loading speed. This guide shows you how to embed YouTube videos and also prevent the slow loading speed of your pages.