Do I need to use a CNAME for wistia video hosting?
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I'm using Wisita for video hosting. My strategy is to allow other sites to embed videos to get links - I want the video linking back to my site not wistia or the embeding site. Do I need to use the Wistia CNAME or is a wistia subdomain acceptable?
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Thanks Thomas
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Thanks for sharing Dana
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Hi Bruce,
I agree with Dana
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I would use the C name as you will force people to your site I like the way it looks as well I do a vid.blueprintmarketing.com
as a cname for Wistia
the SEO Embed makes a sitemap so google can see your video & rank you for it.
http://wistia.com/doc/video-seo#embed_video_using_the_seo_embed_type
Hope this helps,
Thomas
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Hi Bruce,
We are transitioning to Wistia and have about 20 Wistia videos up on our site already. To my knowledge, it is not necessary to do anything special in order to assure that the embed code any users might copy and paste into their own sites will link directly back to your site. This is one of the biggest advantages to switching to Wistia in the first place. Here's an example URL where we have a Wistia video embedded:
http://www.ccisolutions.com/StoreFront/product/allen-heath-me-1-personal-monitor-mixer
If you click the "Embed" icon just below the video you will see an iFrame code appear for people to copy and paste if they want to share the content on their own sites. This works just like a YouTube iFrame, in that it directs the visitor directly back to the site where the video originated...in this case it would divert people directly back to your site giving you full credit for the content.
I hope that's helpful. Did I understand you question correctly? Or are you seeking to do something different with anyone who wants to embed your content? Let me know, cheers!
Dana
P.S. Here's the embed code for the above video if you want to try it out:
<iframe class="wistia_embed" name="wistia_embed" src="http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/fdnz3j82q4?version=v1&videoWidth=560&videoHeight=315&volumeControl=true&controlsVisibleOnLoad=true&plugin[socialbar-v1][buttons]=embed-twitter-linkedIn-googlePlus-facebook&plugin[socialbar-v1][logo]=true&plugin[socialbar-v1][badgeUrl]=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccisolutions.com&plugin[socialbar-v1][badgeImage]=https%3A%2F%2Fwistia.sslcs.cdngc.net%2Fdeliveries%2F39051b62d0e4f252affe3b7fe5b95279dc143941.jpg%3Fimage_crop_resized%3D100x20&plugin[captions-v1][onByDefault]=false&canonicalUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccisolutions.com%2FStoreFront%2Fproduct%2Fallen-heath-me-1-personal-monitor-mixer&canonicalTitle=Allen %26 Heath ME-1 | Personal Monitor Mixer" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="480" height="298"></iframe>
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