YouTube is a great resource. You can upload as many videos as you like, store then for as long as you like and have them available on demand to show to people whenever you like. It is also exceptionally good when used as a strategy to optimize traffic to a website. Aside from the fact that YouTube is free to use, Search Engine Optimization or SEO for short is one of the main reasons to use it. Google owns YouTube and believes "new" videos on YouTube are worth their weight in gold. As a result, links embedded in the YouTube Description that point to a website, increase the significance of that website in Google's eyes and as a result ranks it higher up in Google's natural search results.

There are times though when you do not or cannot use YouTube to host your video. YouTube limits...