Best compression for web site

I would like to add a 2-3 minute segment of a longer movie to my web site. I use wordpress which only allows for a 2MB media clip to be uploaded. What compression in Compressor (or elsewhere) would give me such a small file? Or is there another route I can take...posting to you tube or vimeo or such?
Thanks in advance.

You'd be much better off hosting somewhere else and embedding a player into your wordpress page. Or find another web hosting solution.

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