Thanks my issue is primarily out of my lack of experience with video formats and everything I have to take into account with them. When choosing my presets I have dozens of options including YouTube HD 720p 23.976 fps, 25 fps and 29 fps. I chose 25 fps because I didn’t know what else to choose. I don’t really know anything about PAL and most of my shots are recordings of my desktop to make webcasts.
*edit* I went through the export menu again and noticed a dozen or so more options under the Video tab. Currently my frame rate is 24, field order is progressive, aspect is Square Pixels 10, TV standard is NTSC, profile high, level 3.1, bitrate encoding is VBR 2 pass, target bitrate is 6 Mbps, max bitrate is 9 Mbps, and keyframe distance is 73. Any idea how to increase the smoothness of the shot?