How To Make Clickable Links In YouTube Videos – WVU #71
Posted On: February 5, 2010
Posted In: add link to youtube video, bubbleply, make link clickable in youtube, plymedia
Comments: 14 Responses
Posted In: add link to youtube video, bubbleply, make link clickable in youtube, plymedia
Comments: 14 Responses
Many people want to add clickable links to YouTube videos. And there are several ways to do it. But in this video, I share one of the slickest ways. The best part? It doesn’t cost a thing.
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Great video Dave. Thanks for putting it together. Too bad that one can’t use it on YouTube’s site – that would’ve been a great application and use.
Brooks.
Dave,
Thanks for sharing BubblePly. Great tool.
Does it work only with Youtube Videos or can I use BubblePly to videos stored via Vimeo as well?
@Isabelle – It should work with any video sharing site, not just YouTube. I used YouTube as an example because it’s the most popular.
Your breadth of knowledge concerning the emergence and application of video applications is unbelievable.
Can we obtain links for the WVU members videos. The reason for my questions is that I have been asked to contribute articles for sites in my business area and I would like to include a video segment within those articles.
I would be of significant benefit if I could place links with the video to click back to my site. I prefer WVU player because it is cleaner then utube.
Best regards,
Duncan
Hi Dave,
In response to Duncans comment above i’ve just bought a tool called Easy Video Player which is a player for flash files that allows you to not only re-direct videos at the end, but also embed html such as paypal buy buttons and aweber opt in forms. It seems to work really well.
It also connects directly with amazon s3 to make uploading files really easy & has a fully analytics package with the pro version that tracks video views and purchases. It even tracks upsells.
It costs $127 for a lifetime license + about $47 if you want the pro upgrade. I’m really pleased with it. If you want to take a look you’ll find it at http://www.easyvideoplayer.com.
Simon
@Duncan – The club hosting wouldn’t work for this because the videos are private…the only way people can seen them is if you, the owner, embed them on your site. In other words, there are no “public links” to them like with YouTube, Vimeo, etc., which you need for this service.
Thanks Dave,,, you hit a home run again. I do value your information
Best Wishes
Ted
Dave you’ve always got great stuff!
Just a heads up… BubblePly only works on Internet explorer. I tried to use it before and finally contacted support after it wouldn’t work… and they gave me the 411.
Thanks Dave for another great tip! As always it is much appreciated.
Interesting Dave… Not sure I’d use that yet though?
Not sure why anyone would want to use a YouTube video on their site anyway?
Embedding your own video is easy, looks professional, you have total control and you can easily add a link to it.
You can add external links to YT videos, but you need to be part of the producer rewards scheme and pay for advertising (Or something like that!).
Pete
I’m wondering Dave. Your course deals with creating FLV’s
which I’ve already put on my site ….
Just recently, my brother gave
me his old IPHONE G3.
I had the phone unlocked and love the phone.
Problem is … I noticed the Safari viewer doesn’t play
my web .flvs and that is very disconcerting. It’s making
me rethink and maybe change my flvs and put up
MP4s on my site so that both mac and pc viewers can
see my videos as my vids pop up on the viewable
area of my sites ….
What is your thoughts on this …?
The controversy … FLV vs MP4 … or maybe
Quicktime
@Gadabout – iPhones, iPods and iPads do not support Flash. That means you can’t watch Flash video (flv files).
If you use MP4 files instead, you still have two issues:
1. You can’t embed your MP4’s as Flash, meaning you can’t use a Flash video player for them. I’m talking specifically for Apple devices here…you can embed MP4 as Flash and they’ll play fine in Flash supported devices.
2. If you embed them as QuickTime, iPhone, iPod and iPad user’s can watch them. But for the traditional web audience, roughly 30% of viewers will be prompted to download the QuickTime plugin so they can watch the videos. And roughly 100% of these viewers won’t bother.
The third option is to develop a custom script that senses where the viewer is coming from and delivers the appropriate version of the video to them.
Dave, sometime ago you reviewed Livestream. Do you have any comparative information and Stickam? I’m trying to determine how to use these in my accounting and tax practice and which may be the best to use.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.