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Tutorial: How do I add a YouTube Video to my Website or Blog?

YouTube have made it very easy to share videos via your website or blog with the minimum of fuss.

To add a video to your site, take the following steps:

1. Next to any YouTube video you will find the About This Video box.
2. Select Customize if you want to change a video’s style.
3. Copy the Embed code and paste it into your HTML code.
4. You can change the size of the video by amending the width and height of the object:

<object width=”212.5″ height=”175“><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/nfx3aDAlKtA&rel=1″></param><param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/nfx3aDAlKtA&rel=1” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”transparent” width=”212.5″ height=”175″></embed></object>

Tips: YouTube and Increasing your Website’s Traffic

1. When adding your own videos: Include a link to your website in the description (preferably at the beginning of the description so by default it is visible) and add tags relevant to the video and your website.
2. Link to other videos of relevance. As you drive traffic to YouTube, a link to your website will be added for example:

Sites Linking to this Video:
88 clicks from http://www.fiatracing.com/
10 clicks from http://www.motorlawyers.co.uk/fiat_racing_challenge.htm