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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

What is a Blidget?
A blidget is a mini application that provides snipets of your blog and turns it into a widget (Blog + Widget = Blidget!) making it easy to share your blog with others and more importantly help to drive increased traffic to your website.  Visitors can quickly and easily install your blidget onto their own websites, social networks and blogs.  

Blidgets are easy to customise to suit your own style and in turn subscribers can even tailor your blidget to suit their own website.

Example of a blidget customised to display snippets of the latest posts & pictures.

Get this Widget or view how it can be customised.

Where can I get one?
WidgetBox.com provide free blidgets.

Many racing drivers run personal websites in order to generate sponsorship and keep their fans aware of their progress and latest developments.  The requirements of Jonesey Racing were typical in that the driver was looking for a straight forward, simple to use website, allowing him to detail his unique take on his involvement in the MGCC Peter Best Insurance Challenge.

Features of the site include a customised Blog, links to his supporters and sponsors, a photo gallery and video footage, all of which has resulted in the Jonesey Racing site becoming the “unofficial” mouth piece for the race series.

Project/Services provided by DanITech:

• Customised Blog Template;
• Search Engine Optimisation;
• Photo Gallery;
• Hosting.

Jonesey Racing: www.jonesey-racing.co.uk
MGCC Peter Best Insurance Challenge: www.mgcc.co.uk/pbic/index.htm

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The site does not sell clothes or products but they do direct you to the most appropriate suppliers and are constantly sourcing new ideas so you don’t have to spend hours searching for designer clothes and products that they have already discovered.

Project/Services provided by DanITech:

• Customised Website/Online Store Directory;
• Search Engine Optimisation;
• Hosting & Email.

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