How to Embed a YouTube Video

24.06.2011
YouTube videos are meant to be shared. But the best way to share them is not by copying and pasting a link, but rather embedding the actual video in your blog, Web page, or the like. That way, your visitors can watch the clip directly without having to click away to YouTube proper.

Embedding a video used to be pretty straightforward, but recently YouTube has made some changes that make the process a bit more confusing. Here's your start-to-finish guide to video embeds:

1. Open the YouTube page containing the video you want to embed.

2. Just below the video window, find and click the Share button.

3. At the bottom of the "Link to this video" box, click Embed.

4. Below that, you'll see a highlighted chunk of text. This is the "embed code," which you'll need to copy and paste into your Web page. You can do so immediately by right-clicking the text and choosing Copy. However, you may want to modify some options first, as described below.