Embedding Youtube Videos on your site, Smart Tactic or Disingenious?
Published on August 31, 2019
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This post isn't meant to bash anyone that already does this. I'm really just looking for advice. A couple weeks ago I saw a blog about embedding/sharing YouTube videos on your site. This was explained that it should be done as long as the subject matter is similar.
Another thing that was mentioned was that Google LOVES videos! I'm not sure if its YouTube videos or videos in general, but it does help a lot with indexing. Keep that in mind next time you write an article.
Anyway, while in the middle of writing an article, I attempted to embed a YouTube video (solved my video embedding issue from my "roadblock" blog by the way) about my subject matter.
I actually stopped writing my article to write this blog and gain some insight. Now, my niche is about air fryers, recipes and reviews. I went on YouTube to find a video about a particular air fryer but when I looked at it, there was a woman on there talking about her air fryer.
Would it be disingenuous of me to post her video about that air fryer on my website? Will people think that my website is hers? How would she feel about me posting her video on my site? That's what I really have an issue with, but I suppose if I add several videos of different people, it may not matter.
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Perhaps I'll have an unlimited trove of air fryer videos to add on to my articles. I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing.
In the long run, it could help her on YouTube when I start gaining more traffic but I felt a little iffy about it.
I will mention something about myself though. I used to post a lot of Instagram stories about my daily life and Eminem's new rap album just came out, I think it was last year. There was a lot of controversy surrounding his album and I made a video saying that I didn't understand why it was so controversial.
I basically said that if you think his most recent album is controversial, then you better not listen to his albums from the 90s because this is tame compared to back then. I made that video on Instagram and a friend of mine said they saw me on YouTube.
This confused me because I don't make YouTube videos. He showed me a video compilation of a bunch of people talking about Eminem's new rap album and low and behold, the video I made on Instagram was embedded in this YouTube video.
I wasn't upset at all. If anything, I was flattered that my video was shared on a different platform with millions of people.
Maybe I just answered my own question with this blog, but I needed to get it out.
What do you all think about sharing YouTube videos on your site?
- Ibrahim
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