To work around this bug, here is how to embed video into your blog posts and pages:

I had to fix the videos in code view, here are instructions for now, to work around the incompatibility of the Youtube player with the visual editor:

1.  Build the rest of the page forst
2. In the editor, click HTML tab, now you are looking at code, but the text is still text so you can see where you are
3.  Insert the embed code from Youtube: example:
<object width=”640″ height=”385″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/YAwJR0_G2vU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/YAwJR0_G2vU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”385″></embed></object><br />
4.  Remove everything but this:
<embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/YAwJR0_G2vU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”385″></embed>

5.  Surround the embed code like this with

<div><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/YAwJR0_G2vU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”385″></embed></div>

6.  Save without going back to visual editor.

7.  If you edit the page later, you can use the visual editor to make edits and change things around, but only save in code view (HTML tab)

8. For WordPress – there are plug-ins that fix this problem, I found this one with a five star rating:
http://www.press75.com/v4/the-simple-video-embedder-wordpress-plugin/

photo credit: Skype Nomad

I here it almost everyday:

“Must I post, can’t you just make me rank on Google search without me having to do anything?”

The answer is yes, and not.

What good will it do you?  Even if i know some ways to fool somebody into coming to your worthless, page, what would be the point?

Very soon (and is some ways already) it will only be the value of your site to your visitors, and how long they spend there that determines your rankings; the tips and tricks of Gurus like me will not help you, if Google knows that people do not stay on your site; and Google already knows everything.

I am living proof that most of you would rather buy sweet lies than hear the truth.  But the truth is still the truth.  It is all about the value of the resources you provide now.

Stop buying sweet lies.  You need video, interaction, and real content to compete online in 2010: and the best way to get these things  on a scale that will scale, is user-generated, user-filtered content.  The way to get that, is with a social media enabled site.

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My, my what a great deal has changed since then.  In an effort to keep up, here are some current trends:

• Check out Meetup.com and Bloblive.com, and Ning.com
• As the technology advances, and becomes more user-friendly, the grass roots localisation of the web is coming to fruition
• Local Media companies are replacing local TV stations, Radio stations, Newspapers, Tabloids, Leads Clubs, Social Clubs, Affinity Associations, Political Action groups….
• Once a small cog in Google’s big wheel, you can now reach half the population between MySpace and Facebook, and quite possibly 80% on about 46 different social media sites.
• The Internet has changed traffic patterns, life styles, culture, demographics, and the media. (Heck, it is the media!)

You can achieve great results too by way of RSS (really simple syndication).