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How can I make Youtube videos clickable?

by Rich Struck
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Every so often I find a Youtube video where you can click on it and you are taken to another site. How do you do that? I've looked everywhere and I'm not seeing it. I emailed on guy who does it to his but I haven't heard back.

Thanks,

Rich
  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    Rich is it possible they embed the link through Camtasia when they make the video?
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    • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
      Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

      Rich is it possible they embed the link through Camtasia when they make the video?
      I don't know if Camtasia has that capability. The last guy I saw who did it was a Mac guy anyway.

      BTW... I'm not referring to the Google ads either, these are somehow embedded in the video itself.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    I do not think you can make a YouTube video go anywhere but
    YouTube - but you could download a watermarkered YouTube
    video, and use a 3rd party player to make it click-able.

    I think you are chasing a ghost. Host your own video and clickable,
    or forward-at-finish, is easy. You can make a link on a video
    clickable to re-direct to another video WITHIN YOUTUBE.
    I've never done it though (even though I'm a video eggzbert).

    That said: post the link to the guy's site and if he did it with
    YouTube I will tell you how.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
      Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye View Post

      I do not think you can make a YouTube video go anywhere but
      YouTube - but you could download a watermarkered YouTube
      video, and use a 3rd party player to make it click-able.

      I think you are chasing a ghost. Host your own video and clickable,
      or forward-at-finish, is easy. You can make a link on a video
      clickable to re-direct to another video WITHIN YOUTUBE.
      I've never done it though (even though I'm a video eggzbert).

      That said: post the link to the guy's site and if he did it with
      YouTube I will tell you how.
      Okay I'll see if I can find it again... one sec...
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    • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
      Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye View Post

      You can make a link on a video
      clickable to re-direct to another video WITHIN YOUTUBE.
      Okay this must be what I'm seeing then.

      This is one that I have in mind.


      There are links in the corners then one on the video itself at the end.

      If I come across the other ones I've seen (or at least I think I saw) I'll post them too.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    Well, the Pyramid guy makes some pretty grand leaps
    to arrive at his conclusion. I like this kind of stuff though.

    The links are done with YouTube's annotation feature. You
    put them in after you've uploaded your video.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
      Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye View Post

      Well, the Pyramid guy makes some pretty grand leaps
      to arrive at his conclusion. I like this kind of stuff though.

      The links are done with YouTube's annotation feature. You
      put them in after you've uploaded your video.
      Thank you! Now I know what to look for.
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