[nothing4me]

Originally Posted by RobDog888

There are allot of issues with embeding youtube code in your posts.

If youtube is down then your player wont load/play.
If youtube removes a post for whatever reason, like copyright or offensive, then your player post is broken
Youtube has that stupid mouseover scrolling "browse" to play other videos.
Youtube can direct traffic away from your site if they double click the player.
If Youtube is slow then the video will take forever to load and/or play.
You dont get to "review" the video first unless you send all posts with the bb tag to the moderation quyeue.
Depending on your bb code tag replacement code, you may be subject to scripting attacks.

Bottom line is that ther is nothing like hosting videos on your site yourself.

1. Youtube will never go down.
2. It's not broken, it just displays a message.
3. True.
4. Definitely true. (It's one click by the way. )
5. I don't think Youtube would be slow...
6. I'm not sure about this one.
7. Not very likely.

But, hey! If you have embed Youtube on your site, you'll keep more visitors unlike the plain URL post!