10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About

(source: makeuseof.com)

Youtube – You know that site with videos and all. Yeah! It turns out that its quite popular and you happen to visit and use it quite often. Instead of just searching and playing here are some top Youtube URL tricks that you should know about:

1. View high quality videos

Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18′(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22′(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality.

2. Embed Higher Quality Videos

While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url.

3. Cut the chase and link to the interesting part

Linking to a video where the real action starts at 3 minutes 22 seconds, wondered if you could make it start at 03:22? You are in luck. All you have to do is add #t=03m22s (#t=XXmYYs for XX mins and YY seconds) to the end of the URL.

4. Hide the search box

The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url.

5. Embed only a part of Video

Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.

6. Autoplay an embedded video

Normally when you embed a Youtube video and load the page, the player is loaded and it sits there waiting for you to hit the play button. You can make the video play automatically by adding ‘&autoplay=1′ to the url part of the embed code.

7. Loop an embedded video

Append ‘&loop=1′ to make the video start again without user intervention after it reaches the end.

8. Disable Related Videos

Publishing your content in the form of Youtube video? Don’t want people to see other people’s content that may be related but may as well be in competition to you? Just add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code and you just turned off the related video suggestions!

9. Bypass Youtube Regional Filtering

Some videos are only available in certain parts of the world. Your IP Address is used to determine your location and then allow or deny access to the video. Change the url from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= to http://www.youtube.com/v/

10. Download Video

Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching.

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Google+, Google Maps, YouTube Apps Get Update, Search App Leaks Early

(source: Search Engine Watch)

Google has released new iterations of several major apps, including Google+, Google Maps, and YouTube. The Google Search app is also getting a new version in the near future.

Google+ App

While the new version was released for both iOS and Android, much of the focus was on adding support for different iOS devices. The new version of the iOS Google+ app adds support for the iPod Touch and iPad, although no new interface has been introduced for the iPad. Additionally, the app will no longer crash on loading the stream in iOS 5.0 (the version of Apple's mobile OS that's currently in beta testing).
The new version brings in additional controls on both Android and iOS. Most notably, users can choose to decline Huddles without blocking the sender, and mute or hide specific Huddles. Stability and speed have also, as usual, been improved.

Google Maps App

The new version of Google Maps is also the search giant's way of getting Google Places onto the phones of users. The new features are largely oriented toward the local business front. The version released on July 27 includes the option to personalize Place pages (including through uploading images), manage your starred Places and recent history through a new "My Places" tab, and add new Places.

YouTube App

Android users can now manually download the new YouTube app by searching for "YouTube" in the Android Market. The new version includes:

• A new interface for uploading videos that lets you smoothly load longer videos.
• The option to create, edit, and delete playlists; control your subscriptions; and modify the video details of content you've uploaded, all from your Android device.
• The ability to comment on videos from within the app.
• New browsing categories.
• A new home page.
• Improved stability and speed.

The Upcoming Google Search App

Google posted the announcement of this new app on the Google Mobile Blog, but quickly pulled it down. However, we managed to capture the details. Here's what you should expect.

Beyond the new UI, a new organization scheme has been added for suggestions. The app will now group suggestions by type and bring in country-specific suggestions. Users will also have more control over their history, since they can long-press any history suggestion to remove it. The app will also be faster and more stable.
It's clear Google is committed to their app front when it comes to their major properties – especially search, local, media, and social options.

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