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02.26.10 Sharing Google Videos Without Related Links  By Dave TaylorHi Dave. I wanted to show my 12th grade a documentary about Fermat's Last Theorem. I was planning to send them the link via e-mail, and have them watch it at home. But the link (below) has a porn site listed under "related videos", so I don't feel that I can send it to them. Do you know of a way for me to download that video onto my computer? Dave's Answer: That's a great question and it highlights one of the ways that children can be exposed to material that parents aren't necessarily enthusiastic about or even approve of. For adults, we can see the stupid "related videos" and ignore them without more than a neuron or two being involved, but kids don't have that cognitive filter and for them it's better to not show that in the first place. Ten times so if you're a teacher and want to send a link to your students: one parent seeing a link to something that inadvertently includes some pornographic or obscene material, and, well, it's World War III. Not good! I don't want to debate whether children should or shouldn't be shielded from this, however, so let's just noodle on whether there's a straightforward solution to the problem, okay? On some video sites like YouTube, you can tweak the URL so that it doesn't include Related Videos, but Google Video doesn't have that option, which is too bad. There are basically two options you can see when you go to the video: 
Let's try the first one to see how that goes, shall we? Click on 'Email this video' and here's the kind of message that's produced:
Pretty, but still ultimately just a link back to the Web page with the material you want to avoid, so that's useless. The other solution, the one that will work for us, is to "embed" the video itself. To do this, you'll need to create a rudimentary Web page in HTML, but it's not too daunting. Open up NotePad (if you're on a PC) or SimpleText (on a Mac) and type this skeleton in: Continue reading this article. About the Author: Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is internationally known as an expert on both business and technology issues. Holder of an MSEd and MBA, author of twenty books and founder of four startups, he also runs a strategic marketing company and consults with firms seeking the best approach to working with weblogs and social networks. Dave is an award-winning speaker and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs. AskDaveTaylor.com http://www.intuitive.com/blog/ |
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