How to Embed YouTube Videos on Facebook Pages

YouTube lets Facebook embed its videos for seamless viewing.

Facebook lets you share status updates, links, photos, videos, music and other media with your fans. You may sometimes see other people post YouTube videos on their Facebook pages and personal profiles that can be played without leaving Facebook. While it may seem as though the YouTube video has been transferred to Facebook, it's actually embedded from YouTube -- which means Facebook only streams the data but doesn't actually host it. What this means for you is that embedding a YouTube video into a Facebook page is lightning fast -- and easy.

Instructions

1. Navigate to the YouTube page where the video you want to embed appears.

2. Click inside the address bar of your browser. Hold down "Ctrl" and press "A" to select the Web address; then hold down "Ctrl" and press "C" to copy the address.

3. Log in to your Facebook Page (facebook.com) and click inside the "Write Something" box (the status box) near the top of the screen.

4. Hold down "Ctrl" and press "V" to paste the video address into the status box, and then click the "Share" button.

References

• Facebook: How Can I Upload a Video From YouTube or Another Video Site?

Resources

• Facebook
• YouTube