Sample of Video locally hosted video playing in a standard video mode. Viewers can start, pause and start video, but the focus stays on the page and does not launch new page:
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Also notice that in the video above the business owner maintains full control over the thumbnail that is displayed before the video is played.
This is the same video hosted on YouTube using a standard YouTube recommended embed method provided by the YouTube site video page.
Notice that while the video is playing the consumer can hover their mouse over the top portion of the video and a hyperlink will appear. Clicking the hyperlink will launch the video in a separate window or tab taking the consumer directly to YouTube and in most cases similar videos will appear on the right side from business owner competitors. Additionally the thumbnail that is displayed is limited to one of the thumbnails available from YouTube when processing the video