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Facebook recently made some changes to its layout which caused a huge backlash amongst its users. Then they got smart, and implemented a bureaucratic structure so that the users could vote on these changes which I think is a good thing.

The crew at FB knows what they are doing, though. They realize that a few people still prefer Myspace to FB because of the functionality, less spam, etc.

Recently I have been exploring the new features they have added, and I find them to be quite effective. One issue that I had was with embedding video.

So today I am going to blog about how to embed video into your Facebook profile.

Step 1: find the video you want to embed
Step 2: see if there is a share link, and if FB is available amongst the share options
Step 3: if there is a share link for FB, give it a try. often you are done after this part
Step 4: share link doesn't work: see if there is an embed video link
Step 5: if there is an embed video link copy it and post it as a link in FB
Step 6: no embed video link: search for the video on YouTube
Step 7: you find the video on YouTube, look to the top right, copy the embed text inside the combo box
Step 8: go to your Home on FB, type in comment text, then paste copied text into link
Step 9: doesn't work: Go to the top of the page at YouTube and copy the url
Step 10: paste copied text into link after typing your comments into the top box
Step 11: if you can't get this video to work, try to find the same video with a different link, maybe the embedding is correct here or you can make it work with this video

On YouTube I usually try to find five star videos to embed because more often than not, they are linked correctly.