You tube video making – Compare Me – it’s good to Compare !

Hmmm, the idea of changing the video ID in a YouTube URL is interesting. Not sure if it would work, but let’s give it a try!

The video IDs are part of the URL when they begin with “v=” . For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyJ0bWEiOjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3G2uWoSMW8

I guess we can replace “eyJ0bWEiOjE” with whatever ID we want to have, right? Let’s try it! First, I will post the correct link so you don’t get confused:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDN1E7PTYC0

Now let’s try to change the link and see what happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDN1E7PTYC0hahahahaha

Well, it didn’t work. It still links to the video with a XDN1E7PTYC0 ID. So I guess it really can’t be changed, right? Not that it matters much because most YouTube users just copy and paste the link into their blog posts or elsewhere on the Internet without even knowing what’s inside it.

(Add your link here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ( Add your ID here )

So what if we put a random video ID and see if that works? Let’s try it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=(random code I just made up)

That didn’t work either. Hopefully it didn’t post a random video!

So, does this mean we can’t change the link to whatever we want? Well, let’s try with another website:

https://translate.google.com/?text= ( Add your ID here )

That looks pretty good! It actually worked! So I guess it’s possible to change the link in a YouTube URL after all!

(Add your link here)

https://translate.google.com/?text=( Add your ID here )

Maybe if we try with another website, it will work? Let’s see…

http://www.yahoo.com/search?s= ( Add your ID here )