[ryanjmo]

YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world. Not using them for your embedded videos (and getting the extra views on your site that will launch you higher in search) could be a mistake for many businesses.

If you want to prevent click throughs, after the video starts to play, just put up an invisible div over the video, but above the controls, so the user can't click through, but can still controle the video.

Once the video ends, pop up whatever you want if you don't want their recommended videos to show.

Best of both worlds.

[throwaway32]

http://www.youtube.com/t/terms

See clause 4F, doing this would result in Youtube blocking your site from embedding, and would possibly result in a "google death penalty", definitely not a good idea.

[michaelrlitt]

That's a good solution for devs.

Many of our customers aren't technical and like having a customized player + instant detailed analytics + landing page creation + chaptering, etc.