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However, instead of adding this to Google Earth, you can also just add it to Google Maps. Go to

http://maps.google.com and paste the KML le URL into the search box and hit Search Maps. Google

will recognize that you’ve entered the web address of a KML le and automatically display your photos

on the map now. Click “Link to this page” and a new dialog opens. Here you can either select the URL

to point others to, or copy an HTML snippet for inclusion on your web site, such as your blog.

Google Maps also supports KMZ les for display as a layer. KMZ is a zipped KML le. To nd KMZ or KML les

that others have published, you can search Google for “

letype:kmz | letype:kml” (no quotes, and the |

character is the vertical line or “pipe” character), and copy the URL shown below the snippet into Google Maps

as before (note the URL must be preceded with “http://” when you paste it into Google Maps).

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Don’t let YouTube limit you to their default video size and colors

when sharing content.

To embed a video from YouTube, all you need to do is go to http://youtube.com, search for content,

and then copy the embed code into your own site. Here’s an example of the embed code, which you

can nd at the right side of the video player, as shown in Figure 9-20. If you use a rich text editor for

your site, make sure to switch to the HTML editing mode befor ...