Is there a way to load embedded YouTube videos faster on my website?

Question

I\'m writing a blog post that uses multiple videos from YouTube and Yahoo Video, but I\'m not happy with how long it takes the page to render. Apart from using an ajax-y met

Answer 1

The Google Plus solution is the only way to improve performance: load an image stub, then load the full player when the user clicks.

Building on the solution from @boscharun here is the solution I use:

You can see it in action live at: https://www.acls.net/videos.htm

Features include:

• Degrades to IMG if necessary
• Semantic
• Responsive
• Uses jQuery