http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AdFA6WWJ7E

It’s not just for YouTube though, we’ve implemented a new protocol called oEmbed. Any link that comes from a site that supports oEmbed will behave the same way in 280 Slides. Here’s just a few of the examples of things that you can paste directly into 280 Slides:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/1404/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-natalie-raps
http://pownce.com/leahculver/notes/2438705/
http://flickr.com/photos/mihirvaze/2249590463/
http://www.viddler.com/explore/cdevroe/videos/424/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198
http://www.amazon.com/Myths-Innovation-Scott-Berkun/dp/0596527055

And there’s quite a few more.  The list of oEmbed supporters is still relatively small, but as it continues to grow, we’ll get smarter and smarter!  Of course, we still support direct image links, as well as direct flash links (as best we can), meaning, if you want, you can even embed your favorite flash game right into your slide.  

So, go ahead and try it out.  Just enter a URL and see what happens.  If you wind up trying one we don’t support yet, send us a note, or leave a comment here.  If you’re a web developer, consider adding oEmbed support to your site (and send us a note when you do).  It’s easy to implement, and the benefits are obvious.

Update: I should have also mentioned that Deepak over at oohembed.com is providing a great proxy service by implementing oEmbed support for several sites that don’t have offer it on their own.  We’re using it in 280 Slides, and I hope they keep adding new sites!