YouTube now offers video annotations, text bubbles created by the video owner which are overlaid on the video at specific times. To add an annotation to one of your own videos, check your videos listing and hit the "Edit Annotations" button next to one. You will be able to insert three types of annotations; "speech bubbles," "notes," and "spotlights."
Also, you can add a link with each annotation. Those URLs may only point to YouTube though (I wonder if that"s greedy or if there"s a good reason for this). This feature also allows you to create interactive videos -- like a video ending with a multiple choice question, leadi ...
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