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Embedly (YC W10): A Call for Publishers

27 points| arthurgibson | 16 years ago |blog.embed.ly | reply

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[+] nopal|16 years ago|reply
I haven't used oEmbed before, but I really like that it's possible to specify a max height or max width. That's not anything that Embedly's bringing to the table, it's just nice.

I do really like the idea of only having to call one service in order to get the embed code for a multitude of content.

What's the monetization plan? X free calls per month, $ after that? The only reason I'd be wary of using this service is that it could move to a model like that in the future, and I'd be locked in. Although, for the lack of up-front development time to integrate easily-embeddable content, it might be worth it.

[+] arthurgibson|16 years ago|reply
You can use the embedly api right now, the only thing we ask is if you call us server side to provide a valid user agent. Heres the docs, http://api.embed.ly/documentation and if you want to promote your site we'll put it up on our developers page.
[+] talbina|16 years ago|reply
Maybe you should use visuals to explain what embed.ly does.
[+] talbina|16 years ago|reply
Examples are good...but that wasn't necessarily the point.

Why can't you simply state this:

"Paste a link, and the original photo/video/tweet will be shown below it"

It took me 30 seconds to realize this when you gave the http://www.sharedy.com/ example.

How am I supposed to know if those are not "natural" embeds?

[+] paraschopra|16 years ago|reply
Exactly! A demo will also help.
[+] ericz|16 years ago|reply
Wow thats pretty cool. The sharedy.com example is particularly compelling. This really advances link sharing a step. It would be awesome to have something like this preview links in emails, IM's etc. Nice work
[+] RyanMcGreal|16 years ago|reply
>the Washington Post and Funny Or Die

I bet the Washington Post just loves being lumped in with Funny Or Die as a content producer. :)

[+] arthurgibson|16 years ago|reply
Definitely contrasting content, we were trying to convey the broadness of our service.
[+] OoTheNigerian|16 years ago|reply
I still don't understand what it does. An animation that explains embedly will help you greatly.
[+] arthurgibson|16 years ago|reply
If you want a quick look, check out http://www.sharedy.com/ you will see most of the links turning into embeds.

Also if you post a link there, say from youtube or funnyordie it will also turn into an embed.