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I'd certainly agree with that, Dunamis. I don't ask for links, and I don't respond well when asked for one, unless I have a relationship with the person. I have even been asked for one by someone I knew, and tried to explain nicely that an OBL from an SEO site to a real estate site didn't really make much sense for either of us. My advice, Rhys, would be to focus first on establishing a relationship. If the resulting relationship is solid, and both sites are relevant, a simple mention of your need to acquire more natural links may well spawn an offer.

I would set your post title as the H1. That is my personal preference and what i do for my clients. H1 gets a little more weight than an H2, though it is not much simply because it's too easy to stuff.

I'm not sure if this meets your needs, but it is something to look at if you haven't seen it already. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xml-sitemaps-for-videos/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flv-embed/

It's your video and your attribution - to me it makes sense to have a link back.