Thanks to Ronnie Bincer for this important info.

Thanks to Ronnie Bincer for this important info.

Originally shared by Ronnie Bincer

Caution for HOA Hosts regarding the HOA Permalink
Recently Google introduced the Hangout Link to Bookmark shown below. It makes sense for sharing it for Hangout Video Calls (HVC), but may cause you trouble if you share it for a Hangout on Air (HOA).

If the Host of a HOA shares the link to that HOA, those that use it can enter into the HOA Interface (aka be a video participant in the filmstrip). However, be warned... there is a possible problem with using that link to enter the HOA filmstrip.

If the filmstrip guest or guests arrive into the HOA interface before the Host and the Host uses the same shared link to enter into the HOA interface, there may not be any green "Start Broadcast" button for the host to press to start the broadcast. That's a pretty big problem to have!

Instead, if the HOA Host enters into the HOA interface via the Blue "Start" button, then there is a much better chance that the "Start Broadcast" button will be there for the host to use... even if some of the guests arrive inside before the host does.

Big Tip: the HOA Host should always use the Blue "Start" button to enter into the HOA when ready to start the broadcast.

Special thanks to Michael Daniels, Heather Kraafter & Susan Finch... all fellow Hangout Mastery members, for helping test this link thing with HOAs.

To join in on the learning with the rest of us paying very close attention to all that Google does with the HVC & HOA tools, please visit www.bit.ly/HangoutMastery

For the recent announcement about these permalink/bookmarking links for HVCs & HOAs see this post: http://goo.gl/Cd4cuH
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