diff --git a/videos.html b/videos.html
index 49f4775..77b9362 100644
--- a/videos.html
+++ b/videos.html
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ function card(p) {
 
   // Through our own domain, so an open is a page load we can count. A link
   // straight to the file is invisible to us. 33 characters against 74.
+  // A placeholder only; share_link returns the real address, which lives on
+  // its own hostname rather than on this site.
   window.__shareUrl = window.__shareUrl || function (p) {
-    if (!(p.cut_url || p.video_url)) return "";
-    return location.origin + "/v/" + String(p.id || "").slice(0, 8);
+    return (p.cut_url || p.video_url) ? "pending" : "";
   };
 
   return '<div class="item">'
@@ -113,24 +114,12 @@ async function load() {
       if (!p) return;
       var link = window.__shareUrl(p);
       if (!link) { showMsg("msg", "That one has no video yet."); return; }
-      // Publish the static page first: it is what carries the preview tags,
-      // and crawlers never run the JavaScript route.
+      // Nothing to publish: the page is rendered per request. This only marks
+      // the video shared and returns its address.
       b.disabled = true; b.textContent = "Preparing…";
-      var s = await api("publish_share_page", { email: email, project_id: p.id });
-      if (s.ok && s.pending) {
-        var waited = 0;
-        s = await new Promise(function (done) {
-          var t = setInterval(async function () {
-            waited += 4;
-            var g = await api("publish_share_page", { email: email, project_id: p.id });
-            if (g.ok && !g.pending) { clearInterval(t); done(g); return; }
-            if (waited > 180) { clearInterval(t); done({ ok: false, error: "That is taking unusually long." }); }
-          }, 4000);
-        });
-      }
+      var s = await api("share_link", { email: email, project_id: p.id });
       b.disabled = false; b.textContent = "Share";
       if (!s.ok) { showMsg("msg", s.error || "Could not prepare that link."); return; }
-      if (s.note) { showMsg("msg", s.note); return; }
       link = s.url || link;
       var title = p.title || ((p.pet_name || "Your pet") + " has something to say");
       // The native sheet is the shortest path into a text message on a phone.