Scatter the overlords behind your bases where Medivacs are likely to fly by if your opponent wants to drop in one of your bases. Of course, this also provides you with information on the economic status of your opponent. This prevents him from taking rogue expansions and annoys him by requiring him to send a marine / stalker / whatever to the location of your Overlord and drive him away. One use of Overlords is to spread creep on empty expansions near or around your opponents half of the map. Put two of the first couple of overlords there and fly in from time to time to scout for early game things your opponent is doing ("two-port banshees. On most maps you can position two overlords around the base of your opponent (on some maps or spawning positions this only works with one overlord due to lack of air space behind bases). Aside from general scouting (which is something you should do constantly), a couple of practical examples come to mind:
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