February 14, 2005 PayPal alums Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim begin work on a "Flickr or HotorNot for video." They register youtube.com the next day. April 23, 2005 "Me at the Zoo" -- 19 seconds of Karim in front of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo -- is the first video posted to the site.
October 9, 2006 Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion. July 23, 2007 YouTube and CNN host their first presidential debate, featuring citizen-submitted video questions. In the 2008 election cycle, 7 of the 16 presidential candidates announced their campaigns via YouTube. April 11, 2009 Susan Boyle becomes a global celebrity after her audition on a British TV talent show is uploaded and viewed 80 million times. In December, her first album became the best-selling debut ever for a female artist. October 12, 2009 YouTube passes 1 billion videos a day but remains unprofitable. Analysts estimated 2009 revenue of $240 million, but YouTube spent more than $700 million storing and serving all that video.
Tons of users=tons of content meaning that their is a lot more content their is on any other website. Ton of users=tons of views. If you making your videos so unique or interesting will put your video at the top. Easy to use interface. Embed player that allow yous to put it almost anywhere. It's great place to get noticed
So many ads. Large copyright notice (you can barely upload new music or show clips) They have many flaws with comments. They get very laggy on official videos (VEVO, official group channels, TV channels etc)
If you don't have a specific term in mind, you can search through general categories. For example, let's say you'd like to watch something funny. In this case, you'll want the "Comedy" category. You can find it by:
Finally, if you're just browsing, YouTube has some special sections to help you find the latest and greatest. These sections can all be found on the homepage:
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