What is Youtube?

Youtube Broadcast Youself

 YouTube is a social video-sharing website where users can upload, view, comment and share video clips. No matter what kind and size of videos you want to watch or share, you can do it all on YouTube. There is a various range of videos out there. You can find entertainment, comedy, action, music, marketing, educational videos and much more.

YouTube is currently a subsidiary of the web monster Google. It was originally created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees. In October 2006, Google, Inc took over Youtube for USD $1.65 billion.

The service, located in San Bruno, California (The United States) uses Adobe Flash technology and HTML 5 to display all kinds of videos, be they profesional or amateur.

In Youtube, you can find seasoned video-makers along with beginner ones. There are high quality videos, and unfortunately bad, tasteless, trash ones. Everyone can upload a piece of his/her own. This feature is what makes the magic of this wonderful website, it's open to you and me no matter how good you are. Youtube means that everybody can publish a video "a tube": anyone can tube, including children.

Uploading and downloading is easy, the site is all pretty self-explanatory. It is not necessary to register to view the videos. Registration is only needed if you want to upload or comment videos.

You can have your own channel and have followers if you wish. Just to make things clear, the word "tube" in Youtube is a colloquial term for TV, used since back in the early old days of television when televisions were made out of cathode-ray tubes. So when the initial owners of the service came up with the name "Youtube", they meant, I guess, "YouTV" in the sense you can have your own TV channel. I think you know now where the name came from. thanks to "Youtube", you can broadcast youself.

What is beautifull with this wonderful service is that it offers you the opportunity to make some extra bucks. If you have a very big number of views, Youtube will likely monetize your videos through a partnership program, which is a good opportunity for you to make extra money from your passion, provided your content is original. There is quite a number of success stories of ordinary people who made it and have a residual income through Youtube. I guess you've heard of the success of Korean singer Psy thanks to Youtube. He made over $ 8 Million from his hit 'Gangnam Style' which has got 2,029,411,160 views so far.

Youtube is a powerful tool for businesses. YouTube is your friendly assitant that can get your product known for almost no cost. Online videos have become a very promising marketing strategy. The majority of Internet users prefer to watch video rather than read a text. More than 2 billion videos are viewed on a daily basis. A huge number of people across the globe use youtube. It would be stupid of companies to miss and not take advantage of that.

If you are looking for cheap ways of promoting your website, your services, your business, or simply your passion, Youtube is a great way to go.