What is Youtube? What you need to know to be in the know

YouTube is a popular free video sharing Web site which

lets users upload, view, and share viral video.

Video sharing refers to a site that allows user to distribute their video clips.

The site utilizes Adobe Flash technology to display video.

 

On the About Us page at Youtube.com it states, “YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily.”

YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 100 million videos on the site daily. Our users determine what is popular on the site, and can unleash their creativity and broadcast their talents to https://www.youtube.com/@rajpoot-angel a global audience.

On the YouTube Fact Sheet it continues, “YouTube is creating a community for personal video, musicians, amateur filmmakers and comedians, and professional content owners. …. Anyone can broadcast themselves by creating content and distributing it through YouTube. And the community decides what is popular through their ratings and comments.”

CREATION

Youtube was founded by three employees of PayPal, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim on February 14, 2005. Since its creation Jawed Karim left the company to pursue an advanced degree at Stanford.

 

WHAT TYPES OF VIDEOS ARE ON YOUTUBE?

The wide variety of site content includes movie and TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging.

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