Perhaps we all can agree that youtube is the single most visited video sharing website and that most of its content is generated by people that wanna share something with a video. We all have visited youtube looking for information on some topic, to laugh at someones video, to learn something (guitar lessons, piano lessons, language, bio of somebody famous. If you visited youtube.com today you probably noticed that most of the videos you found are generated by people like you and I. Theres also music videos, TV shows, and Channels each with different content (Content that has to be regulated because of copyright laws. Have you tube today.

HISTORY

YouTube is a video sharing website on which people can upload and share videos. Former employees of PayPal created YouTube in February of 2005. Youtube displays a wide range of use video content which include movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, and amateur content such as video blogging. Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, although media including CBS, AND the BBC offer some of their material via the site. Accounts of registered users are also called "channels".


CONTENT & LAWS

Due to the use of copyrighted material in many of the videos created by users, youtube has removed many audio or whole videos to avoid being sued by the owners of such material. We can find many music videos uploaded by Universal Music Group, Sony MS, BMG and other labels to prevent copyright infringement. Theres also big TV networks that upload content from their programing to youtube. (Add more content people !!)

YOUTUBE.COM = FREE ADVERTISING

Well not really free but cheaper than buying air time on TV or Radio and then hope that people will watch it. Sites like youtube.com, myspace.com, facebook.com are visited by people all ages; Therefore, ads in this websites will be more "viewable" than an ad on tv. Artist , speacialy new artist advertise their music on youtube without paying huge amounts of money to labels or productions of CD's that might not sell ( insert someone who gt famous out of youtube here ). The presidential election was broadcast by youtube and alot of people watch it this way. Candidates even had their channels. ( Look this up people , just fill up with some facts here please and more ways Youtube is used to advertise.

SIGNING UP : DOES AND DON'TS.
Signing up is simple, just need a valid e-mail address because you will need to activate your new account with a link sent to that e-mail. After Signing up theres alot of things you can do. DO upload videos and share them. DO Favorite other peoples' video and DO make your own channel. DO Customize your channel with the available templates and colors. DO make your own little world within the youtube community and add friends. DO try to get famous overnight, who knows?! it has happen. (NAME SOMEONE PLZS!!)

Here are some of the things you shoulnt do. Just because you are behind a screen miles away from anybody who has kindly upload a video for your entertainment: Don't insult them, Don't post racist comments, Don't say anything you would say in front of that person. DON'T ever post FIRST!!! as your comment.

The Most Viewed Video on Youtube.com

This video is called the Evolution of Dance, about 6min long. This is
one the mot viewed videos on youtube.com, standing at about 127,000,000
veiws to date (Oct 1,2009). Enjoy!!!