Blog 5: Youtube

YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005. The name and logo of the company are an allusion to the cathode ray tube, a display device used since the early days of electronic television.

What are the services offered by youtube?
you can upload videos in youtube
you can see many videos in any genre of movie clips, music videos and tutorials videos


How do I sign up for a youtube account?

How are videos categorized in youtube
if you view the video, under it. There are categories in the video.

How do I search for a video?
click the search button

How do I upload videos?

Once you've finished editing your video, made sure it's less than 15 minutes, smaller than 2GB in size, and in an acceptable format, you're ready to upload it.

• Click the Upload link at the top of any YouTube page.
• Click the "Browse" button to browse for the video file you'd like to upload to our site. Select the file you want to upload.
• Click the 'Upload Video' button to start the uploading process.
• As the video file is uploading, enter as much information about your video as possible in the relevant fields (including Title, Description, Tags, and Category). You're not required to provide specific information, but the more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video!
• Click the 'Save changes' button to save the updates you've made to the video file.

How do I manage my videos?

To make a video, you'll need to have a device that can capture digital movies—this could be a camcorder, digital camera, or even your cell phone! You copy the movies to your computer, and then you can either upload them as-is or edit them with software such as iMovie or Windows Movie Maker to add titles and special effects. For more detailed information, read the Making and Optimizing Your Videos guide.

How do I subscribe (and unsubscribe) to a channel/account?

Subscribe

In order to subscribe:

1. Sign into your account.
2. Go to either a user's channel page, or on the video watch-page, look to the right hand side of any video. You'll see a yellow "Subscribe" button.
3. To subscribe to that user's videos and/or activity, click the yellow button. You'll receive a confirmation that you successfully subscribed to the user.
4. Once you've subscribed, you can customize your subscription options. On the user's channel page (next to their profile icon), you'll see "Edit subscription". When you click "Edit subscription" various subscription options will appear. These include:
   
   
   • Subscribing to all of a user's public activity (uploads, favorites, ratings etc.)
   • Subscribing to only video uploads
   • Unsubscribing from the user


5. Select option(s) that you'd like to see in your subscription updates.
6. Click the "Update" button. You'll now be subscribed to the user uploads/activity.

Unsubscribe

Once you're tired of being subscribed to someone's videos or favorites, there are two ways to unsubscribe.

Look into that person's channel page and click "Unsubscribe" in the upper left.

or

1. Click the "Subscriptions" tab at the very top of any YouTube page and all your subscriptions will be displayed in on the left hand side
2. Choose any subscription, and click the "Unsubscribe" button on the right side of the screen

Other significant features

• Watching Videos
• Sharing Videos
• Organizing Videos
• Searching Videos
• Uploading and Editing Videos