YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch, share, and
promote original videos online. YouTube is fully integrated with Google Ad Words for
video, leveling the playing field for businesses that want to reach new customers with
online video.
YouTube is a video Social Networking site and the 2nd most popular search site on the
Internet after Google, who owns YouTube. YouTube video watching is a significant activity
on the Internet, with over 1 billion visits to YourTube daily and over 100 million videos
watched daily. And it's easy for anyone who sees your video to rate it and share it with his
Social Network.
How YouTube Works?
YouTube's theme is “Broadcast Yourself,” and as such encourages everyone to make and
broadcast videos on everything imaginable. YouTube is owned and operated by Google, and
leverages the search power of Google.
All YouTube videos are indexed by Google's search and will appear in Google's search
results when you select Video in the search options on Google. Using YouTube is a great
way to get listed in Google's search results since Google gives YouTube videos priority in
their search results.
YouTube videos can be viewed by anyone with access to the Web site. No user account or
log-in is needed to search for or watch videos. Setting up a user account, on the other hand,
allows you to upload videos, and also lets you customize your viewing with YouTube by
subscribing to “channels” and giving feedback ratings on videos.
When you set up your own YouTube user account, many of the familiar functions of Social