youtube

matt moreira, r34skyline, Joe R - Created in 2005 by three former paypal employees Chad Hurley, Steven Chen, and Jawed Karim - Based out of San Bruno, California - One of the first simple websites for viewing and posting videos online - Later bought by Google in late 2006 for $1.65 Billion - Only registered users can post vidoes - In June of 2007 a localization process began which would make the site localized in 22 countries across the world - Access to youtube has been blocked in several countries including China, Morocco, Iran, Thailand and Pakistan - There are many different types on "channels" such as musician and guru these channels help make your videos more specific to what they present - Youtube uses a ranking system which has different time periods such as today, this week, this month and all time where the top videos are listed. - Youtube is also available on some mobile phones such as the Apple Iphone.

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