Almost everything can now be found on the internet. We can find reading materials, audio recordings and even videos. If you are looking for a news story that you missed to watch because you were out on an important appointment, you do not have to worry because with just one click on your internet browser, you can already find that video clip. Most of the time, the video clips that we find are from Youtube.com or to make is easier, let us simply call it Utube.
Utube is a website that was created by three PayPal employees in the year 2005. It is made particularly for the purpose of video-sharing. These PayPal employees are namely Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The first Utube video clip they shared featured Karim at the San Diego Zoo and it was titled Me At The Zoo. You tube grew very fast and has made agreements with so many gigantic companies making it the top video-sharing website in history. It features more than 65, 000 new videos everyday and achieves more than a million views in a day as well. It is also one of the highest earning websites.
Utube or www.youtube.com makes use of the application called Adobe Flash Player to share videos. A registered user may share video clips, amateur videos, television clips, movie clips, video blogging, etc.
Because of the great number of videos being shared on Utube everyday and the great number of viewers that they are able to track, people in different business industries have found the website very helpful in promoting their business. Product reviews and advertisements flooded Utube over the past few years. Some instructors or teachers also upload or share their videos on Utube for the purpose of sharing to those who want to learn. Others also share videos just to have fun or share a really good laugh with some funny videos. Some share videos with the hope of being discovered for their unusual talent.
It is also inevitable that there are some people who also upload videos that are not suited for sharing. Some upload pornographic videos or videos that affect other individuals. Because of this, Utube now have a screening committee that deletes a video if they are flagged as inappropriate by some users. Utube has also become a primary tool for media to measure a celebrity’s popularity by tracking the number of views and the comments on the videos posted.
Utube or Youtube.com since its founding year has indeed been very useful to the society. Although it is sometimes being used for a wrong purpose, still the better purpose is dominant. It is able to share funny videos and make a lot of people laugh. It is able to fill in some missed television clips and is even able to provide instructional or educational videos.
The most popular Utube video clip which garnered more than 245 million views last year was Charlie Bit My Finger. The video featured a one-year-old English boy biting his brother’s finger. There are also several Utube video clips that led to the discovery of the now famous celebrities like Susan Boyle and Charice Pempengco.
