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Founded in 2005, YouTube quickly became one of the most lively of the Internet. Today, the site serves more than one hundred million videos a day. According to the site search Hitwise, YouTube can claim over 46 percent of total online video market. Consideration of a site with three twenty something VLSI in Silicon Valley, and then sold to Google for $ 1.65bln in late 2006, it is easy to see how the site, a revolution began in a world of online> Menu.

Originally conceived as a video version of the site Hotornot (a pioneer in websites that allowed a user to upload content) YouTube's founders quickly realized that users were uploading videos of what they wanted. People were uploading videos and a link to them from their MySpace pages. YouTube piggyback on the growth of social networking site is the largest online video site on the Internet today, MySpace remains the largestsource of results for YouTube by Hitwise.

It 'was probably a number of factors, and wise decisions by the founders of YouTube which have permitted such explosive growth. It 'was one of the first sites that allowed viewers to watch video from the site without any special software. The decision not to place ads before videos also contributed to the success of websites. Probably the most important factor is how easy it is to use the site. A user can register, upload their videos, and is so easyyour grandma can do it. The combination of easy and edgy feel to the place that feeds the growth it is today.

Today, the site offers up 100 million videos for users around the world every day. From simple messages uploaded by users, to professionally produced video, you can find almost anything on YouTube. Some users have found fame from their crazy antics in amateur skits. A couple of users have also gained television contracts of their professional YouTube videos.The place has really become a phenomenon in the world of online video and social networking.

What is it that really made YouTube different from other video sharing sites online?

It was the right place at the right time. At a time where broadband is the norm, and social networks began to explode on the Internet, YouTube users have a new way to communicate. People now have an outlet for their creativity, a message that they want to share, and a wayshare information via video online. Combine this with social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook – which lets users link to videos from YouTube – YouTube and is becoming a pioneer in the information people how parties. For the first time, with a simple camera, you can have any videos of what free entry.

It will be interesting to see how YouTube and other sites like it, continues to change the way we communicate, the way we do advertising, and especiallythe way we most of us.

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