Image source: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fCFoauFu6Lw/maxresdefault.jpg
Youtube is a website designed to allow users from all over the world to post video creations of themselves, and things that they have recorded.
In order to get started with Youtube you can either watch videos as a guest, or if you are looking to upload, create an account. The account creation process is very simple and you can have videos uploaded in a matter of minutes.
The user friendly software of Youtube allows you to create a name and edit various videos to your liking.
The benefits of using Youtube when compared to other video sites is the content availability. Youtube is a very simple website to use that has videos ready to watch at the click of a button. With the development of technology and the upstreaming process of videos being reliant upon internet your connection speed, Youtube has created the ability to skip ahead to the part of the video you would like to see, without having to endure the wait of loading the first or last part of a video. Besides the easy to watch video technology, the easy to upload process creates many benefits when compared to other sites. Uploading is as simple as locating the video on your computer and clicking upload, Youtube does all of the rest for you with the creation of a generic name and snapshot.
Another benefit of using Youtube is that ability to broadcast to an audience of millions. Youtube is available in nearly every country in the world, and any computer that has internet access, and is visited each day by millions of people.
Getting a message out or broadcasting yourself to a audience of millions is as simple as creating the video then utilising Youtube's uploading technology and then marketing out your video to millions of youtube fans.
A side benefit of using Youtube is the marketability of the website. Users who create channels that offer videos that are interesting enough to get millions of views often get a tag as the most watched on Youtube which can lead to a vast amount of opportunities outside of the site, several monetary based.
Another side benefit of using Youtube is the projecting yourself out to that audience of millions and becoming readily recognised.
Youtube has been the product of many low level celebrities fame, and has been the cultivator of making nobodies into somebody without charging any form of price.
A last benefit of using Youtube is the informative aspect to the website with current events in both a historical sense, and pop culture being readily projected on their websites home page, and linked into their most watched. The information age of the twenty first century has been greatly influenced by Youtube, and will continue to be so for many years to come.
Overall if you are looking for a media to broadcast yourself or enjoy watching the latest in popular videos, check out the benefits of using Youtube.
