#1
/ November 17, 2008 / 2:09 min.
Sign up for YouTube
YouTube is an online service that gives you a place to store and share all of the videos that you've created. Aside from just giving you a place to store your videos, it also allows you to watch other videos that members of the YouTube community have created. If you choose to make your videos public then people can watch your videos too.
You can watch videos without signing up but in order to participate in the community and upload your own videos, you'll want to create an account.
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- In the top-right corner of the
YouTube page, click on
Sign Up
- If you have a Google account (such as your own
Gmail address) you can use the same login and password since
YouTube is a Google service. Click on Sign in with your Google Account.
OR
- Enter your details in the
Create Your YouTube Account form, including email address, a password, a unique user name and other such info.
- Read the Terms of Service and check the I agree box before clicking on
Create my account.
- Check the email address you provided when signing up and follow the instructions to complete the
registration.
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#1
/ November 17, 2008 / 2:09 min.
YouTube is an online service that gives you a place to
store and share all of the videos that you've created. Aside from just giving you a place to store your videos, it also allows you to
watch other videos that members of the
YouTube community have created. If you choose to make your videos public then people can watch your videos too.
You can watch videos without
signing up but in order to participate in the community and upload your own videos, you'll want to
create an account.
#2
/ November 18, 2008 / 2:09 min.
Now that you've got a
YouTube account it's time to
customize the homepage with the content you want to see front and center. Once you've added, removed or shuffled content around on your
YouTube homepage, you'll be greeted by your own
personalized YouTube portal whenever you log in. This is a great way to keep track of what your network has been up to since you last logged in.
#3
/ November 19, 2008 / 3:25 min.
YouTube is a great place to find funny, interesting or informative
videos. However, with more hours of video than any one person has time to watch, it can all be a little overwhelming. When you find a
YouTuber whose content you enjoy it's a good idea to
subscribe to their YouTube channel. The search bar is the best place to start looking for content that is of specific interest to you.
#4
/ November 20, 2008 / 2:43 min.
Getting your first video onto
YouTube can be done by either uploaded or recorded directly from your webcam. We'll look at
how to get your video onto the web's go-to video hosting site. We'll also talk about
privacy: You can choose to share your video with a select group of friends and family or with the world at large. Your public awaits, so let's get started!
#5
/ November 21, 2008 / 2:22 min.
One of the key benefits to being part of the
YouTube community (aside from the untold number of amusing pet clips or course) is being able to comment on videos.
YouTube community members can comment with either text comments or by posting a video response.
#6
/ November 24, 2008 / 3:27 min.
Every YouTuber gets his or her own dedicated channel. By default, this channel shares the same look and feel of
YouTube and is named simply with your user name. However, roll up your sleeves as it's time to
customize your YouTube channel by changing everything from content to layout, color to page name.
#7
/ November 25, 2008 / 1:59 min.
As you start
uploading videos to YouTube to reside among the millions of hours of footage the site already contains, you'll want to keep your videos organized.
Organizing your videos and updating your personal information on YouTube makes it easier for other YouTubers to find you on the site. Whether that's a good thing or not comes down to perspective.
#8
/ November 26, 2008 / 2:31 min.
YouTube hides some pretty advanced features in your accounts page. While some of these features can
add a new dimension to your video, they're also very easy to use. We'll show you
how to add speech bubbles, notes and links within your videos, how to change the soundtrack and more.
#9
/ November 27, 2008 / 2:26 min.
Asking friends, family and your adoring public to come to YouTube to see your videos is all well and good. But embedding a video player, complete with a playlist of your favorite or most recent vids is better. We'll run through getting your YouTube videos to display elsewhere, like your blog or personal web site.
#10
/ November 28, 2008 / 1:54 min.
You would be forgiven for thinking that
YouTube is just the online repository for amusing pet and stupid stunt videos. There's much more to it than that though. Under the hood there's a feature called
Insight that gives some pretty detailed information on
who's watching your videos, which of your videos are the most popular and a whole lot more.
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