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Beginner's guide to YouTube
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/ November 19, 2008 / 3:25 min.
YouTube subscribing, sharing and creating playlists
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.
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- On YouTube's site the pull-down menu beside the search bar you can choose whether to search for individual videos or channels.
- In the search results you can filter the videos or channels further by date added, rating, view count, upload date, video type and more to refine the results.
- Click on the video details information pane to get more information on the video and the person that uploaded it. If you particularly like the video and want to see more from this YouTuber you can click on the Subscribe button to get their latest videos as they're posted.
- In the video details pane you can select the URL text to share with friends via email, instant message or other means.
- The Embed options allow you to customize the video player and, if you copy the text and paste it into your blog, to display the video there.
- Below the video playback window on YouTube, you can use the links to Share videos with your network, add a video to your favorites, playlist the video or flag it if it contains inappropriate content.
- In the search results you can filter the videos or channels further by date added, rating, view count, upload date, video type and more to refine the results.
- Click on the video details information pane to get more information on the video and the person that uploaded it. If you particularly like the video and want to see more from this YouTuber you can click on the Subscribe button to get their latest videos as they're posted.
- In the video details pane you can select the URL text to share with friends via email, instant message or other means.
- The Embed options allow you to customize the video player and, if you copy the text and paste it into your blog, to display the video there.
- Below the video playback window on YouTube, you can use the links to Share videos with your network, add a video to your favorites, playlist the video or flag it if it contains inappropriate content.
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