youtube

YouTube is a video sharing website where users upload video clips and view clips created by other users. It offers unique user-generated content along with music, movie clips, and trailers, and helped give birth to the trend of videoblogging, where people talk about their everyday lives in videos that their friends or total strangers can view.

Everything from a guy getting hit in the nuts with a baseball to an unrecognized comedy troupe making their debut can be found here. More deliberate fictional worlds and serial “shows” have been created by users as well.

The site relies on the Adobe Flash video format, a compressed, low-bandwidth format that is seen as not losing too much quality while increasing download and viewing speed and consistency.

Anyone can visit the site and watch virtually anything, though some videos are off limits to users under 18 years of age. The site occasionally gets tangled up in copyright infringement due to users posting protected content, but self-policing has largely mitigated the problem.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “youtube”

 

• Whos going to win? Because when you think of soccer, you think of Pele playing foosball at Harrys Bar in an LV Sweater...

  
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• Whoopster commented (i cant finish...im laughting too hard) "Objectum-Sexuality Eiffel Tyra"...not at his comment, that Im so lazy I only blog Video Comment Subs

  
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  On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:21 AM, YouTube Service service@youtube.com> wrote: Whoopster has made a comment on Objectum-Sexuality Eiffel Tyra : Look shes going to be socially abstracted because its not common discussion for anyone ...
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• Gaither Homecoming group sing "Church in the Wildwood"

  
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• Whats up with "0" file size on You Tube Batch Downloads all of a sudden??

  
  Black Hat Forum — Authority: 176
  Ok obviously I know the file arent downloading, but whats the work around. All of the batch downloaders I know dont seem to work anymore. Anybody know of a working batch downloader?
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• Katy Perry Gets Intimate With Lisa Nova (And 2 Million Viewers)

  
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  YouTube star Lisa Nova sat down with “ California Gurls ” singer  Katy Perry for an exclusive 30-minute interview that featured questions submitted by text and video from the YouTube community through the newly-launched Moderator tool . Over 20,500 text and video questions like “Did you really kiss a ...
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• This is the best version of this song, ever…

  
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• now this is what i call

  
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• Hannity interviews Peter King & ‘Anthony The Weiner’ busts ANOTHER vein

  
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  This was a continuation of the event this morning that you see a couple posts down also linked at the bottom titled ‘weiner busts a vein’ or something along those lines because that’s what he did all day today and last night as well. And he busted another one over the same subject on Hannity’s radio show ...
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• Filme do Zé Colméia em 3D – Teaser Trailer Oficial

  
  Bobolhando — Authority: 142
  Vem aí mais um desenho animado das antigas que vira filme. Desta vez, o escolhido foi o Zé Colméia ( Yogi Bear ). Veja o Teaser Trailer Oficial: A Galera lá no Youtube não gostou não. E você??
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• 10 Best Viral Video Remixes on YouTube

  
  Make Money Business Blogging, Free Traffic, Social Media Marketing — Authority: 157
  You know a viral video has truly made it into the zeitgeist when it gets the remix treatment, which can itself go viral; so meta.For your viewing pleasure we’ve hit up YouTube for 10 of the best… Read more
  7 hours ago

• Megaman Zero 1.0

  
  Free Software Download — Authority: 158
  Type: Freeware Cost: $0.00 Size: 5.49 MB Release date: 29 May 2009 Platform: WinXP Download: Megaman Zero Megaman Zero is a different kind of Mega Man game. You are Zero, not Megaman and instead of a gun, you have a short range spear attack. Use many kinds of sword attack and spear to deal ...
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• Anthony Weiner Accomplishes ‘Shrinkage’ of Peter (King)

  
  The Satirical Political Report — Authority: 507
  “AND I SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN, YOUR BRAIN, BALLS AND INTEGRITY — LIKE THE REST OF YOUR PARTY — HAVE SHRUNK LIKE A FRIGHTENED TURTLE.” The video here:
  8 hours ago

• Funny Video of the Day — My Little Pony: Live-Action Trailer

  
  Dorkosphere [Film, News, Trailers & Reviews] — Authority: 136
  [Posted by: Alex Miller] “Who’s side are you on?!? TELL ME!!!” Get updates on all future “Funny Videos of the Day”:
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• Ready for a New Job or Career That You Actually Like?

  
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  [IMG: http://img.youtube.com/vi/AcjhDySl5iM/2.jpg][IMG: http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drdianehamilton.wordpress.com&blog=14388216&post=616&subd=drdianehamilton&ref=&feed=1]
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• Friday Wrap-up

  
  Agile Dudes' Thoughts — Authority: 127
  Another week has gone by, and here we are again to present to you our Friday Wrap-up where we share with you interesting developments and articles in the world of social media.  1. Cisco attempts to copy the Old Spice campaign Seeing the successes Old Spice had as of late, Cisco Systems has created a similar ...
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• Wrapping up the Clays with Story, Slideshow and Video

  
  ZooTennis — Authority: 130
  The Tennis Recruiting Network has had four straight days of Clay Court coverage from all the divisions. My story , the last in the series, can be found here, but make sure you read the seven other articles that appeared throughout the week. Below is my slideshow, which ends with photos of Matt Walker fulfilling his ...
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• Video: “The Countdown” Debuts Today!

  
  Celebrity Gossip | ThecounT.com — Authority: 144
  Need a laugh? Need your weekly news fix? Watch this new and entertaining YouTube show- “THE COUNTDOWN”, hosted by Lisa Mason Lee. Share
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• Basil Marceaux, Tennessee Gubernatorial Candidate, Becomes Internet Star

  
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  Filed under: Viral Video , Governors , 2010 Elections   Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments
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• Sweet and Celery from Sunny

  
  French Fry Diary — Authority: 125
  On Food Network Fridays today we have Sunny Anderson, one of the cooler and more down to earth chefs on the Food Network. On the "Masterpiece Burger" episode of her "Cooking for Real" show, she creates a wonderful spin on non-potato fries with her Sweet Potato and Celery Root Fries. You can find the recipe here and ...
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• An Introverts Manifesto

  
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  How to be alone. [SLYT]
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