youtube.com is such a well-known website that it has become a common verb. For instance, one may hear a friend say "hey will you take a video of me so I could youtube it later?" or "what are the lyrics to that song I like? I want to youtube it". To outsiders, people who might not be on the web very often, these sentences make no sense. What is youtube anyway? What does it mean?
Youtube is a website full of videos and clips. "of what?" you may ask, and the answer is- of anything. If you want a good laugh, you can find videos of people falling, videos of movie bloopers, videos of people doing imitations, dance videos, and anything else you can imagine. If you want to find a song but don't know what it's called, just type in the lyrics and youtube will find it for you and you can watch it's music video or the artist singing it live in concert. Although it is a very entertaining website, youtube also has redeeming qualities for professors and have recently been used in the classroom setting. There are math tutorials, economics tutorials, language tutorials, and even more. Basically, it helps make learning more fun and visual.
The way youtube works is that anyone can post a video. Each video then has a number under it, which counts the number of "hits" it has, or the amount of times it has been watched. The videos with the most hits goes on youtube's main page for easier accessibility. Under each video, there is also a space for people to leave comments, so it is a very interactive website in that everyone gets to share. Also, if you are looking for a specific video, just type it in youtube's search box and it'll find anything related to what you searched for. You can also use the main page to browse through different categories, such as sports or animals.
Here is a sample of what you can find on youtube. In fact, it is a video that incorporates clips from the 100 youtube videos with the most hits. Enjoy!
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