YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos. Youtube was founded in February 14, 2005 and founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim. Youtube's slogan is Broadcast Yourself and it serves Worldwide. In November 2006, YouTube was bought by Google Inc. for US$1.65 billion dollarsYouTube offered the public a beta test of the site in May 2005, six months before the official launch in November 2005.Viewing YouTube videos on a personal computer requires the Adobe Flash Player plug-in to be installed on the browser. The Adobe Flash Player plug-in is one of the most common pieces of software installed on personal computers and accounts for almost 75% of online video material.All YouTube users can upload videos up to 15 minutes in duration.In November 2011, the Google+ social networking site was integrated directly with YouTube and the Chrome web browser, allowing YouTube videos to be viewed from within the Google+ interface.Most videos enable users to leave comments, and these have attracted attention for the negative aspects of both their form and contentYouTube has a set of community guidelines aimed to reduce abuse of the site's features. Generally prohibited material includes sexually explicit content, videos of animal abuse, content uploaded without the copyright holder's consent, hate speech, spam, and predatory behaviour. But overall, Youtube is a suggested site to view and if you have not already visited this site i suggest you do so right now!
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