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Youtube allows users to watch and upload videos. Users can also interact with other Youtube users and share comments and interests about the videos. When you’re registering a new account, Youtube doesn’t demand excessive amounts of personal information from you. Their terms of service disclosure assures you that they won’t share your personal information with other Web sites or corporations.
When you sign up with YouTube you can share personal videos with a mass audience. The following are the list of Youtube features, which you must first register to access:

• Leaving feedback or commenting on a video
• Uploading your own video
• Flagging a video as inappropriate
• Creating a specialty accounts such as Director, Comedian, or Guru accounts
• Customizing your own channel

Opening Your Account - Go to http://youtube.com to start signing up for an account. See the image above for more details.

1. Click the “Sign Up” link appears in bold at the top right side of the page.
2. Enter your e-mail address – You must enter a valid e-mail address to register.
3. Enter a username – Creating a username is standard part of registering with any Website. You might want to create a username that protects your anonymity.
4. In the Country drop-down list, select the country where you live.
5. Enter your date of birth
6. Click to select your gender
7. Check the box if you want to receive the YouTube “Broadcast Yourself” e-mail newsletter. If you choose to receive it, YouTube will email you the “Broadcast Yourself” newsletter on a regular basis. It’s a cool little newsletter – not too wordy or overdone – that keeps you up to date with new features and happenings on YouTube.
8. Click the “I accept” button.
   
9. Connect your YouTube account to Google.
   
10. Confirm your e-mail address.

Uploading video from your computer
If your video is ready to rock and roll, you can upload it directly from your computer to the Tube. It’s quick and easy, but it takes awhile depending on the
size of your video and the speed with which you connect to the Internet. After it uploads, you can watch your video. After you upload it, you have to wait a
few minutes before you can notify your friends that your latest and greatest is on the Tube. After all, the boys at YouTube have to convert your video to Flash format. To upload a video from your computer, follow these steps:
1. Log in to YouTube. Fire up your favorite Web browser, go to www.youtube.com, enter your username and password, and then click Log In.
2. Click Upload Videos.
3. Enter a title for the video. This is what your fellow Tubers see when they view your video.
4. Enter a description for the video. Enter a meaningful description because that content is used in a search.
5. Enter tags for the video. Tags are text information that’s used during a search. Tags are important; therefore, we give them a special section in Chapter 8.
6. Choose a video category. The category in which you place your video is important because some Tubers jump straight to a category to find what they want.
7. Choose a language from the drop-down list. This is the language spoken by people in your video or used in text overlays. At this point, read the copyright notice. If you don’t own the copyright to the video you’re uploading, continuing to upload is a breach of the copyright laws and YouTube’s regulations.
8. Click Continue Uploading.
9. Click Browse and then navigate to the video you want to upload.
10. Choose whether your video is public or private. If you click the Public radio button, anyone who logs in to YouTube can view your video. If you click the Private radio button, you can choose whether only your Family list can view the video or people on your Friends list can view the video.
11. Read the disclaimer about TV shows, music concerts, and so on.
12. Click Upload Video.
Posting A Bulletin

Editing the YouTube Settings for a Channel. This allows the viewers to know what kind of videos they are viewing. Add tags in the Channel Tags box. This will allow the users to easily search your videos and channel.

Customizing Your Channel with a YouTube Themes and Colors

You can choose which of the following ready made them from YouTube you like to use.

YouTube users can also customize the font, colors and background images. Click the “show advanced options” to start customizing your fonts and background of your channel. Upload your own image from your own computer to use it as your Channel background.

In the Modules tab, you can customize the features you would like to appear in your Channel. Just click the box of the modules you want to show.

YouTube users can choose which content they want to display. Add or edit your featured videos.