Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.

Who can use it?

Everyone can watch videos on YouTube. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.

YouTube received funding from Sequoia Capital in November 2005 and was officially launched one month later in December. Chad Hurley and Steve Chen proceeded to become the first members of the YouTube management team and currently serve as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer respectively.

Where is it now?

In November 2006, within a year of its launch, YouTube was purchased by Google Inc. in one of the most talked-about acquisitions to date.

Do not think that youtube is only a video sharing site. That is the reason I have placed it under multiple categories. You must begin to understand that social networking and learning can be anything you want it to be. Its about utilizing the tools around you to create a learning environment.

Youtube is now being used for social bookmarking and posting portfolio quality videos to extend who can access those. Therefore its becoming more and more a social expansion to find jobs, relationships, or extending the knowledge that you've found, to others.