We’re happy when we can help YouTube users enjoy the content they love, and we’re happy when we can help our partners build their businesses online – but we’re happiest when we can do both.
That’s why last year we launched our eCommerce platform for YouTube, which allows users to easily “click-to-buy” products — like songs and movies [...]
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Watch it on YouTube, then Click-to-Buy
Google Analytics YouTube Channel
When we launched additional enterprise class features in October, we created a few short videos to help people get started using the features. Your feedback on these videos and their popularity (over 70,000 views so far) has inspired us to create more educational videos.
Today, we’re pleased to announce the Google Analytics Channel on YouTube, a one-stop source for the [...]
“Recent Activity” on Your YouTube Channel
We’re happy to announce a couple of new changes to your YouTube channels, based on the feedback and suggestions you’ve given to us.
The first is the creation of a “Recent Activity” box on your YouTube channel. This box will provide your viewers with a snapshot of recent changes you’ve made to your public channel, making [...]
New Features for the YouTube Embeddable Video
You don’t have to be on the YouTube site to watch videos. The YouTube player can be added to virtually any website, giving website creators and web surfers infinite access to the YouTube library. With close to 44 percent of our users watching embedded videos, we’re committed to constantly refining the player. Today, we are [...]
Like What You See? Then Click-to-Buy on YouTube
When you view a YouTube video with a great soundtrack, you often see comments from YouTube users asking about the name of the song and where they can download it. Or when users watch the trailer for an upcoming video game, they want to know when it will be released and where they can buy [...]
Join YouTube’s Facebook and Twitter Groups
Did you know YouTube has an official presence on Facebook and Twitter? Sign up for these groups to receive the latest company news, product updates, hot video alerts, and much more. Here’s how…
…to become a YouTube Facebook fan:
* Create a Facebook account if you have not already
* Sign in to your account
* Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/YouTube/7270241753
* Once you are [...]
Help Center Videos Made By You: Call for Submissions
YouTube is, well, a video product. So we thought, why not use videos to provide help to our users? That’s where you come in…
We know you know how to make informative, creative videos — the site’s full of them. We’re asking you to use your skills to create videos that we can embed in our Help [...]
New Captions Feature For Videos
Here at YouTube, we’re always trying to find new ways to enrich your viewing experience and to help video creators reach a wider audience. As part of this goal, we’ve added a new captioning feature which allows you to give viewers a deeper understanding of your video. Captions can help people who would not otherwise [...]
New YouTube Community Help Forums
Community Help Forums have just been launched! This new discussion board is the official place to share ideas, feedback, ask and answer questions, and offer general help to your fellow YouTube community members. Here, you can find out the latest onAnnouncements, Bug Reports & Issues, How-to’s and TestTube Feedback.
You can access the Community Help Forums through the Community Tab, our Help Centeror [...]
Content network video series on the Google Business YouTube channel
Earlier this year, we launched the Google Business Channel, a YouTube channel that brings you the latest on AdWords and Google’s other business solutions, in video format.
And as part of the Advertiser Education Series on the channel, we’ve just added three videos that cover various aspects of the Google content network. This series is meant to help our advertisers [...]
Earning revenue from YouTube videos just got easier
We’d like to let you know about two recent improvements to video units that make them more easy and appealing to place on your sites. First, we’ve partnered with some new content providers that we’d like to highlight. These partners have signed on to let AdSense publishers embed their videos and share in the ad [...]
Demographics now available in YouTube Insight
When we first announced YouTube Insight, our free video analytics tool for YouTube, we were excited to see just how users, partners, and advertisers might creatively use information about the viewing trends of their videos. We’ve since learned that some users and partners are modifying their upload schedules based on when they know their audience is tuning in, and [...]