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 * This is youtube's symbol.
 * YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.
 * YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal.
 * YouTube was purchased by Google Inc.
 * Youtubes 2008 revenue was reported to be at $200 million.
 * On an average day youtube uploads 65,000 videos a day and 100 million video views a day.
 * Youtube uses Adobe Flash Player for its videos.
 * Videos are length are limited to 10 minutes or 1 GB.
 * Videos consist primarily of movie and tv clips, music videos, amateur videos, and also video blogging.
 * Primarily videos are uploaded by individuals although some media outlets use youtube to release some of their material.


 * The first YouTube video was entitled //Me at the zoo,//The video was uploaded on April 23, 2005, and can still be viewed on the site.

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 * Youtube is a website where people who would otherwise be unknown become famous or infamous on their viral video.


 * Several countries have blocked access to YouTube since its inception, including China, Iran, Morocco,Thailand and others mainly because of controversial video released on the site. An example would be Iran blocked it in 06, after a video was posted online that appears to show an Iranian soap opera star having sex.
 * The YouTube video of the Avril Lavigne song "Girlfriend" was also accused of having an exaggerated number of views due to the use of a web link posted by AvrilBandAids, a fansite devoted to Avril Lavigne. Clicking on the link would automatically reload the YouTube video of Girlfriend every fifteen seconds. Fans of Avril Lavigne were encouraged to: "Keep this page open while you browse the internet, study for exams, or even sleep. For extra viewing power, open up two or more browser windows at this page! Because of this strategy the video currently is ranked number one of all time views.
 * YouTube emerged as major venue for excerpts from political speeches. In the 2008 presidential campaign, videos of Barack Obama and John McCain.


 * Queen Rania also has played a significant role in reaching out to the global community to foster values of tolerance and acceptance, and increase cross-cultural dialogue. Queen Rania is launching her presence on YouTube.

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