At midnight tomorrow, April 2, YouTube will cease to exist.
Google has announced the decision to shut down YouTube and revealed the real reason behind the world’s largest video site in a post on the official YouTube blog.
Google has revealed that the site is just a massive contest that has run for eight years.

According to Google’s Tim Liston, the YouTube Competition director, they set out in 2005 to swiftly increase user engagement through an inventive way to draw people in and catalyze …

Not all meme videos are funny and have a happy ending, as one company will attest why it fired workers with high-paying jobs for their version of “Harlem Shake” on YouTube.
A newspaper from Down Under reported on Monday that up to 15 miners got sacked from work in an Australian gold mine after a thought-provoking YouTube video performance to the tune of American DJ Baauer’s song “Harlem Shake” captured the wrong audience.
Last week eight brave miners in the Agnew Gold Mine wore …

“Gangnam Style” on YouTube by the Korean rapper Psy has racked up a total of $8 million in advertising revenue, Google has revealed.
According to reports, Google Senior VP and Chief Business Officer Nickesh Arora said during Google’s earnings call that the video which has become a worldwide viral hit has “generated over $8 million in online advertising deals.
On YouTube, a video’s creator gets half of all the advertisement revenue generated by his or her video. This means that Psy …

Times are changing, and many aspects in the business arena are changing too. In the past, people spread information by word of mouth. However, audiovisual and visual means are taking prominence in the online market. That is the reason why you need to brand your business with YouTube without hesitation.
Many entrepreneurs wonder how they can brand their businesses. Well here’s a simple procedure on how to brand your business using YouTube:
Set your Business Goals
It wouldn’t be wise to …

PSY’s viral “Gangnam Style” music video has raised the bar and achieved on Friday, December 21, a milestone where no other YouTube video ever set foot in.
While it already is the most popular YouTube video in history, ”Gangnam Style” now is the first clip to pass one billion views on the Google-owned online video sharing site.
“Gangnam Style” passed by Justin Bieber’s “Baby” music video last month to become the most popular YouTube …

No matter what your video is about, it has to remain on topic, and the content has to be relevant to the main purpose of the video. You must focus and considering your niche and target audience, consider what they are looking for, and create your videos around that.
It is better to keep things simple, and attract the right viewers, as opposed to leading a viewer on, giving them a video that claims to be about one thing but really presents another, and losing their attention from the start. …

YouTube has released a new app for Nintendo Wii U to extend its online video streaming service to more users.
The app allows Wii U owners to use the GamePad for quick YouTube video searches with its touchscreen keyboard.
While watching up to 1080p HD videos on a widescreen TV, Nintendo Wii U users can also watch video details on the GamePad.
YouTube for Nintendo Wii U is now available to download free from the Nintendo Wii U main menu.
On Friday, November 16, the team behind Google’s arm …

Google has updated the YouTube app for Android and Google TV to allow automatic pairing of devices on a common wireless network.
The search giant revealed it has been working on a feature that allows users to send YouTube videos from a mobile device to a TV with the single click of a button. While it’s far from perfect, the updated YouTube app allows Google to get closer to that realization.
The new YouTube app for Android and Google TV can now play videos from a phone or tablet on the TV. It …

Google has released a full-fledged YouTube app for iOS 6 nearly a month after Apple pulled out the app from its mobile operating system.
The online video streaming app was somewhat removed quickly from iOS 6 beta 4 version during its release early last month.
Apple said the app’s license term had run out, but added that YouTube could still be visited thru the iOS 6 native web browser, Safari.
“Our license to include the YouTube app in IOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the …

YouTube has urged its infamous commenters to provide their full names in their accounts.
BetaBeat, the first to discover the notification, said that users who will comment on or upload a YouTube video will be asked to “start using your full name on YouTube.” It will also ask for permission to post your full name on the video-sharing site via a linked Google+ account if you have one. Users who will decline to provide their full ID are required to choose a valid reason for doing so, such as …