Video

Did you know that Google owns YouTube, and they measure how much time you spend watching video? Yes, in 2006, Google purchased YouTube from three former PayPal employees for $1.65 billion. Uploading, sharing and viewing videos can seem trivial, but if scripted and produced professionally, they can make a significant impact on your audience and create a perception of “higher standards.”


n May 2010, YouTube was serving more than two billion videos a day, which it described as “nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major US television networks combined.” To find out more about how to integrate video into your website, click here. >>

 

FAST FACTS:
19 seconds Length of the first video uploaded to YouTube
3 billion+ Views per day
15 minutes Time spent daily by average viewer on YouTube
1.65 billion Stock purchased by Google to acquire Youtube in 2006
429 million The number of times Lady Gaga’s music video “Bad Romance” has been played
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