Tips for partners: LinusTechTips shares how he found his niche
In our series of partner optimization tips, we covered metadata with Betty from BettysKitchen, how to use playlists and annotations with Zack from ZackScott, and how to find your niche and analyze the performance of your videos. Now, we’re excited to…
Tips for partners: Gimme content (and then analyze it!)
As promised, we’re excited to feature a series of blog posts with advice and actionable suggestions regarding what has helped partners be successful on YouTube. By now, all your videos should have lots of metadata, and you should have added annotatio…
YouTube loves random weirdness, comedy bits, and cute pets. We also love when our partners make it really easy for us to watch one video after another through playlists, and when they catch our attention with witty annotations. In our series of partner…
Responding to the Rutgers University tragedy
At YouTube, we pride ourselves on creating an accepting, open and diverse community, and consistently strive to promote these ideals — both online and off. Tyler Clementi’s death, as well as similar tragedies, have sparked questions about privacy a…
The creative process – illustrated on YouTube
When most people talk about job perks and benefits, they mention insurance, retirement plans, or flexible hours. Here at YouTube, we’re lucky to count access to the world’s most entertaining videos amongst our job perks. From Double Rainbow to Davi…
As promised, over the next few weeks, we’re excited to feature a series of blog posts with advice and actionable suggestions regarding what has helped partners be successful on YouTube. You can search the ‘tips for partners’ label to find the full se…
Remember high school chemistry? Beakers, test tubes, Bunsen burners…aqueous solution dilutions? Alright, so maybe the recall isn’t as strong on the last one. Hypothetically speaking, our product teams have never left that lab. They’ve been hard a…
Tips for partners: Betty’s recipe for metadata
Our partners teach us something new everyday, whether it’s about science, art or cooking. Sometimes they even teach our team YouTube optimization tips and how to better promote a channel. In a series of monthly videos, we’re asking partners to talk…
As a partner, you have probably asked yourself, “How can I make my videos more discoverable?” “Is it kosher to ask for subscribers?” and “What’s the most effective way to use annotations?” Well, after almost three years since the Partner …
Behind the scenes of Weezer’s YouTube community invasion
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest blogger is Ben Patterson. Ben is the founder of DashGo, Inc., a digital marketing and distribution platform servicing music, video and podcast content. Clients include Weezer, This American Life and Delicious Vinyl. Las…
The call went out. People responded. The gallery is up. Editors are editing. It’s Life in a Day, and who’s behind it? Well, you are, most importantly. Along with Ridley Scott and Kevin McDonald, of course. But the project has also been a unique spo…
This post is part of the “BizBlog Series”. Check back each week to see articles about partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the label “BizBlog”.We all have a dream. America’s 25 million small business owners are making their dreams h…
This post is part of the “BizBlog Series,” which was formally its own blog. Check back each week to see articles about partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the label ‘BizBlog’.What do you figure the Numa Numa guy knows about ar…
This post is part of our “BizBlog Series”, which was formerly its own blog. Check back each week to see articles for partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the label, “BizBlog”.In this election season, we’ve been working with political ca…
This post is part of the “BizBlog Series,” which was formally its own blog. Check back each week to see articles about partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the label ‘BizBlog’. We’re constantly working to give advertiser…