Wow, It feels like I haven't blogged in quite some time! Anyway, today is a very special day, as if it was not too obvious in my title, today is youtube's fifth birthday! When I discovered that youtube has only been around for five years, I was quite shocked. It seems as though the website has been around for much longer, and has accomplished quite a lot in only five years.
Since I know you're so anxious to know this, here's a quick history of this wonderful website:
Youtube was first discovered by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. Within the next year, youtube became one of the fastest growing websites on the internet. In November 2006, YouTube was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google, getting more then one billion views a day.
For youtube's "birthday", other than users making "Happy Birthday!" videos, youtube is doing something that I think is a really interesting and fun idea. It's called "My Youtube Story", and it is a project for youtube's fifth anniversary that features users from all over the world describing their youtube journey and how this website has changed, effected and/or shaped their life.
If you have not seen it already, click here for the main channel for youtube's birthday, "Five Year", and be sure to wish Youtube a happy birthday!
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