An Update On Our View Counts
	Hi everyone, An important message from the YouTube Team: Video view counts reflect the YouTube community's interests and the grassroots popularity of videos. We periodically make changes that allow us to display consistent view counts and accurately reflect a "real" view based on video consumption, video streaming and spam... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Mar 13 - 2 new of 2 messages

	YouTube RealTime
	Hi everyone! Today is the beta launch of YouTube RealTime, a new way of discovering what your friends are doing on YouTube. Through this persistent toolbar (which appears in the lower right corner of the page), you'll be able to see... -- which of your YouTube friends are currently online and what they're... more » By YouTube Liz  - Apr 23 - 1 new of 1 message

	A Few Name Changes on the Site
	It's spring cleaning at YouTube, so you might notice that today we've renamed a few modules on the home page, watch page, and on the search results page, and we wanted to explain what the changes mean and why we're making them. Like all spring cleaning exercises, you might ask "Why bother?" Well,... more » By YouTube Guide  - Mar 26 - 1 new of 1 message

	New YouTube Insight Feature: Do People Like Your Videos?
	YouTube Insight ([link]), our video analytics tool, is full of useful information about your video views. You can find out which state or country your views come from, the websites that send you the most traffic, or the parts of your video that keep your viewers' attention. But while views are an important... more » By YouTube Guide  - Mar 18 - 1 new of 1 message

New HQ/HD Button On Video Player Controls

Hey guys, You'll notice a new toggle button on videos in HQ and HD (when those formats are available). Instead of the old link that used to appear beneath the player saying 'watch in high quality' or 'watch in HD', this is now a button in the player itself. The button will show in red when you're viewing the video in HQ/HD and turn grey when the video is... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Mar 4 - 1 new of 1 message

	Rotating Thumbnails On Video Browse Pages
	Hi all, We've updated our browse pages today and one new change we'd love your feedback on is the ability to view more thumbs when you hover over a video. [link] When you mouse over the thumbnail, you will see a few representative images auto-scroll for that video. We're still working on optimizing... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Mar 4 - 1 new of 1 message

	Won't You Adopt a Feature? Submit Your Video Tutorials!
	Every week we release new tools, or enhancements to current ones, to help you make better videos, connect with one another, and understand your audience. Now we want to ask you to adopt a feature. Raise your hand if you've watched a YouTube video. Cool, the "play" button definitely works but that's just the start of where the YouTube... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Mar 3 - 1 new of 1 message

	New Video Submission Module in Our Help Center
	Well, you've done it. After two Calls for Submission in our Help Center, and hundreds of video entries, you've proven that you want to use your video-making skills to help each other use YouTube. We liked your videos so much that we've decided to make them a standing feature in the Help Center.... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Feb 24 - 1 new of 1 message

Introducing Collaborative Annotations

Hi guys, Today, we are excited to bring a new twist to annotations: the ability to collaborate on them with other YouTube users. Now you can invite anyone you like to create speech bubbles, notes and spotlights on your videos. Enabling Collaborative Annotations is easy. First, go to your annotations editor (which you can find in My Videos or by going... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Feb 20 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Help us improve the forums! Please take our satisfaction survey.
	Do you think our Help Forums could use some improvement? Please take our survey and share your ideas with us: [link] We want to get a better idea of your experience when visiting the Forums. We'll use your feedback to help ensure this is a place where... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Feb 18 - 1 new of 1 message

	Now You Can Permanently Disable Annotations "In-Video" Editing Controls
	Hey all, The in-video editor that we launched a couple of weeks ago now has an option to switch off the editor. This setting previously wasn't permanent, i.e. each time you viewed one of your videos it would be switched on again. Now it is a permanent setting. Thanks for all of your feedback on this guys,... more » By YouTube Timmy  - Feb 12 - 1 new of 1 message