what made youtube so unique ?
 

Just wondering ... any ideas ???

how easy it was to view the videos
before people had to wait for window media play or quicktime
but they got out to the masses a flash basedplayer so people didnt have to deal with downloading the videos or waiting for the stream to load

thanks . Do you think there was also something special about their social network concept ?

no, nobody i know uses it. Everyone i know just icq/emails links to the videos and that's that.

We have myspace for a social network.

so how come they made it ? what was their secret ? were they the only company who used flash for video sharing ?
thanks for your answers.

millions of dollars of venture capital....

many burn millions and are not bought 1.6 billion

They managed to create great hype.

how ? what were they key elements ?

50 million dollars from paypal invested into your project, you would make it big too ;)

Right place at the right time.

The fact that it has total disregard for copyright laws and no one seemed to mind.

even with 50 million you need to know what to do...
My question is not how much it cost , but what were the key factors that made them unique.

thanks

interesting. never thought of this taht way. This might determine that google are going to pay much more for youtube. :helpme :helpme :helpme

That's my opinion too.

Atleast one of the reasons.'

:thumbsup

It's already started

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS...eut/index.html

this is a general truth, and as long as every sucess is related to being in the right place at the right time , it does not explain the uniqueness of the concept. Please do not take me wrong - I am not here to cheer youtube. I just want to read your openion , as I think you might through some light on this phenomena

thanks

Its going to get even better...

12 year olds.