by Jake Athey.

Way back in 2005, three young guys with a sense of humor came up with the brilliant idea for a central site for uploading and sharing homemade videos. Initially the intention was to create something away from the mainstream, a place for the regular people of the world to have their 30 seconds of fame.

Since then YouTube has become a behemoth of an entity with more than 14 billion videos viewed as of May 2010. Every facet of industry, religion, political ideology and age has discovered and used YouTube to convey a specific message. It is no longer just for the individual; YouTube is now regularly used by businesses small and large for the purposes of marketing.

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