Feb102012

What’s a good alternative to YouTube?

Kevin Canada asks:

I am looking for alternative to YouTube with same features, can favorite vids, share, friends, and have your own web page. I don’t like the new look of YouTube.


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  • Karkala Nayak February 10, 2012

    Hello Kevin,
    An alternative..other than YouTube would be ”VIMEO” its really good and easy to use website and It’s a solid platform if you feel more serious about your video( less trolls, more feedback) …the link is
    http://vimeo.com/ 

    2) second best would be “Veoh”..I have uploaded a few videos there and its good…Also it has unlimited upload capacity so try it…Also the user interface is really simple and easy to use…the link is…
    http://www.veoh.com/ 

    ALSO

    other websites to try on::

    http://www.liveleak.com/ 
    http://blip.tv/ 
    http://www.dailymotion.com/

    I hope it helped :)

  • Anonymous February 10, 2012

    for a list
    http://www.youtubealternative.com/

    Top 31 free alternatives to YouTube (video hosting sites)
    http://chaos-laboratory.com/2007/08/30/top-31-free-alternatives-to-youtube-video-hosting-sites/

  • Jay.0 February 10, 2012

    vimeo.com, dailymotion.com, metacafe.com are some video sites.

    But according to me, changes made to youtube are great,
    it will be better to accept the changes rather than looking for alternatives.

    Did youtube remove any feature that you liked ? I think it’s still the same and looks better.

  • Dave Parrack February 10, 2012

    There are alternatives as have been recommended already but I really would urge you to try and get used to the changes made to YouTube. With a little customization they can be adapted to be to your benefit.

    • Kcraigdc February 10, 2012

       Can you or anyone out there help with these customizations?

      • Jay.0 February 10, 2012

        What do you not like in the new look? you can still use all the features, I think.

        • Kcraigdc February 11, 2012

           IT’S HORRIBLE I NEED A FORMAT TO TELL MY STORY THAT’S ALL GONE WITH THE NEW LOOK, ALMOST NO WRITING ALLOWED.

          • Jay.0 February 11, 2012

            ok. I am not a regular uploader, so I was thinking as a viewer.

            so, how did you tell your story on old youtube ?

            for writing options, Annotations are there, you can use them to describe your video. and you have the description.
            and you have the captions also.

            Youtube is the best for uploading videos, I think.
            because it is the most popular, so if you want more people to view your videos, you will not find an alternative.

  • Jay.0 February 13, 2012

    And there is a site I would like to mention..
    http://www.videofy.me
    The site pays you for video views.

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