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Juami Max

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Type of site: Social annotations, highlighting and social bookmarking

Launched: July 24th, 2006 Institutional video: http://www.diigo.com/index

Features: Personal Research Tool Collaborative Research Platform Social Content Site Knowledge Sharing Community

Similar: Delicious, Google Reader, CiteULike, StumbleUpon, Folkd

Type of site: video sharing In a nutshell: Google owned, available in 25 languages, Launched: 15.February 2005

Features: A video sharing platform that allows you to upload and share

videos Allows you to customize your own YouTube “channel” which

lists videos of your choosing, both those you or others create. Allows you to manage comments on your channel and

uploaded videos. Helps you keep track of who is watching your videos

Similar: Dailymotion, Metacafe, Nico Nico Douga, Openfilm

Creating a YouTube Account (1)

1. From YouTube’s home page (www.youtube.com), click on “Create Account” in the upper right hand corner.

2. Create a username – use a generic username that will serve as the same username for all social media accounts that you create. Check availability.

3. Fill out any date of birth, gender, and postal code.

4. Both check boxes I recommend should be unchecked.

5. Click “I accept”.

Creating a YouTube Account (2)

6. Create a YouTube account using a generic email address that your social networks can share.  Use a different password, however, as this will prevent an account from being compromised.7.Uncheck "Enable Web History".8. Fill out the Word Verification.9. Click "Create New Account and Finish".

Channel Profile

1. It’s important to set up your channel profile so that your users know something about your channel.2. Go to your account name, and select “Account” from the dropdown box.3. Click on “Profile Setup” on the left hand side.4. Upload an image that is clear and represents your channel. Make sure you have all rights to this image.5. Fill out the description, Embassy URL and name portions of the profile.

Channel Profile

6. It's important to set up your channel profile so that your users know something about your channel.

7. Go to your account name, and select "Account" from the dropdown box.

8. Fill out the “Hometown” and current city and country

9. Be sure to Save Changes!

Privacy Settings

1. Once you’ve logged in, go to your account name in the upper right corner of the page and select the “Account” link.

2. Click on “Privacy” in the list on the left.

3. Uncheck the box labeled “Please use my account information to provide me with relevant advertising.”

4. Save Changes.

Creating a Playlist

1. Once you’ve logged in, go to your account name in the upper right corner of the page and select the “My Videos” link.

2. In the list on the left side “playlists” click on “New” .

3. Give title, description and playlist tags for your playlist , 4. Click on “Create playlist “

1. Fill out the Description and Tags for the playlist.

2. Be sure to translate the description and tags into local languages so that your users will be able to find the videos in searches.

3. Save changes once complete.

4. Upload an image that is clear and represents your channel. Make sure you have all rights to this image.

5. Fill out the description, URL and name portions of the profile.

Edit Playlist Information

Upload a Video

Now that you have your playlist created, start uploading videos to add to it.

1. Click on “Upload” in the upper right hand

2. Browse to the video you want to upload then click “Upload Video.”

3. Make sure you have full rights to potentially copyrighted videos before uploading them.

Add Description and Tags

1. Add a title, description and tags to your video. Be sure to include information in local language if necessary.2. Select the Category for the video.3. Keep the “Share your video with the world” selected.4. Click “Save Changes” when done.5. You may save these changes even if the video hasn’t uploaded completely yet.6. Once the video has finished uploading – this will take some time depending on how big the file is – you will see the word “Success” at the top right of your screen.

7. You can click on Browse to upload another video or click on “Go to My Videos” to continue.

Add Video to Playlist

You will now see the video you uploaded in your list of uploaded videos. Now you need to add

the video to a playlist.

1. Click the check mark next to the video you want to add to your playlist.

2. Click on “Add to” from the playlist list of videos.

3. Check the box next to the playlist you would like to add your video to.

4. Click “Add to Playlist”

5. The video you uploaded should now show up under the playlist you designated.

Type of Site: Music, statistics and community In a nutshell: Created in 2002 and bought by CBS in 2007 ($280m

USD), 40 million users, 150 countries

Features What: It creates a profile of your musical taste by registering what

you listen to The point: Provides you with data (charts, trends, hits) and

suggestions Who: Statistics freaks

If you are widely into listening music If you are bored of listening to the same shit and want to discover

new stuff How much: It's free, except for the music streaming service (3€ /

month) Pain: Create account (1 min), download software/plugins (7 mb) Similar: Spotify, MySpace Music, Groove Shark.

Global Music Neurological System

(”Teaching the machine”)

Community

Trends

Hits

Similar Artists

Neighbours

Global Tags Groups

ForumsEventsCount

Tags

Charts

”Radios”

Bio, Discography

(Wiki)

User Level

Profile

Collection

Inbox

Blog

Bonus!

Similar to Last.fm, but for movies Rate movies and get recommendations

Easiest way to share presentations No need to collect emails

Similar to Delicious, but for user created content