Last year we started experimenting with the idea that you could find the next big thing on YouTube. YouTube Slam pits two videos against each other, where you get points for picking the crowd favorite. In just a few months, hundreds of thousands of you cast more than a million votes on Slams we created,...
Woo your Valentine with help from YouTube
The oldest known Valentine still in existence today is a poem written by a Frenchman, Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was locked away in the Tower of London. On Valentine's Day he sent his wife a rhyming love letter. Written in 1415, this poem now lives in the British Library in London.The...
Music Tuesday: Power to the People, YouTube Slam and more
From the streets of Jerusalem to the bedrooms of America, this week on Music Tuesday we’re celebrating some of the musicians who are beginning their careers, making their names and finding an audience on YouTube.YouTube stars rock JerusalemTo commemorate the 40th anniversary of John Lennon’s “Power...
Introducing YouTube Slam
Have some free time this week? Think you can find the next singing sensation, viral video like Charlie bit my finger or Surprised Kitty? Then come play YouTube Slam—a video discovery experiment we cooked up with folks from Google Research. Each week a new crop of videos battles head-to-head in...
