YouTube Storyboards its Future

August 21, 2009 · Print this article, Visited 210 times, 1 so far today

There's no question that YouTube is already a force to be reckoned with in the online video industry. It is the most popular video site on the web by a long shot.

YouTube wants to be better though, and is frequently introducing new features. The company posted some visions for its own future on the YouTube blog today, including visual storyboards of some concepts it intends to pay particular attention to in the coming years. Have a look at those:

YouTube says questions they ask themselves about the future include:

- How long will people primarily use computers to interact with video? How quickly will they move to their televisions or mobile phones?

- What are new and better ways that will help people discover great videos to watch? What new recommendations can search provide? What about recommendations based on like-minded people? What are your friends and family watching?

- How might we allow people to organize YouTube for themselves? How can the experts in our community help us curate YouTube's massive collection?

YouTube wants user participation with regards to where they want the site to go in the future. Although they have been making moves to supply more professional content, YouTube seems to be saying to users that they are the most important part. They did get the site this far.

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