Web 2.0 Video Definition at YouTube

YouTube is just an amazing piece of Web 2.0 real estate. Google forked out USD1.65 billion to acquire the web-media startup that was launched in February 2005, their most expensive acquistion thus far. In that short span, it was reported that YouTube had attracted 72 million audience by August 2006. All the amazingly-gifted 67 employees of YouTube are kept on Google’s payroll, leaving their shares of the USD1.65 billion virtually un-touched earning handsome interest in their bank accounts.

Being a Web 2.0 company, YouTube amazes me further with its vast collection of short video clips that feature people from all walks of life doing all things you never imagined.

In my research for Web 2.0 stuff for Profy.com, I just tried my luck by keying the magic word ‘Web 2.0′ and upon pressing enter, a whole list of video clips tagged Web 2.0 appeared on my screen.

The first entry in the list, ‘Web 2.0 www.thefirstpost.co.uk’ instantly raised my curiosity. Web 2.0 video in YouTube? No, I am not talking about the likes of Michael Arrington’s Web 2.0 interviews that was captured on video and made available at YouTube or anything like that.

I am talking about ‘crazy’ and creative people producing a video clip defining what is Web 2.0. And since the video has no voice narration, words just can’t describe the content of the video, you have to see it to appreciate how creative people are describing Web 2.0 using whatever skills and tools they have.

Check out this amazingly ’silly’ definition of Web 2.0 at YouTube.

To give you an overview how much YouTube audience enjoy this video version of Web 2.0 definition, it has been viewed 544,571 times, commented 1482 times and favorited 2920 times.

Enjoy!