YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts

YouTube Groups

You can find YouTube groups (http://youtube.com/groups_main) (URL 8.16) on the Community tab that appears at the top of every YouTube page. Groups are free to join and even free to create. If you have a topic you'd like to discuss or share with numerous users, creating a YouTube group is a great way to gather everyone in one place. Groups allow numerous members to post videos and discussion threads (like a forum) in one place on YouTube (Figure 8-8).

Figure 8-8. A typical YouTube group page with stats of members, videos, and discussions at the top and discussion threads at the bottom.

Groups exist for almost every topic. If you make videos about customizing cars, building instruments, or managing your finances, there's a group on YouTube for you. To join a group click the Join This Group link, at the top-right side of every group page.

After you're a member, add any uploaded video to the group, post new threads in the discussion section, or reply to questions and topics. To add a video to a group, click the Add Videos link, found in the upper-right corner of the group page (Figure 8-9). If you lose interest in the group or find a more relevant group, you can leave at any time by visiting the group page and clicking Leave This Group.

Figure 8-9. Most group interaction is done ...