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Learn how to do almost anything with YouTube

Posted on May 9, 2022

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Back in the “stone age” (i.e. before we humans had the Internet) learning a new skill was time-consuming and often simply not worth our while.

With time being our most valuable asset, we often found it faster (and therefore “cheaper”) to simply hire someone who already possessed a certain skill to do that essential, yet one-time job for us instead of taking the time to learn how to do it ourselves.

But then along came the Internet, and before we knew it we had countless volumes of information at our fingertips.  [Read more…]

ATTN Parents: Be mindful of what your kids watch on ‘YouTube Kids’

Posted on March 23, 2022

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If you have small children you’re likely familiar with YouTube Kids.

If not, it’s simply a special “kids only” version of the ultra-popular YouTube video streaming service.

Overall, Google (the owner of YouTube) does a good job at making sure the videos available on YouTube Kids are truly kid-friendly, but occasionally a not-so-kid-friendly video will slip through the cracks.  [Read more…]

5 reasons why you should host your blog’s videos on YouTube

Posted on November 7, 2021

Do you feature videos that you’ve created yourself on a personal or company blog?

If so, you might think it’s best to host those videos right on your blog server instead of elsewhere on the Internet.

Well, there are several important reasons why you would probably be better off hosting your videos on YouTube instead: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I prevent messages from popping up on my YouTube videos?

Posted on April 14, 2019

youtube-logoQuestion from Robin G.:  Hi Rick. I have a question that I hope you can answer for me.

I’m subscribed to several YouTube channels, and when I’m watching any of the videos posted on one of them a big ugly message always pops up telling me to visit the channel’s website.

I already visit that website pretty often and I don’t need these reminders popping up all the time.

Is there any way to prevent them from popping up on the YouTube videos that I’m watching? They are really annoying!

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

YouTube takes action to ban dangerous ‘prank’ and ‘challenge’ videos from their site

Posted on January 18, 2019

For years people have been making dangerous “prank” videos and sharing them on YouTube hoping to see the videos go viral.

A lot of those dangerous videos did end up going viral, inspiring thousands of copycats to attempt to recreate the prank.

As one might expect, many of those copycat pranksters ended up getting seriously hurt while filming their own versions of the stunts.

Things became even worse when the prank video makers started actually challenging viewers to make similar videos of their own.

[Read more…]

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