How To Register For An Account On YouTube
Have you been thinking of joining YouTube, but haven’t yet made the plunge because you don’t have any videos to share? This is actually not an issue – you can become a member without having a single uploaded video.
Actually, most YouTube members don’t share any videos at all. They join the site just to watch the videos of others and participate in the community by commenting on videos and rating them. You do need an account to perform community functions like these, so here’s how to create your own YouTube account.
Signing up for YouTube account is quite easy. It’s actually simpler than even creating an email account in some cases.
Click the “Create Account” link at the top of YouTube’s homepage. This will take you to the signup page, which will ask you to provide a username. You’ll need a username that no one else has, and there are lots of YouTube members, so you might have to choose something very unique or add numbers to the end of your chosen username.
Next, YouTube will ask for your location, date of birth, and gender. The location you specify will determine the videos that the site shows you as well as the features that are available to you. If you’re dissatisfied with these options, you can go back and change your location at any time.
YouTube uses your date of birth to determine whether you’re eligible to view videos intended for audiences. Your selection for gender doesn’t seem to have any effect on your account; it’s most likely used for demographic tracking purposes by YouTube, allowing them to analyze the viewing habits of men and women.
If you want your friends to be able to find your YouTube account by your email address, check the appropriate box. This will allow your friends to see that you’ve joined YouTube and add your profile as a friend.
There’s one more box to check: the one that determines whether or not you’ll receive updates from YouTube. As the site already sends you a fair amount of email, I’d recommend keeping this box unchecked. Finally, click on the “I Accept” button at the bottom of the page, which signifies that you’ve read YouTube’s Terms of Service.
Your account is created! Have fun enjoying the YouTube phenomenon.
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