Tools of the 'Tube

If you consider YouTube as a social network, it's the most popular social network on the planet. With billions of minutes uploaded all the time and billions more being watched on a daily basis (note: I'm guessing here, I looked at absolutely no statistics for my opinion) YouTube is a force du jour  for anyone needing to get their content in front of people.

Compiled by +Denis Labelle, here is a list of YouTube tools (did you know YT had tools?) for those of us not burdened with enough extra cash to hire a professional multimedia consultant and studio:

Playbook => youtube.com/yt/playbook/index.html.

Getting started => youtube.com/yt/playbook/getting-started.html.

Programming =>youtube.com/yt/playbook/programming.html.

Optimization => youtube.com/yt/playbook/optimization.html.

Community =>  youtube.com/yt/playbook/community.html.

Resources youtube.com/yt/playbook/resources.html

Creator Hub =>  youtube.com/yt/creators/.

Create better content => youtube.com/yt/creators/create-better-content.html.

Build fan bases => youtube.com/yt/creators/build-audiences.html.

Programs =>  youtube.com/yt/creators/programs.html

YouTube One Channel =>  youtube.com/onechannel

Support =>  support.google.com/youtube

YouTube Tips and Tricks
1. The Guide - YouTube Tips & Tricks (Episode 1)
2. Video Privacy Settings - YouTube Tips & Tricks (Episode 2)
3. Adding Channel Art - YouTube Tips & Tricks (Episode 3)
4. Playlist Basics - YouTube Tips & Tricks (Episode 4) 

And for those of you with a penchant for the cutting edge, here's where YouTube hides their special labs (as in GMail labs) called testtubes. Get it? Test tubes... YouTube. Tube?  Ah well, if you don't get it, then ask a friend. In the mean time:

TestTube: Ideas Incubator"This is where YouTube engineers and developers test out recipes and concoctions that aren't quite fully baked and invite you to tell us how they're coming along. Your comments will help us improve and perfect the mixtures we're working on. So jump in, play around, and send your feedback directly to the brains behind the scenes."
Here: youtube.com/testtube