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Dec
YouTube’s new redesign
This past week YouTube have released its revamped website
putting channels at the core of the service.
A channel is a list of video clips chosen by a specific YouTube
member or celebrity. Channels are now displayed in a central column
on the site's homepage resembling news feeds on social networks
such as Facebook or Google+.
Experts say the redesign may mean people spend longer on the
site, but some users have attacked the change.
YouTubers in uproar!
One week since its release the official “Get more into
YouTube” clip explaining about the redesign now has 13,623
dislikes compared to its 4,035 likes.
The YouTube users have expressed their disapproval in the
comments with the top comment saying “The new layout flat out
sucks shame on YouTube” with most of the other comments
follow suit.
Google (the site’s owner), have posted a blog saying that
the new design was "focused on helping you discover a broader range
of entertainment", but said there might be "further tweaks"
depending on members' feedback.
The blog highlighted the fact that the site now offers deeper
integration with Google+ and Facebook, allowing members to see what
their friends have shared without leaving YouTube.
Google is also in the process of launching around 100 channels
produced by celebrities and other well-known content providers.
These channels are said to launch next year.
Google included that they now attract over 3 billion clip views
per day.
The improvements
YouTube believe that this revamp will help make the site more
“sticky”, keeping users on the website for longer.
They have also now jumped on board with Twitter and Facebook
allowing users to see what videos are trending easily.
In my opinion the negativity towards the new design will be
short-lived, similar reactions have came from changes to other
sites such as Facebook which quickly faded away once people got
used to it.
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