YouTube – Set up an Account Launched in 2005, YouTube is a video-sharing website, on which users can upload, view and share videos. Unregistered users can watch videos, but if you wish to upload your won videos, or post comments on other videos, you will need to set up an account. YouTube can be found at www.youtube.com As YouTube is now owned by Google, if you have a Google account, you will be able to sign in to YouTube by entering your Google Account What is a Google Account? username and password. If you're already signed into your Google Account on a different Google service, you'll be automatically signed in Google Accounts is a when you visit YouTube as well. If you don’t have a Google account, unified sign-in system that you will need to create one, in order to sign in to YouTube. gives you access to Google products, including iGoogle, 1. To create a Google account, follow this link: Gmail, Google Groups, https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?service=youtube Picasa, Web History, 2. Choose a username and enter in your contact information YouTube, and more. 3. Click “Next Step”. If you've used any of these 4. The next step is setting up your profile. You can upload or take a products before, you photo (if you have a webcam on your computer). You can skip this already have a Google step, and do it later, or not at all. Account. 5. Click “Next Step”. Your account username is the email address you 6. The next screen shows you how your profile will appear. entered when you created 7. Click “Next Step”. your Google Account. If you 8. The next screen should tell you your account is created. use Gmail, sign in with your 9. Your account is now set up. Head to www.youtube.com and sign Gmail username. in to start sharing videos! The Social Media Factsheet Series is brought to you by Ag Excellence’s Social Media Project, funded through the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative. Please note that the information in this Factsheet Series was current in February 2013, however due to continual upgrades to Social Media sites, details may change. .