Is YouTube really shutting down?

Today, YouTube has become one of the most visited web sites. But reports are doing the rounds that YouTube is going to shut down. It is hard to predict if this is an April Fool’s prank played by Google or YouTube is indeed shutting down.

YouTube has been catering to various audiences across the world for almost eight years now. This sudden announcement has taken many YouTube viewers by surprise. Reports are also claiming that the video web site would remain shut for full 10 years. That is too long a period in the world of technology and internet, almost an era.

The announcement from Google had come on Sunday – one day prior to All Fool’s Day. Google said that YouTube was supposed to ‘live’ only for eight years. It was the time to find some of the best videos on the web. Was it the end of the message? Well, no.

There was something more. The message also said that the site would be offline when the day comes to an end. In the 10 years, they will be reviewing all the submissions. After a gap of 10 years, the best videos will be announced in 2023.

YouTube was purchased by Google around seven years back for a price of $1.65 billion, while almost 1 billion people visit the site each month.

It remains to be seen if Google comes out with some sort of announcement claiming that it was just a prank played on the occasion of April Fool’s Day.

Download YouTube videos via Voobys

Downloading YouTube videos has always been fun and fascinating. There are many way of downloading YouTube videos. Voobys.com is one of them. You will no longer have to just watch the videos only when your internet connection is on. Download the videos to your hard drive and watch them later any time.

So this is how you can download videos from YouTube.

Let us say this is the link you have visited to watch a certain video on YouTube. The link will begin with http://www.youtube.com and will be followed by the remaining part of the URL. The sample URL is illustrated below.

http://www.youtube.com/the-remaining-part-of-the-URL

Now, what you have to do is just replace the word “youtube” from this URL with “voobys” and press enter. Remember, do not make any changes in the other part of the URL. You will be guided to the voobys web site’s page where you will see an image of the video alongside the “Download Video” button.

If you have already set the default folder to download stuff, the file will get automatically saved to this folder. This is mostly the “Downloads” folder in “My Documents”. But you can easily save the file anywhere you like.

You will need the Flash Player to watch the flv videos. You can see the link on the page that says download Flash Player. There is also a link for you to download the video Converter so that you can send the videos to your mobile phone as well.