We're constantly amazed at the innovative ways that developers incorporate YouTube into their applications. At Google I/O this year, 12 partners (over 30% from outside the U.S.) demonstrated their apps in the YouTube section of the Developer Sandbox, a demo area highlighting applications based on technologies and products featured at I/O.


We're constantly amazed at the innovative ways that developers incorporate YouTube into their applications. At Google I/O this year, 12 partners (over 30% from outside the U.S.) demonstrated their apps in the YouTube section of the Developer Sandbox, a demo area highlighting applications based on technologies and products featured at I/O.

Google's own Daniel Sieberg, an Emmy-nominated journalist, interviewed some of our partners about their use of the YouTube APIs.

With Daniel’s hectic schedule, he only had time to interview a handful of our great partners.  With that in mind, we highlighted all the awesome apps showcased by our partners at the YouTube API Developer Sandbox.

Business.me (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewBusiness.me, headquartered in Singapore, is the place to share and discover videos about business.  They have created a video-sharing site to help producers of business videos reach their audience.  The site also helps business professionals discover relevant business information in video format.
Fun FactOscar Moreno, CEO, not only holds Business and Law degrees, he helped launch several startups (Business.me, Netjuice, Keldoo, and Tuenti).



Code Hero (YouTube Data API)


OverviewCode Hero teaches you to code through a fun, 3D game. Become a code hero and shape the future!
Fun FactThe Code Hero Team implemented the recording mechanism in the game that exports to YouTube at a 3 day hackathon!

Bonus: The game has sharks with lasers attached to their heads!


Flipboard (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewSee everything on Flipboard, all your news and life’s great moments in one place. Using the YouTube Data API, Flipboard lets users discover, rate, share, and comment on top videos from YouTube. In addition, users can access their own videos and subscriptions, and subscribe to other YouTube users.
Fun FactFlipboard launched an Android app one week before I/O with a YouTube and Google+ integration!



LOOT Entertainment by Sony DADC (YouTube Data API)

OverviewGather your friends and set up your own production crew inside PlayStation®Home! What will you be? Director? Actor? Cinematographer? Extra? Try them all! Check out the amazing Machinima tools to help you record, light and build your film or television sets! What will you make?
Fun FactLOOT gives you tons of sets to make your own movies (machinima) on the PS3, including a Ghostbusters Firehouse Stage Set!



Moviecom.tv (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewA simple and easy online video platform for businesses. Record, centralize and share instantly.  Moviecom.tv also allows you to link directly to your YouTube account through the YouTube APIs.
Fun FactThe founders flew all the way from Glasgow to attend Google I/O!



Parrot (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewThe Parrot AR.Drone is a quadricopter that can be controlled by a smartphone or tablet. Get more out of your AR.Drone with the AR.Drone Academy. Keep track of all your flights on the Academy map.  Watch your best videos with added statistical feedback and directly share online with pilots from all over the world!
Fun FactParrot makes remote controlled flying devices that can record and track their flights!



PicoTube - Vettl, Inc. (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewPicotube uses content from YouTube and allows users to create avatars, watch clips together, create playlists, and rate videos selected by other video jockeys.
Fun FactPicotube was the Grand Prix winner of TechCrunch Tokyo 2011!



Skimble (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API, and new Android Player API)

OverviewHere to power the mobile fitness movement, Skimble offers fun, dynamic and social applications for everyone. Available now are Skimble's Workout Trainer and GPS Sports Tracker apps that help motivate people to get and stay active.  Skimble uses the YouTube Player API to display fitness videos.  
Fun FactCo-founder Maria Ly got the crowd moving at one of YouTube’s Google I/O Sessions!



Squrl (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewSqurl is a great place to watch and discover video. Know what videos are trending, receive recommendations on what to watch and see what your friends are watching.
Fun FactCo-founders Mark Gray and Michael Hoydich also founded the successful software development company IndustryNext together in 2004!



Telestream (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewTelestream demonstrated Wirecast for YouTube, a live video production and streaming product, which was developed specifically for Google YouTube partners.  Telestream specializes in products that make it possible to get video content to any audience regardless of how the content is created, distributed or viewed (entire process).  
Fun FactTelestream’s NASCAR Project won the IBC2012 Innovation Award!



Vidcaster (YouTube Data API and YouTube Player API)

OverviewVidCaster is a video site creation platform that allows you to create a video portal instantly from your existing video library on YouTube or other video hosts. Choose from a beautiful set of designer themes and customize to your heart's content using VidCaster's powerful template language.
Fun FactKieran Farr, CEO and co-founder, used to drive a taxi full-time in San Francisco before becoming a successful entrepreneur!



WeVideo (YouTube Data API)

OverviewWeVideo is a cloud-based video editing suite that allows easy, full-featured, collaborative HD video editing across Google Drive, Chromebooks, and Android devices.
Fun FactWeVideo partnered with Marvel and YouTube to allow fans to create their own trailers!
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  • Tips and Tricks
  • What's your goal?
    • Raising awareness
      • Master your PR via video (include all your features and make bloggers’ lives easier)
      • Provide product/service demo videos to promote your company
      • Tell backstories about clients using your products/services
    • Raising money
      • Add video to your crowdfunding pitch to increase funds raised by 114% (source: Indiegogo)
    • Researching and supporting users
      • Record tutorials to promote and educate (see which features are the most popular using YouTube’s Analytics... you might be surprised)
      • Use Google Hangouts for scalable office hours and virtual focus groups
      • Figure out what features customers like/dislike via the world’s largest focus group
  • Resources to learn more
It's never been easier to create compelling videos and build a social presence on YouTube.  At this year's Google I/O, YouTube product managers and channel gurus Dror and A.J. presented tips and tricks for making great content centered around raising brand awareness, raising money, and obtaining feedback about your products and services.

Don't worry if you missed their talk, we recorded it!  So, sit back, grab some popcorn, and get ready to learn how to showcase your brand in front of YouTube's 800 million unique visitors per month!




Click here to view the slides from the video above.

Not sold yet? Well, have a sneak peek at some of the great material they cover below, and remember Dror and A.J.’s number one recommendation: make content, not commercials!

Sneak Peek
  • Tips and Tricks
  • What's your goal?
    • Raising awareness
      • Master your PR via video (include all your features and make bloggers’ lives easier)
      • Provide product/service demo videos to promote your company
      • Tell backstories about clients using your products/services
    • Raising money
      • Add video to your crowdfunding pitch to increase funds raised by 114% (source: Indiegogo)
    • Researching and supporting users
      • Record tutorials to promote and educate (see which features are the most popular using YouTube’s Analytics... you might be surprised)
      • Use Google Hangouts for scalable office hours and virtual focus groups
      • Figure out what features customers like/dislike via the world’s largest focus group
  • Resources to learn more

Wow, you made it this far without watching the video? Did we tell you they fill the presentation with awesome videos that showcase their points (including Chuck Testa)? Nope!? Well, now you know, and you will definitely want to watch the whole thing!

-Jeremy Walker, YouTube API Team
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  1. Before posting, search to make sure your question hasn't been asked before. To do this, put [youtube-api] as the first part of your search, then type in some keywords that describe your problem or question.
  2. If you need to ask a question, make sure you apply the youtube-api tag, as well as the tag that indicates the language that you're using. If you're using PHP to access the API, your question should be tagged youtube-api as well as php.
  3. Make sure you watch your question after posting it, as experts that can provide you with an answer might leave comments to ask you for clarification.
Many of you are already familiar with the terrific Stack Overflow website, which has become the de facto resource on the web for all types of programming questions. And many of you have been asking YouTube API questions on Stack Overflow for some time now, but haven’t received any official responses from the YouTube API Developer Relations team. That’s because, for the past five years or so, our focus has been on providing developer support via our dedicated Google Group. We’ve decided that instead of continuing to maintain a dedicated Google Group for YouTube API questions, it would help more users if we focused on responding to Stack Overflow posts.

We encourage all developers who have questions about the YouTube API to start posting on Stack Overflow today using the tag youtube-api. You can use this new question template to pre-populate the tag for you so that you don’t forget. While we’ll do our best to find and answer relevant questions that aren’t tagged with youtube-api, you’d be making our job easier (and you’d get a quicker answer) if you tag things correctly from the get-go.

Here are a few tips for folks new to Stack Overflow:

  1. Before posting, search to make sure your question hasn't been asked before. To do this, put [youtube-api] as the first part of your search, then type in some keywords that describe your problem or question.
  2. If you need to ask a question, make sure you apply the youtube-api tag, as well as the tag that indicates the language that you're using. If you're using PHP to access the API, your question should be tagged youtube-api as well as php.
  3. Make sure you watch your question after posting it, as experts that can provide you with an answer might leave comments to ask you for clarification.

Stack Overflow prides itself in being a destination for questions and answers, and not a place to file bug reports or feature requests. We ask that developers do not post on Stack Overflow for those sorts of things, and instead make use of the templates we have for filing a bug or filing a feature request in our existing public issue tracker. (Be sure to check the list of existing open issues before filing a duplicate.)

On October 15, we’ll be switching the existing discussion Google Group into archive-only mode, meaning that it will no longer accept any new posts. You don’t have to wait until October 15 to start asking questions on Stack Overflow or to file reports in the issue tracker, though.

For those developers who mainly “lurked” in the discussion Google Group and used it as a way of getting official announcements about the YouTube API, we have a number of other communication channels to recommend. Subscribing to this blog’s RSS feed is a great idea, for instance. You can also follow us on Google+ at http://google.com/+YouTubeDev. If you’d like to submit a question to one of our weekly YouTube Developers Live broadcasts, you can do that for the next upcoming scheduled show. Finally, for those who prefer to get updates via email, we will be keeping the announce-only Google Group active, and we’ll continue to post important messages there.

Cheers,
—Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
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