How would you celebrate if your website hit 1 billion views a day? The video social media site YouTube just reached that accomplishment and celebrated with a new logo, seems to be part of the Google culture – a new logo to celebrate everything from holidays to bar codes. The new logo, which is titled “logo_holy_crap_1bn_a_day.png” appeared on the site today.
All joking aside, what a huge milestone this is. On the official YouTube blog, CEO and Co-Founder Chad Hurley took the opportunity to look back at the wild cultural phenomenon YouTube has become. By staying true to their basic principals (speed, stick with clips, and be an open platform) Hurley and Co-Founder Steve Chen built which was acquired by Google back in 2006 (funny clip below).
Congratulations YouTube! Not only have you created a great company, you have forever changed our culture. Go Broadcast Yourself.
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