Once upon a time you would buy or rent your video CDs.It’s true I know it sounds like a fairy story.. But now, no more are those days.

The present day technology is truly proving itself to be a curse for the CD companies and the rental shop owners. With the formation of sites like Youtube.Com, not many folks today are interested in buying even pirated CDs, let alone the original ones.

If you thought that the reason for the huge enthusiasm about Youtube is just because one can get it online in the midst of home comforts, then you are mistaken.It’s true that Youtube lets you watch your favorite videos but there are other reasons behind its popularity as well.

First, the viewing is entirely free!! So you see, whether it is a 10 year old movie or the recent Harry Potter movie that’s just released, you can watch it all without paying a single fifty pence piece for it. We are in no doubt you love your money and so does everyone, and this is the prime explanation for the worldwide success of Youtube.

The following reason for the success of this site is its incredible collection. As we just mentioned, be it a 10 year old movie (for that matter even older than that) or the most recent movie that may still be running in the cinemas, you will have it all on Youtube. All you need to do is just enter the keyword of your choice and the video will be there for your enjoyment. The next excellent thing about Youtube is that it allows you to download the movies as well.

So, if you are not content by just watching those videos but want to add them to your collection, then Youtube is just the right site for you. Youtube wouldn’t have been such a winner had it not offered its visitors this aspect. Although, there are a number of online sites that allow you to watch from a enormous collection of movies and videos but they are not as booming as Youtube.

The only explanation for this is that they don’t allow you to download the movie, which means that you will not be able to add the movie/video to your collection; moreover, you will not be able to postpone your viewing of the item to a later time. You will have to watch the movie then and there once the buffering is completed since these sites provide you nothing like a saved buffering!

Another benefit you enjoy with Youtube is that you can upload your private videos on the site so that the world can view it.If you are not well acquainted with Youtube and are unsure how to download videos from the site then here are 4 easy steps to help you download videos from Youtube.

1. Get the Free Youtube Downloader Software from http://youtubedownload.Altervista.Org/
2. Enter the URL of the video of your choice.
3. When saving the file, make sure you save it in .Flv format
4. If you have your own website or blog then download the embedded code for the video from Youtube and paste it into your page

This is one example on this page of embedded Youtube video is from http://www.kwikstartvideos.com
So you understand,downloading cool videos from Youtube is really very easy and straightforward.