YouTube has announced that it will start to roll out changes to the site, stating that it is time for 'spring cleaning' at the start of the new decade.
The online video site is the most popular of its kind on the planet, and owners Google are keen to begin to turn audience into profit.
The YouTube blog indicates that some features will be dropped, others altered and new ones arriving.
Upcoming fifth anniversary
"The excitement of the new decade and our upcoming fifth anniversary has the YouTube team itching to make the site experience better than ever before," says Margaret Stewart - YouTube's User Experience Manager.
"We have all kinds of ideas about new things we could build and launch, but we are also taking some significant time in the coming months to do some early "spring cleaning" on the site design and user experience.
"What will this mean to you? Well, it means you'll see some things about the site design evolving to be more consistent across the site. And some things that haven't worked as smoothly as we would have liked them to will get the attention they deserve.
"Lastly, we may determine that some things we tried out just didn't fly and remove them from the site."
Feedback
The site asks for user feedback on what should change with other 2,000 changes already suggested on the feedback page.
"We'll be using a number of inputs to build our "to do" list: usage data that shows the things you use the most versus things that very few people use; usability testing that can help us understand what's broken that needs fixing; and, last but not least, we'd like to hear from you directly...
"What would you want to see fixed on the site? What would you remove completely, if you could?
"We'll use your feedback to help prioritise what we focus on, so we can all experience a cleaner, easier-to-use YouTube.
"We'll take a few weeks to digest your comments and will respond directly to the ideas you're most excited about."
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tech89
January 14th 2010
1. Make the home page less cluttered would be the first thing to consider.
Clean, simple layout which people can navigate clearly.
A more attractive home page wouldn't go a miss either.
Add some colour in there too.
Stop the constant reminders of UK filter notices every time I visit youtube.com.
More mainstream content like some tv shows or the like of. Games, maybe, but I would put that in a different section of the site.
Advertising can be increased but please think about its placement, nothing is more annoying than when I'm watching a video on youtube with an Advert next to it flashing away, distracting me a lot, causing me to lose my concentration on the video, and my increase my disregard to the content of the Advert because it has disrupted and annoyed my viewing pleasure.
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