Local version of the online video sharing service

Jun 19, 2007 12:51 GMT  ·  By

The parent company Google updated the popular YouTube with regional versions for numerous countries including Italy, France, Brazil, Poland, Spain and UK. Although it was rumored that Google wants to release a local version of the online video sharing service, it denied all the speculation, and now several countries are able to use their own YouTube. Basically, the new editions of YouTube are 100 percent translated into a certain language, having their own search engines and personalized content.

"We're extremely excited to be offering YouTube in the languages of so many of our users, since it allows people to express themselves and unite around interesting, relevant videos," Sakina Arsiwala, YouTube International Manager, said today. "We're looking forward to seeing communities develop between people in their local communities as well as among people around the world. We can't wait to experience more original content and interesting genres of content in different languages on the site."

According to the YouTube official, the parent company Google plans to make YouTube accessible in more languages in the near future. As you can see on the official page of the product, there is a small flag sign placed near the "Country" link that allows you to select from up to 10 nations including Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.

As you can see, Google took an important decision because it preferred to choose subdomains for the local versions of the online video sharing service instead of local domains for every country. In the past, the Mountain View company encountered several problems with Gmail, the mail solution, because certain domains were already acquired by other firms.

"As these sites evolve, so will your localized YouTube experience, including country-specific video rankings, comments and browse pages - all while being just one click away from the worldwide view," the YouTube team concluded.