Analysis of three different repositories of video and photo materials

1) video mail.ru

Free company service Mail.ru, combining the hosting of user videos and a search engine for them. Each registered user (using a special universal account Mail.ru) can add your own video clips.

Users can embed their video snippets directly into the HTML code of any web page. Users have the opportunity to comment and vote for other people's work, adjust the level of access, add videos to favorites, subscribe to favorite authors and publish videos on their blog.

Quite a useful and convenient service, time-tested!

But, unfortunately, this service has an awful lot of advertising. It becomes obvious that the service pays off at the expense of the displayed ads and additional services. Not the best service, but not the worst either.

2) Flickr.com

Flickr is a photo hosting service designed for storing and further using digital photos and videos by the user. It is one of the first Web 2.0 services. One of the most popular sites for posting photos. As of August 4, 2011, the service had more than 6 billion images uploaded by its users. Also, according to data for August 2011, 51 million people were registered on the service, and the total attendance was 80 million unique users.

This service has a very "high-tech" interface, in comparison with other, simpler, services. The beautiful design makes this service pleasant to the eye and easy to use. you can use it for free, but there are also paid features that are obviously not available to everyone.

3) YouTube.com

A video hosting service that provides users with video storage, delivery, and display services. YouTube has become the most popular video hosting service and the second site in the world by the number of visitors. It is probably one of the most popular and easy-to-use services, known, perhaps, to everyone.

Users can upload, view, rate, comment, add to favorites, and share certain videos. In January 2012, the daily number of video views on the site reached 4 billion. The site features movies, music videos, trailers, news, educational programs, as well as amateur videos, including video blogs, slide shows, humorous videos, and more. According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, in April 2013, 2% of the service's audience, or 51 million people, were Russians. The site has various music charts showing users ' preferences depending on their geographical location.