YouTube as a Search Engine

I have used YouTube as a search engine many times without consciously thinking of it as a search engine. Usually as a how to guide of skills where I need to see a demonstration, like to sew a miter corner or blind stitch binding.

So tonight I set out consciously to use YouTube as a search engine. I was looking for an appropriate music video to add to the blog. I typed read in to the search engine and very quickly found a news report about Ocoee Middle School and their strategy to promote literacy.

YouTube is the world's second largest search engine (Elliott, 2013).

Elliott, A. (2013, August 7). The Second Largest Search Engine [INFOGRAPHIC]. Retrieved from http://socialmediatoday.com/socialbarrel/1650226/second-largest-search-engine-inforgraphic