YouTube.com started sharing its ad revenue with users of the site and announced so in their public blog last Thursday. Only a handful of the most popular users were given “Partner” accounts as a way to test the new features and business model.
This isn’t the first time users of a website are being paid for creating original, independent content – but it’s one of the first times it’s happening on such a popular site. According to Alexa.com, YouTube is the 4th most visited site on the web currently.
YouTube has posted a form that other interested users of the site can fill out to stay in the loop for possible future upgrades to “Partner” accounts.
