Chef John Mitzewich is the voice behind YouTube's most subscribed cooking channel, Food Wishes . Chef John today posted his 500th video to YouTube , and he recently took time out to answer a few questions about how he makes his videos and the trends he's seeing as a YouTube chef. How do you decide what to make videos about? The whole concept of the "Food Wishes" channel is "What's your food wish?" I get tons of recipe requests,

It's been a memorable campaign season on YouTube, but the time for persuasion and debate is over - now it's time to vote. As polling results come in from across the country, we're partnering with CBS News to live stream election results and highlight election trends on YouTube and Google. Tune in starting at 9 p.m. ET to youtube.com/CBSNews . Already, CBS has been highlighting election trends through data from Google and YouTube platforms.

Heather Menicucci, Director, Howcast Filmmakers Program , is writing weekly guest posts for the YouTube blog on filmmaking in the digital age. You can catch up on previous posts here . Last week , we made some arguments for why quality matters in web video, and we heard from Howcast filmmaker Luke Neumann , who said that it matters "because you never know who's watching." Duh! Watching Luke's videos, you can tell he's motivated by much more than that,

Heather Menicucci, Director, Howcast Filmmakers Program , is writing weekly guest posts for the YouTube blog on filmmaking in the digital age. You can catch up on previous posts here . Since I started working in web video, the most common misconception I face is, web video equals low quality video. This week we asked "What do you think the differences are between making videos for the web versus other venues like film festivals or TV?" on YouTube's Facebook fan page .

The American Film Institute's AFI Fest, featuring a world class selection of short and feature films, is only a week away. In this guest blog post, AFI's Bob Jennings and Lane Kneedler discuss the festival and the treasure trove of short films they find online. Any festival can tell you programming short films is very hard. At AFI Fest, we only have space for about 30 shorts and over 3,000 submissions to choose from. However,

Heather Menicucci, Director, Howcast Filmmakers Program , is writing weekly guest posts for the YouTube blog on filmmaking in the digital age. You can catch up on previous posts here . Today being a filmmaker is more and more about using tools other than cameras and editing software - social media, mobile platforms, websites, and even augmented reality technology - to bolster the work, attract and engage audiences, and make money.

Eyeglasses, the bicycle, the latex condom...What everyday products or services have changed the world as we know it and solved some of the world's biggest problems? For the past month, this question has been posed through a website called Search for the Obvious . From the Internet to the ironing board, users from around the world have flocked to Search for the Obvious to add the products and services that are their ideal of elegant, problem-solving design.

Next week the YouTube Play jury will announce the top 25 videos that it selected from the 23,000 submissions received. We're busy working with the Guggenheim to make sure that this announcement is like no other. Right now we can't tell you who those 25 are, but we can tell you a little about the gala we're going to throw to celebrate it. YouTube Play: Live from the Guggenheim will be a live streamed event featuring music, collaborations, eye-popping projections and,

The world's first online collaborative orchestra is back, and this time a new round of performers will be playing their part onstage at the iconic Sydney Opera House. It seems like just yesterday that Carnegie Hall was abuzz with a sold-out performance that made headlines around the globe . Ninety-six musicians arrived in New York City, from over 30 countries,

Editors note: Today's guest bloggers are Troy Olson, Digital Advertising Manager, and Jeff Loquist, Search Marketing Manager, for ShoppersChoice.com. ShoppersChoice.com owns and operates a family of web stores with a wide selection of products, from barbecue grills and accessories to patio sets. We sell everything from home furniture and fireplaces to kitchen cookware, but our true passion is barbecuing and grills. We're in BBQ country,

There is perhaps no other country in the world that has undergone more change or been under more scrutiny in the past decade than Iraq. The draw-down of U.S. troops and a recent election that has yet to produce a formal government have left Iraq in a state of flux. The country's destiny has implications not just for the Arab world, but for the world at large. That's why, in partnership with the Arabic-language television network, Al Arabiya ,

It's one of the most-watched hours of TV every week, and now it's coming to YouTube. 60 Minutes , CBS's long-standing, Emmy-award winning Sunday night news program, has started a YouTube channel to post stories from the show. Now, if you miss 60 Minutes on a Sunday night, you can tune in Monday morning and watch the stories on YouTube at youtube.com/60minutes . But that's not all.

Our partners teach us something new everyday, whether it's about science, art or cooking. Sometimes they even teach our team YouTube optimization tips and how to better promote a channel. In a series of monthly videos, we're asking partners to talk about their top optimization tips for channels and are kicking this off with Betty from bettyskitchen .

Editor's Note: Today's guest blogger is Ben Patterson. Ben is the founder of DashGo , Inc., a digital marketing and distribution platform servicing music, video and podcast content. Clients include Weezer , This American Life and Delicious Vinyl . Last week Weezer launched its new album, Hurley , with the YouTube community. It all started at VidCon . VidCon is an event I attended this past July. My company, DashGo , markets,

This post is part of the "BizBlog Series". Check back each week to see articles about partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the labe l " BizBlog ". We all have a dream. America's 25 million small business owners are making their dreams happen. But it's never easy. For E.C. Hundley, his dream had four wheels, an engine, and a smooth ride. As the proprietor of Everything Carts in Martinsville, Va., E.C. built a business that custom assembles souped-up,

If you've made a buzzer-beating three-pointer , a bending free kick goal , a diving fingertip catch , a walk-off home run or a fantastic play in whatever your sport, this is the chance to show the world what you've got. Today we kickoff the YouTube & SportsCenter Your Highlight program presented by AT&T - the opportunity to have your great sports moment shown on SportsCenter )on TV!(. Go to ESPN's YouTube channel ,

Five years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast region, crashing through the levees that held the waters of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet at bay from the city of New Orleans. Overnight, 80 percent of New Orleans was submerged. To this day, only a fraction of residents in the hardest hit areas, like the Lower Ninth Ward, have returned to their homes. Today, in partnership with ABC 26 )WGNO(, a local television station in New Orleans,

Starting today, you can experience YouTube in four new languages: Croatian, Filipino, Serbian and Slovak. This brings the grand total of languages we support to 28, a nearly 50% increase since the beginning of 2010. )And remember: by selecting automated captions on a video, you can experience that video in over 50 languages.( Take a look at the languages we've launched since the start of YouTube: By the end of this year,

We're always inspired by the people who use YouTube as a way to document how the other half lives, and Mark Horvath is a great example. As the founder of Invisible People. tv , a project that encourages homeless people across the United States to tell their stories on YouTube, he has sparked a discussion on the site about poverty and hunger. Mark's videos are a raw and real depiction of what it's like to live in a tent city, under an overpass, or within a cardboard box. Today,

This week marks the last session of our summer series, but do not fret, all of the fascinating lectures and material we've surfaced for you over the weeks will still be available on YouTube EDU. In only six weeks, we've learned some interesting things about topics ranging from classical mechanics and differential equations to exploring drawing techniques and French history . While we've had fun pulling these videos together into topic playlists,