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YouTube is fun - but are you looking for something more than Chris Crocker’s ‘Leave Britney Alone’ video?

Here are my top 5 videos sites which actually show you how to do something useful.

1. A video encyclopedia in 5 minute segments - 5min.com

The idea behind 5min is very simple: any solution can be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes. It allows any user from all over the globe to contribute their knowledge by sharing visual guides in areas such as arts, business, fashion, sports, health, tech, food, and much more.

2. Videos from credible experts - Expert Village

Expert Village’s philosophy is different from 5mins in the sense that  it aims to film and interview only experts who teach you what they know. They go a step further by providing you the credentials of the expert consulted so that you can judge the credibility of the information you receive.

3. Make money teaching people - Sclipo

Sclipo, just like 5mins, allows all users to share their knowledge - but this time with a monetary twist.  For example, viewers are able to tip the author of a video via Paypal, and you can teach personal classes - live - to people anywhere on the globe via webcam, and charge for it.

4. Get written instructions with your videos - Video Jug

Videojug is another video site which emphasizes useful tips over cheesy videos.  What I like about this site is that there’s a lot of written documentation for all the videos - which you can easily print and follow along when you’re watching the video itself.

5. Aggregate useful videos - SuTree

 SuTree provides a central place for all visual knowledge that is available on the web. The videos added to the site are checked and approved by the SuTree team in order to provide users with high quality tutorials. SuTree offers more than 10,000 educational videos from over 200 different sites, and SuTree claims to be the only site that combines the aggregation element of diversity and magnitude with quality.

What other useful video sites should be featured?  Tell us in the comments!

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How to get better estimates of US real estate prices

TechCzar reviews Zillow, an online real estate service dedicated to helping you get an edge in US real estate by providing you with valuable tools and information.  Read the full article for more info.

How leverage Web 2.0 if you’re a teacher

Teachers are using Pageflakes as the main site for their students to see update calendars, exam timelines, research study information, grade trackers, message boards and more.  Check it out here, or help this blog by signing up for Pageflakes here (100% free of course)

How to get into the Christmas mood Web 2.0 style

Need some holiday ideas, gift inspirations, lovely photos and videos of Christmas to get you in the mood?  Pageflakes has released a dynamically updated public page bringing in Christmas related content from your favourite sites

Check it out here, or help this blog by signing up for Pageflakes here (100% free of course)

If you’re doing your shopping online, you can also check out a previous post on the top 5 ways you can maximize your online shopping experience

And now… Back to our regular programming :)

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Taking a cue from one of my favourite sites PopURLs - which aggregates all the most popular stories from popular URLs, PicURLs is a site which does the same for pictures.  It monitors and aggregates popular pictures from…

• Social Bookmarking sites: digg, reddit, del.icio.us, stumbleupon, flickr, simpy, furl
• New Media sites: BoingBoing, Wired
• and of course… flickr

… So in essence - what you get is an up-to-the-minute monitoring of popular images from the most popular sites on the Internet, making for some very interesting viewing indeed.

(Link: PicURLs)

Bonus tip: If you’re a web coder - The creator of PicURLs was kind enough to walk you through his entire process of creating the site - and provides the source code (!!!) so you can play around with it.

Where do you go to find interesting pictures?  Tell us in the comments!

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