Youtube has been flooded with underhanded marketing and ever stricter copyright laws. Despite its vast audience, the sheer junk on Youtube once turned me into a huge proponent of Blip and other newer services that offer flexible video lengths and resolutions. That was until recently I left the States, I realized how slow Blip is, likewise all the other video-sharing sites like dailymotion, vimeo and metacafe. Blip, in fact, is practically useless in the region I am in now. Youtube on the other hand, still almost smoothly plays any video here and is the only place I go for videos now. And that is why, Youtube will continue to have an edge internationally.