Depends on your criteria for success, For the founders of Youtube it was an unqualified success. For Google trying to make a business out of it it's so far bee

Depends on your criteria for success, For the founders of Youtube it was an unqualified success. For Google trying to make a business out of it it's so far been frustrating to say the least. That being said by this measure, Digg, Facebook and Twitter are in the same boat (or worse, since they haven't been acquired)