YouTube Updates Commenting, Ratings, Channel Search, Video Toolbox

YouTube shipped a bunch of updates last week. Included in them is a thumbs up/thumbs down system for comments, letting you say which comments you like or hate, and then anyone can filter the comments section to see only the better comments. Also, a section in your channel can now show the latest videos you’ve rated, so visitors to your channel will be able to see which videos you gave five stars, and they should check out, and which you gave one star, and they should stay the hell away from.
Another thing: In-channel video search. If a channel has more than nine videos, a search box will appear so that users can search within that channel for specific videos. This is very useful for big accounts that upload a ton of stuff, like finding that episode of lonelygirl15 where the show jumped the shark. […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg