Hate the New You Tube Layout? Then Boycott You Tube by Checking Out These 16 Great Video Site Alternatives!

In case you didn't know, this past week Google unveiled a new layout and design for You Tube that had a large majority of its users hopping mad. One quick look at the new design and anyone can see why: it's ugly, hard to read, and more difficult to use.

Outraged by the dramatic changes, many disgruntled You Tubers are threatening to walk. If you're one of them and are currently wondering what sites you can turn to to get your video fix, look no further. Contrary to what Google wants you to think, You Tube definitely isn't the only game in town; there are countless video sites that are just as much if not more fun, better designed, and entertaining than the video giant. If you don't believe me, just check out the following 16 video sites. By the time you're through, you'll wonder what you saw in You Tube in the first place!

AOL Video
Once a video sharing site, AOL Video is now a compiler of video clips and TV shows from the best content producers on the web, such as Atom Films, eBaum's World, AP News, and many major television networks. So if you're tired of having to hop from network site to network site to catch up on recent episodes of a popular show you just missed, you can avoid all that by coming to this site. A major plus to AOL Video is that it looks like actual professionals designed it, as opposed to overpaid hacks who wouldn't know what "usability" was if it drop-kicked their asses and put them in a Half Nelson.

Break
Break.com is a video sharing site specializing in funny viral videos aim towards the college crowd, so naturally its creators took the effort to hire real professionals instead of coked up donkeys to design it, since its target demographic tends to place a heavy emphasis on appearances. Having the type of audience it does (frat boys and the floozies who love them), Break's in-your-face, at times lowbrow humor may not be your thing. However, if you don't mind raucous comedy, you'll definitely enjoy this site.

Crackle
Crackle is the latest video site with a large library of classic TV shows and movies, such as Married with Children, Dr. Strangelove, Bewitched, Taxi Driver, I Dream of Jeannie and a host of others. But there's more than just TV episodes and full length films here; there are also tons of originally produced internet TV shows, such as the show "Starving," an outrageous comedy starring David Faustino and Corin Nemec. A great site all around, and a helluva lot nicer to look at than You Tube's latest design!

Daily Motion
With its pretty palette, nice layout, and ease of use, this video sharing site is a welcome breath of fresh air from the bland, ugly, and minimalist design of You Tube that often makes you want to scoop your eyes out with a melon baller. Daily Motion isn't just another pretty face, however; there are loads to see and do here. You can either watch high quality content posted by its users (called "Motionmakers") or become one yourself-- and all on an eye pleasing, easy to use website that doesn't look like rabid, blind monkeys designed it.

Ebaum's World
Before there was even a You Tube, there was Ebaum's World, the ultimate site for funny, outrageous, silly, and bizarre viral videos. Like Break.com, the humor is more juvenile, so the site and the community (whose members tend to be college and high school age) isn't for everyone. If you're around this age group, you might like this site; if not, you might want to check out other video sites if you don't find face planting, "pnwnage" and politically incorrect humor funny.

Google Video
How ironic, that the people behind the You Tube fiasco have a video site that's better than the one they acquired. But it's true; when you get down to it, Google Video is heads and shoulders above the new You Tube in terms of layout and usability. It also has much better content than You Tube itself, which often has 15 million Naruto and Scrapped Princess AMVs with sappy music that makes you want to commit seppuku while setting yourself on fire and jumping off the highest tower. So thankfully no AMVs here, just a treasure trove of movies, video clips, and TV shows.

Hulu
You've seen the freaky ads with Seth MacFarlane and Alec Baldwin-- now check out the video site! Capitalizing on the annoyance of major networks who were seeing users upload their content on You Tube, the people behind Hulu created this site as the first one officially sanctioned by Hollywood studios. Not only is it chock full of great TV shows and movies, it's aesthetically pleasing, too, and has great usability-- two qualities that the latest You Tube design is clearly lacking.

Justin.TV
What's cooler than being able to upload a video to a site? How about broadcasting video in real time? Or watching cool, funny, and just plain interesting live streams from anywhere in the world? If this concept excites you, then you'll love Justin.TV! Here, you can see live video of everything from doggie day care centers to gaming screen captures. It also looks great, which we can't say for the latest You Tube design unless we were heavily stoned, heavily medicated and/ or suffering from major brain damage.

Kontraband
Following in the footsteps of eBaum's World, Break, and Daily Motion, Kontraband is another entry in the college-oriented viral video site, featuring funny, weird, and outrageous video clips with a more adult, politically incorrect edge. What's interesting to note about this site is that in spite of not being a multi-billion dollar corporation, the people at Kontraband managed to put out a better redesign than the hacks at Google, and in less than half the time. Imagine that!

Megavideo
Megavideo is an offshoot of Megaupload, a site in which users can upload files of all types and sizes. It's become popular because many DVD-quality full length features often appear here, free from commercial interruption. There's just one catch, though: unless you become a premium member, you can only watch a film 72 minutes at a time, which forces you to watch it in 2 to 3 part installments. It's a nuisance, but when you consider the alternative (an ad breaking in every 20 minutes or so), it's a small price to pay to watch your favorite movie.

Metacafe
Metacafe was one of the first video sites to ride on the coat tails of You Tube. Ironically, even though it started out as an imitator, it became an innovator itself by allowing R rated content, paying users for content, and producing a site that was more stylish than You Tube's miserable-- er, minimalist-- design. Metacafe's become more commercialized over the years by including more content from Hollywood studios, but users can still upload and watch original videos.

Livestream
Like Justin.TV, Livestream is a video site enabling viewers to post and view live webcam streams. Although Justin.TV is good, Livestream is the slightly better site, because it has richer content, both in quality and variety. It also looks outstanding, which is more than I can say for You Tube right now, which looks like something my septuagenarian mother (who knows absolutely nothing about computers) could've designed.

Revver
Revver is an eye pleasing, easy to navigate video sharing site chock full of content ranging in a large number of categories, such as Entertainment, DIY, Lifestyle, and Webisodes. There's more to the site than just watching and submitting videos; if you become popular enough as a content contributor, you get featured heavily on the site. You can get featured on You Tube as well-- problem is, because the design sucks, most visitors probably wouldn't notice you anyway, because they'd be too busy gouging their eyes out with ice picks. Quelle dommage!

Veoh
Veoh was yet another early imitator of You Tube, but with a twist-- like Metacafe, it took a more stylish, eye popping approach to presenting content, rather than torturing visitors with an inept, boring design. Veoh was also one of the first video sites to start playing full length TV episodes and movies way before Hulu came into existence. As a result, it became a major haven for anime fans who flocked to the site to watch episodes of their favorite series. There's a lot of great stuff here besides anime that can be watched in high quality; the only catch is that any video over a half hour must be viewed using the Veoh player. Oh, well-- at least you won't be distracted watching the video due to a terrible layout!

Vimeo
Vimeo is a nice looking video sharing site with an emphasis on respect and community, something that is sorely lacking from You Tube, where trolls can post all the racist, hate-filled comments they want and not get banned for it. What's especially great about Vimeo is that it remains committed to presenting original content, so there's no risk of coming across 15 separate uploads of the same exact video that was stolen from another video site.

Video Jug
Initially, Video Jug looks like a typical video sharing site, but it isn't-- it's something much, much more. Its entire content is strictly instructional videos teaching viewers how to do everything in life, from getting a new dog to wolf whistling. No, there are no cute kitten videos here or shots of men getting a kick to the groin. However, the videos are never boring or academic; many of them often take a humorous and entertaining approach to their subject matter. The site looks great too, and the comments section couldn't be easier to read or post on. (Take note, You Tube!)

Ustream
Like a mashup of You Tube and Earthcam, Ustream is a great site where you can watch or broadcast live streams from all over the world. Not only are some of the streams fascinating, Ustream is just a far more fun, better looking, and interactive site to hang out at than You Tube. It also looks much better. But then again, anything looks better than You Tube at this point, so it goes without saying!