How to download Youtube videos?

When I was new to the vast world of internet, I was like any other newbie very keen to try everything I had heard about the internet. Downloading songs, playing games, streaming movies, facebook, twitter, google, email and all that stuff. When youtube was launched, the concept was somewhat new. I mean who thought you would be able to watch and share your routine and special moments with the whole world. But whenever I used to come across a video that had something unique and grabbed my attention, I always wondered, why dont these youtube guys give an option to download videos? The fact that I could not download them, made me somewhat sad. And like anyone would do, I googled 'How to download videos from Youtube' and after going through some pages, reading some tricks, trying some programs and scripts, I finally came up with a simple and very easy solution - www.KeepVid.com.
I have been using the site now for more than 2 years and never had a problem with it. What I like most about KeepVid is that they provide many options regarding the resolution and quality we want. Lets start with a short and quick tutorial on how to download videos from Youtube with the help of KeepVid.

1) Copy the URL of the video you want to download. URL is the adress of the webpage containing video. URL can be found in the adress bar, where you right tech2day.blogspot.com.

2) Now go to www.keepvid.com and a pop-up appears showing a message regarding new certificate. Press YES. Now paste the copied URL in the text box provided.

3) Press the download button. Wait for a second and many options with different quality will appear. Click on the desired one and your download will start automatically. 

You Should enable java in your browser because the scripts demands so.

The only drawback of this method is that, the videos whose embedding is off, cant be downloaded using this method.

Another application I found useful for downloading Youtube videos is Internet Download Manager or popularly known as IDM. This tool has a FireFox plugin that automatically allows users to download videos at a click of a button.

This is a very popular program but unfortunately its not free. You can use google to find the purchasing site for the program.

Download Videos and Have Fun. :)

Cheers
Mikeee