Greetings to all of our new members!

As you know, Gawkk is the place where you can discover and share great videos from around the web. Here’s a quick guide to the major features and functions that you’ll want to know to get started using Gawkk:

Channels

All videos on the site are classified into thousands of channels on various topics such as TV shows, movies, celebrities, comedians and more. You can subscribe to these channels simply by clicking the “subscribe” button next to the channel icon.

All channels are updated daily, so when you subscribe to a channel new videos added to the channel will automatically be shown on your personalized home page whenever you visit Gawkk. You can browse and subscribe to our many great channels simply by visiting the channels tab from anywhere on the site.

Your Own Personal Channel

As a Gawkk member, you automatically get your own personal channel and can save videos to it by submitting a link to the video or simply by clicking the “save” button next to any video on the site.

Your friends can then subscribe to your channel to automatically receive the great videos you saved to your channel whenever they visit the site. Similarly, you can also subscribe to your friends channels to see all of the great videos they find and save as well.

Saving Videos

Whenever you save a video, it’s added to your personal channel. In addition, the video itself gets a vote of confidence that’s reflected in the total number of saves that it has received.

Videos that receive enough saves will be promoted to the “popular” video listings throughout the site and on the home page. Looking at the popular videos section is a great way to find the videos that Gawkk members are saving and sharing right now.

Sharing Your Channel

You can also share your channel with the rest of the world through a Gawkk widget that you can easily place on your blog or social networking profile. The Gawkk Widget makes it easy to share the great videos you find with your friends and the world by showing the most-recent videos that you’ve saved to your channel.

If you have a blog or social networking profile, you can easily add a Gawkk Widget by visiting www.gawkk.com/share/sidebar-player.

Making Friends

Gawkk is more interesting and fun when you have more friends on the site. You can make friends simply by clicking the “Add Friend” link next to a person’s profile page. Once you add someone as a friend, you’ll be able to see the videos that they save to their channel on your personalized home page.

Do you have a ton of friends around the web? You can easily invite all of your friends at once through our simple email invitation page at www.gawkk.com/members/find.

Sharing Videos

Once you’re a Gawkk member, you can easily share any of the great videos you find on Gawkk simply by clicking the “Share” link in the video listing. You can then select any of your friends to send them the video, or you can enter an email address and provide a personalized message. Your friends will then receive an email letting them know about the great video you found for them.

Videos by Category

The “Videos” tab allows you to view videos by various categories across all channels. Simply select one of the categories from the left-hand menu to filter videos by category.

When viewing videos this way, you’ll see two columns of videos for each category: the popular videos on the left and the newest videos on the right. The newest videos are the most-recent videos imported into Gawkk, while the popular videos are those that have received enough saves to become popular. Popular videos from all categories are also featured prominently in the left column on the home page.

Power to the People!

Since Gawkk is a community-driven site, you can always submit a video link through our submit tab or by using the Gawkk browser button available at www.gawkk.com/buttons. Also, if you see anything improper about a video, please let us know by clicking the “report” link and selecting one of the errors listed in the menu.

Since we are in beta, we’ll be adding more features based on your feedback so be sure to contact us to let us know what you think!

Thanks, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!

The Gawkk Team