Create a bootable usb key

Hello

I followed the instructions in the article here

Create a bootable OS x Installer

This creates an OS X Install icon on the flash drive but the drive is not bootable. When I start the machine holding down the C key that he never used the USB drive and if I go to the system preferences and go to the startup of the USB disk with the installed OS X icon is not an option to select. Should not have an operating system on the drive to make it bootable?

It is not the C key it's down option.

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