Eli the computer guy […] had this show up in his dashboard: “grow your Channel’s popularity
and engagement by promoting your video
on YouTube, running a promotion helps
attract new viewers who can boost your
subscriptions, views, likes, and other
engagement” and the way this works is
your videos will show up if you pay them. YouTube is trying to get people who make
content on YouTube to pay for views now.
Isn’t this kind of basic in terms of content marketing?
One entity makes content then pays another company to promote it?
What else would Luis being doing if he actually had to pay for the storage space YouTube gives him for free? Handing out CDs on the street?
Is he aware that companies like Pinterest already do this?
I can’t say that the sudden huge drop in viewership isn’t suspicious though.
I think what’s worse is that the content seemed to be less visible even to his subscribers. The discoverability of your content to new people who are not actively looking for it is one thing, bit hiding it from people who have actively said they want to view it is another thing entirely.
the content seemed to be less visible even to his subscribers
Am I the only one who still uses the subscriptions page? I get a chronological list of all my subscribed channel’s video releases. I have seen zero indication that I’m missing anything at all, and I fairly frequently go to channel’s pages to check that my subscription list is complete.
I’ve never clicked a single notification bell, and don’t rely on the home page’s recommendations/sorting, unless I’m actively seeking out new recommendations.
it became clear to me that the main discovery page on youtube would never be of any use to me when it suggested a video entitled “Andrew Tate Tucker Carlson Interview” by the channel “Gentleman Masterclass” and i almost projectile vomited all over my keyboard
Isn’t this kind of basic in terms of content marketing?
One entity makes content then pays another company to promote it?
What else would Luis being doing if he actually had to pay for the storage space YouTube gives him for free? Handing out CDs on the street?
Is he aware that companies like Pinterest already do this?
I can’t say that the sudden huge drop in viewership isn’t suspicious though.
It makes sense if you think about it like basic marketing
But the thing is Youtube already promoted channels through it’s algorithm. Having to pay for it implies that something has changed regarding it.
I think what’s worse is that the content seemed to be less visible even to his subscribers. The discoverability of your content to new people who are not actively looking for it is one thing, bit hiding it from people who have actively said they want to view it is another thing entirely.
Am I the only one who still uses the subscriptions page? I get a chronological list of all my subscribed channel’s video releases. I have seen zero indication that I’m missing anything at all, and I fairly frequently go to channel’s pages to check that my subscription list is complete.
I’ve never clicked a single notification bell, and don’t rely on the home page’s recommendations/sorting, unless I’m actively seeking out new recommendations.
it became clear to me that the main discovery page on youtube would never be of any use to me when it suggested a video entitled “Andrew Tate Tucker Carlson Interview” by the channel “Gentleman Masterclass” and i almost projectile vomited all over my keyboard
I’ve only ever used the subscription page