Is YouTube Slowly Reducing Our Ability To Monetize?
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- UA-cam has been making changes lately and some of them are a little concerning. It feels like each of these changes makes it just a little more difficult for creators to monetize off platform. With some of the changes it seems UA-cam gets positioned as the monetization solution and it's making me uncomfortable enough that I wanted to talk about it. DISCLAIMER: The things I talk about in this video are just some things I've noticed that are concerning to me as it feels like a slow squeeze.
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Thanks Nick, sincerely appreciate the feedback! For the links in Shorts, bad actors can make Shorts at much, much higher volume and velocity than long form, so UA-cam felt it needed to address the abuse there (maybe why other platforms have never allowed for links in short-form video, only "links in bio"). For jump ahead, in a recent Creator Insider Newsflash, they mentioned UA-cam hadn't seen any statistically significant change in watch time. Since you have to spam the skip button to get jump ahead, my guess is it's pretty much the same people who used to skip through the segment now just jumping ahead of it instead. (Putting on my creator hat for a moment, we know viewers value efficient watch time, we see that in our retention graphs already, which is also why for a long time now we've seen some creators put sponsor spots at the end of the video, or interweave high-retention action with the sponsor spots in challenge videos, etc.). I haven't heard the search rumors, but I'll pass along the whole video to the teams! Thanks for sharing your ideas with creators as well, and again for the feedback!
UA-cam just needs to get rid of shorts all together imo. Or put them in an entirely different app
The algorithm is ignoring my excellent meme animal videos. They are the best on UA-cam. You won't find a better "dancing cat" or "laughing dog" or "huh cat" than on my channel. But the algorithm ignores them. Please fix. It's highly discouraging to see subpar videos of the same genre racking up impressions.
Thanks for the clarity Rene! I appreciate it. Definitely concerned about the way it looks like things are headed. And thanks for passing these along, I appreciate it!!!
Regarding killing links in Shorts - the bad actors you mention may not create long form as fast but I don't see them going "oh well, links are dead, let's stop scamming people." They scam because sadly they do. They can find a way to create longer form videos easily to link off the Shorts...that they can still create...apparently fast too.
This may be the reason given but the reasoning is lame at best.
I’m sorry but as a viewer, the least I could do is watch the video and skip around on my own if I want to find out the information that the content creator went out of their way to make. It’s counter intuitive in supporting your creators. And the fact that I’m a new creator myself, it’s not very motivating to create content for the platform. Wow. Not a good business move at all.
Something is going very wrong with UA-cam. Like many others, my views are right down over the past few months and I have had several regulars say they are no longer being fed my videos. On top of that, there is horrific spam, trolls and bot activity at the moment. It is quickly getting to the point that it is increasingly becoming more effort than it is worth. I didn’t start YT to make money, but a lot of time effort and expense goes into making videos. Added to the advent of cheap mass poor-quality AI content, and it seems that many serious creators will consider their position. I’m already hearing about this happening.
Interesting to see this comment. I am a small channel but have had a regular view count over several years. I am now recently noticing that my view counts have nearly halved for no obvious reason or change in content approach. A little frustrating :)
but you have still a lot of views? I would be so grateful of having so many views. But also I am still learning and just starting. Bless you.
@@vespastar222 You are right and I feel blessed for how much this has helped me get through some troubled times. My little community keeps me going.
Thanks for your message 🙂
It's the beginning of the end. I'm no longer convinced about Nick's last comment: "UA-cam is still a 'gigantic' opportunity.
Nick, thanks for bringing attention to this subject. In the short term, the viewer wins, but in the long term, they might lose if creators stop creating because it isn’t worth the time. If one can no longer make a living by creating on UA-cam.
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they got us by the balls, id gladly leave if there was an alternative. only game in town, unfortunately.
💯 facts
@@EagleRun23 they do now, but if they start pulling this kind of stuff, it might even out the other platforms.
I totally agree. I had to jump the ship with my channel of 11 years with 10k followers. The channel is very much dead. There is no need to maintain it or make videos on that channel.
The result is to completely change the course of direction/contents.
Content creators are also viewers!😊
Another challenge for YT is: pls promote high-quality niche channels, not the cookie cutter, copy cat with if you seen one, you have seen them all. Especially there are so many talented creators quit before they made to the finish line to get into the door!
Thanks so much for the info Nick!
Honestly, If UA-camrs can no longer make a living they will go to other platforms or go work for companies that pay them a lot more. Being a UA-camr is a massive amount of work I work 80 hours a week. It’s truly a labor of love. I make most of my money by providing services outside of UA-cam.
if I make less due to this skip feature, I would consider going elsewhere or possibly take one of the job offers to work for a company and work regular hours. I also think UA-cam takes much too much of our Super Chat $.
I love UA-cam but taking too much from creators will cause them to not want to work this hard anymore.
You only make money when the video reaches a lot of views. under 500 is under $1... 1000 to 3000 is about $12 under 24,000 views is about $ 80 then 30% for UA-cam and 30% taxes leaves not very much for all the hours it takes. But we don't pay for the platform and the opportunities and engagement with the world is wonderful. I ❤ that @NickNimmins helps us so much with tips. ❤
@@KarenColeUKLawyer not true. My RPM is much higher than that, I make $300-400 per video and I get around 20k views :)
Totally agree 💯
ive experienced a 90% advertising revenue drop over the last year, while documenting youtube slashing my views and subscribers over and over and over again! it's straight up theft!
One of my biggest headaches with trying to monetize my channel is people being able to find links, its terrible. Great video, Nick! I'm going to VidSummit this year, excited to see you speak!
See you there!
And viewers wonder why some of us are investing more time into platforms like Patreon. It’s because Patreon actually cares about the Creators and puts us first. When you do that everyone wins - including the viewers.
If so, I hope Patreon stays this...far too many entities shifted their direction/focus for 'profit/scalability.'
I couldn’t agree more with you
"...Patreon actually cares about the Creators...". Provided you don't have wrongthink, that is.
I'm already struggling. I don't need another reason to struggle. I'm learning a ton but it's definitely a struggle 😞
Same, it’s awful!
Same here im doing outdoor videos but struggling too
@@TBIJourney I can feel your pain
It makes absolute zero sense that on a platform like youtube, youtube would add extra steps so you can view the descriptions of the video because the youtube devs also use those same descriptions, keywords and tags to use it for impressions to spotlight your channel also what Nick says nobody in their right mind wants to click 5 times to view a video description most of us would just give up after two clicks 😅
It's nice to see a channel talk about this instead of channels I see which try to make it seem as if UA-cam doesn't control anything and we the creators are doing anything and everything wrong. When you have shorts and videos to do thousand on a regular basis and then out of nowhere they are doing less than 100, come on it's ridiculous and we are not slow and dumb. Like I've said before they really don't care. How many of us have gotten to 3900 watch hours or more just to have the rug pulled out from under us?
I have been making youtube videos for over 10 years and it just feels like as soon as I've learnt how things work, everything gets harder and changes.
It's like I'm reaching for a golden apple on a tree and I almost reach it every year because I'm growing taller but the tree is outgrowing me so I can never reach it every year.
Even for you reading this, imagine you could go back 5 to 10 years with the UA-cam knowledge you have now, you would be earning loads of cash within a couple of months for sure.
But everything changes all the time and people with MASSIVE budgets and CRAZY equipment make it difficult for some people to compete with.
Anyway, we will push on and make it work. Just think things out carefully........
Think of things that AI can't answer, like "I tried XYZ for 30 days and here are the results" or whatever. Things that AI can't answer, that's the way forward.
Also, sponsors will start telling us to spread their segment over the entire video in some way.
Yes they are! I was sailing along and then nothing. No video suggestions or impressions, or let’s say a 95% reduction. I give up. It’s like they use you until you almost get monetized and then they kick you to the curb. Totally discouraging and like I said, I just can’t put the time into it for nothing.
Sponsors aside, it can be a section someone might find interesting but others did not and that person might miss out, or it is after a most viewed section so it appears as less viewed. Either way, it's a loss for retention, hence a loss for our reach and ability to grow and succeed.
Ye0, that’s part of my concern as well.
I really hope they don't take away links completely. I also don't like that they took away links from shorts. Thank you for creating this video Nick!
Been keeping up since your first 100k subs! You've come a long way and I love to see it. Thanks for keeping up updated Nick!
🙏 Thank you! It’s been a long journey!
Ugh! Thanks for getting on this so quickly, Nick!
I stopped reading descriptions when they changed how to reach them, it was too many clicks to just see what was in the video. Made me watch less random videos the last few weeks honestly.
Something else I noticed recently was that my Amazon affiliate clicks had plummeted. I was baffled as I hadn't changed any of my behaviours. Then the other day I clicked on someone eles's affiliate link and a screen pooped up warning me I was navigating away from UA-cam and did I wish to continue? I didn't of course, because I just wanted to a have a quick look in a second tab whilst still listening to the video. So I'm wondering if this is causing a drop in Amazon clicks. I don't remember it doing that before?
it absolutely affects it. Google did this a long time ago to image search. I used to get tons of views from images on a website from google image search results, and they created this frame that keeps the image as part of the google viewing experience and you have to actively click "visit" to go to the website to get a better look at the image now. its exactly like the "youre leaving the youtube site" popup now. before when you clicked on the image it would take you directly to the website that had the image. needless to say. my traffic TANKED on that site. internet marketing is VERY unpredictable, and you always have to adapt and find a new way to reach people if your livelihood depends on it. it can get difficult at times, because the rules are always changing....like literally from day to day :/
Being one that has clicked on these links in the past, I can tell you that this has been there for several years at least. Who knows why your affiliate clicks have dropped. I wish there was more data available so that you could figure it out and then adjust to compensate. It may just be that the economy is faltering and people are being more careful how they spend their money.
I feel like a lot of people get scammed a lot so they give out a warning first so you don’t get hacked
I could be wrong but the pre launch to this imo is when they added the "Allow Automatic Chapters" feature so AI could read your piece of content to distinguish each section of the video- using that data to help with this jump feature...
Firstly awesome video Nick per usual. Would DEFINITELY like (and need) a video explaining the link redirects. I have my main website but I see other creators like Think Media creating custom URL redirects that are easier to remember like you said and contain affiliate opportunities. How do we do this? Thank you!
Not allowing UA-cam Shorts watch time to count towards monetization alone is suss. Also forcing us to scroll past their forced recommendations before seeing the comments is anti-community-building. Not only that, but in this new design (which I hate, and share your feelings on) you don't even SEE the comments box beneath the video (even on desktop or laptop), instead, it's truncated to a vertical rectangle in the upper right and you have to click on the X in the upper right in the new design to even see the ability to scroll past the bs.The more steps you inject between search query and search result, only increases viewer drop off and clicks away from your content. Many UA-camrs (both creators and just the viewers) want to see the comments first before watching or commenting - this new design ruins that.Thanks for covering this topic.
@@fromdajump did they just change that? Cause I get a lot more views on my shorts right now...and even though they're shorter, they're more engaging and fun. How do we know for sure yt is doing this?
@@lovestolaugh change what?
@@fromdajump is UA-cam removing the ability to use watch hours from shorts to count towards your 4000 watch hours to get monetized?
@@lovestolaugh they didn’t remove it, UA-cam shorts never counted at all towards monetization ever. It’s easy to find on Google/UA-cam’s website on UA-cam Shorts when you read their terms. This ain’t new. I used to release 28 shorts a week after misleading info I saw from another UA-camr but it’s plain as day on google’s own website segment about shorts - if you are not already monetized - these shorts hours of watch time don’t count towards the 4K hours of watch time you need to be accepted in the UA-cam Partnership program. Look it up
@@lovestolaugh It should count to watch hours IF it wasn't viewed on the shorts table. That's as far as I know. But I don't think they ever counted watch hours when it's seen in the shorts feed.
👋 Nick I didn't know where to find description until I became a creator. When I show people in person how to find the description, no one knew, to get to the description, you had to push more. I started putting links in my chat, to make it easier. Thanks for great solutions to problems. ❤
When I first started watching YT the UI was a minefield to use... other platforms might be simpler but are mostly awkward or jumpy.. if they just sorted that out.. with a intuitive UI and put filters on the content that is not family viewing.. it would be easier to have a platform that is family friendly only.. there would be a competitor to YT.. even if the advert revenue was less.
Thanks Nick - really appreciate you taking the time to research and share things like this about YT so the rest of us creators can concentrate on what we do best...which in my case is watching your live stream on Saturday 🤣🤣
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I also don’t think they should add that skip ahead feature… 😬
Yes.. someone needed to bring attention to this... UA-cam needs to be more considerate to it's creators and make it easier to view descriptions!!!!
Thank you for always keeping us updated with unbiased and solution driven content
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I appreciate the solutions that you provide. Thank you for keeping us updated.
Mighty hugs thanks for this sharing, Nick🤗💜I agree with you on these points. If YT is aiming to be Shorts dominated, then it would be no different from TikTok, Instagram or FB. How would YT stand out then? It’s strange to watch Shorts on laptop & TV😅 “training” viewers to watch more Shorts does not help with longer concentration. How would we enjoy movies or documentaries in the future then?😂
Another great one, man, and something that made me think a bit. I have watched UA-cam as one of my main forms of viewing, probably since it started up. In all those years, I think i have only gone out of my way to check the description, maybe once or twice. Have a great day man & much ❤
The real problem is the massive growth of new creators and new content which constantly dilutes the value of existing content, and reduces the likelihood of it getting views. Basic supply and demand. It's inevitable that content will always lose value
That's exactly the situation.
@@Joltverse*the elephant in the room
It means as creators we have a higher standard to meet to connect with an audience and bring value.
Thanks Nick for making this video. This feels shady as hell from UA-cam😡
Thank you Nick for helping us all stay in the loop!!
You bet!
I can understand most of the changes you'd have to think there is almost everyone in the world that wants to be a content creator and make the maximum dollar off of creating content but it is a big competitive field out there for every time somebody works hard there's going to be somebody working hard to make a loophole so just stick with it it work out it work out if not figure out what it takes to make it work appreciate the tips and tricks Nick watching an learning 👀🍿💪
Looks like we will all have to get more creative for ad reads. Spreading out the message throughout the video
You inspired me to start my own channel. Love your content
Awesome! Glad you’re enjoying the videos!
I use the fast forward option on only a couple of creators content, and only because they insert so many long sponsor breaks.
Peter diamandis is one example where he puts in several breaks that are up to 2 or 3 minutes long. No thanks.
Otherwise I just let them go.
The skip function is something I won't use though, because I don't trust others to decide what I think is important to see.
Thank you for being real and honest about this, I feel like these things need to be discussed
It seems to me a better alternative is to have product placement throughout the video rather than a segment. That said at a commercial cannot be skipped. This is how it is done in movies in which there is a bottle of champagne or whatever in the scene.
I’ve started showing people at least in shorts where to click on my profile and to click the link “in my youtube channels bio” which is just a link list of my affiliates and my other products. I might start doing that in my long forms now after this video.
I think if creators both verbally and visually show where to go can help make sure people get to the right spot.
Thanks for the heads up, Nick!
I make business stories, and recently started to watch your videos. These are helping in many cases... but this video made me fall into some actual thoughts... if it gets overly biased towards viewers, it'll be difficult for us...
I signed up for the UA-cam affiliate program. I already had 3 sales in the first two weeks. I was surprised my biggest sale was from a short.
Nice work!
Wait, what? YT has an affiliate program?
@CacklingChick yes when I hit 10k subscribers i was able to apply.
I guess it’s time for creators to do more product placements and highly creative integrated content. This might lead to more “topic-related” sponsorships instead of a tidal wave of “quare case” ads. 😊
Yeah it’s looking that way.
Thank you Nick!! I appreciate you.
Yes they are! I understand some channels buy subs and views, but YT shouldn't punish everyone for it. I lose subs, watch time hours, and have even lost a few views on videos. (I take pictures of all of this). It is irritating to say the least.
If you do make a domain name that redirects to your affiliate it could be possible for the AI search to pull up going to that website for a “free trial of opus clip” or something. If someone found a way to leverage AI search like that it would be nuts.
I agree. I hate it. I saw this change on mine a few weeks ago and I hate it.
IK, I saw this change a few weeks ago too.
Rant or no, dude so appreciate you sharing your insight, concerns, and ideas about this too.
One reason I love UA-cam as a creator is because, well, there is no platform that comes close to a way to reach people and make a living too. Having said that, I also get, UA-cam is a business and in the business of making money first. Hey, if they don't, it will trickle down hard for all of us - viewers AND creators.
The "Jump Ahead" feature along with the upcoming "Community Notes" are, in my opinion, horrible missteps for UA-cam. Yeah, different but still not good.
I too share concerns about what off-UA-cam monetization using UA-cam will look like in the (near) future but at least for now we still have a lot of opportunities to grow.
Re: website and links. 100% agree and would add, I'd go the 100% website route. Own your name or specific domain and add pages from that. Better to own yourself than invest in too many URLs and such.
Appreicate you dude!
I think you did a really good job here balancing constructive criticism with solution-based advice for creators. I imagine trying to navigate and optimize the 3d surface that social media is and maintain creator quality, viewer satisfaction, and platform safety can't be easy and at some point decisions need to be made where to compromise.
On the topic of the new layout, one thing to note is that the behavior of the description in a live stream or premiere exactly mimics what has been happening on mobile for these types of video. When you click into these from the UA-cam app, the whole title-descrption-suggested videos section are covered by the live chat. On desktop, it's more jarring because the video is side by side with this area. In my head, the team that developed the new desktop layout probably figured it would harmonize the experience across devices.
I think that’s happening as well with making features similar across devices. With that said, these things being covered or difficult on a phone is also a step in the wrong direction when it complicates the paths to action IMO.
@@NickNimmin I agree, I'm pointing out it's been happening for a while
Im crushing it on yt and im loving it and making great money
luck
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Not to mention anyone can watch your full video on the homepage without having to see an ad. They have to click onto your video for the ad to play. This is horrible for creators to make money off of AD revenue.
I'd question whether that would be a good viewing experience that viewers would choose the use?
Yikes...im not even monetized yet..but this news is concerning.
Please don’t look at it as news. I’m just sharing my concerns as it seems these new updates are heading us in the wrong direction for creators who monetize off platform.
Great information Nick. Thanks 😊
Cheers for the info and discussion as always 👊🏿
No problem 👍
Hello great video information Nick
Glad you enjoyed it
I have listened to your video and I have just a few takeaways. Preface, I am not monetized yet but will someday be monetized. When something is presented to me, I immediately think to myself is there a better way. The “skip ahead feature” leads me to think this will affect watch time hours. Then there’s the in-ad situation. I would make sure I summarize at the end of the video and repeat the in-ad throughout and definitely at the end of the video. The key is to make quality content, so the person will want to watch the whole video. There are hour long videos that I watch without skipping anything. The videos seem to be of movie quality, the sound is perfect, and they are very informative. We got this! Just put out your best content with no fluff.
I love your videos and how you inform people about UA-cam stuff it’s really amazing how you do that you’re doing an awesome job. Nick keep doing what you’re doing. You are an awesome person.
Thank you so much!
Wow….it really seems like building a channel on Rumble is far more worthwhile than UA-cam.
All this being said, UA-cam still has more reach and monetization opportunities than Rumble currently.
I was aware of some of these things, but not this much. AI will be a problem for all of us at some point. Thank you for expressing what all of us feel right now.
Wow! Am just hearing about it Now, thanks for bringing it to my notice.
whats their play for taking our money out of content? their brand connect is a major bust, their shopping is WILDLY limited and mostly just links to walmart. rarely can I even find the exact product I am showing. they NEED to put more of a focus on creators, i get that viewers come first. but i am feeling like they are hostile at this point to me.
'Thank you Nick, as always an excellent information.
It will cut our view numbers as well.
They don’t cut view numbers. Think of UA-cam like a competition. When some people publish great videos the good videos don’t do as well.
@@NickNimminthen mainly people who can spend lots of money on equipment and pay people to help them will get the majority of views so starting out with little money may not work any more as viewers expect more. AI is changing u tube a lot too. Thank you for your channel it really gives good solid advice
Oh I don't like the sound of that skip ahead feature. I'm trying so hard to pivot my vlogging channel this year, targeting viewers who do NOT skip the certain sections that get consistent drops due to the topic type. I made a second channel for the most popular parts, which were taking my main channel in the wrong direction for me. That was a smart move, as it turned out. I'm hoping that one will help fund the main - very not commercially viable because of all the non-mainstream elements - channel. So yeah - not looking forward to AI guiding people to skip those parts without even checking them out to see if they like them or not.
Thanks for sharing. It's accurate to say that the majority of individuals prefer to avoid additional tasks.
Thanks for your transparency Nick
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UA-cam is not listening to creators.
They do. I pinned a comment from UA-cam’s Creator Liaison where he shared the other side of the story and also mentioned he would be passing on my concerns. They listen. But they do have a business to run.
They sure do listen, but they will ALWAYS take steps to make more profit for the company and less for the creator.
All this stuff happening is a clear indication of taking money away from creators.
The same thing that has happened to bloggers in the last 12 months is going to happen to youtubers in the next 12 months, mark my words. Google is remodeling so that creators get less and Google gets more.
I mean, when UA-cam takes around 50% of your TIPS!!!!!!!!! That's not a good sign... It's the same as the bosses that take waiters tips, exactly the same. "Oh but youtube is free for you to use and that's why" oh ok, so the restaurant owners can also say that there is no charge for being a waiter and that's why he takes half of your tips.... it's unethical and immoral.
That jump ahead feature is absolutely horrible for creators
Great video, thank you. I would like to know more about the implementations of the things that can help us
Noted! Thanks!
Yes please - on the how-to videos question! Thanks Nick!
UA-cam is making it so hard for all of us to get monitized
Agree
Nick, is it only me, or all my OLD long-form videos are making a few cents per 1K views, and only the recent videos have the regular RPM?
If you break down your analytics correctly, you should be able to determine is that is in fact the case. I'm not seeing that myself.
@@NickNimmin yes, the break down is correct, 86% of views on a video from Browse features, and yet the RPM is a few cents per 1K, on old viral videos. The new videos are ok.
If a creator doesn't want us to skip past sponsored segments, maybe they should not change their clothes or put logos and other things that make it so readily apparent by hovering over the video timeline where we want to jump ahead to.
True.
Thanks for your tips Nick😊
Thanks for the info!
No problem!
I remember hearing about this a few weeks back and I knew it was going to end up spelling bad things for creators. Let's watch time means less ad revenue for UA-cam as well. I know personally I'm not going to put a crap ton of ads on the video that is going to have chunks of it skipped out on because UA-cam's AI deemed it to not be important enough for people to want to watch. Not sure what they're thinking with this one because it's bound to hurt them in the long run.
Good luck with that. We can file a counter chargeback (and we would win), which would render youtube debanked. You cannot mess around with chargebacks and people's money. If thry tried that the government would fall down on them like a ton of bricks.
The description thing really is annoying. It's really difficult to get to it now...
I’m going on a few years on UA-cam and I’m not monetized. But I’m feeling frustrated on the many changes UA-cam continues to make - only making harder for us, creators.
Exactly
Hmm youtube must be forgetting that it is creators that bring the viewers here. Actually, independent creators to be clear.
Nice job 👍
*making notes*
Just like everything in business, we have to adapt. Change is always going to happen and if the past is any indication, the bigger UA-cam gets, the less creator friendly it will be.
They certainly are, what’s worse is some channels who promote growth and monetize off that are not facing the new reality and pushing newer users to purchase older, outdated methods.
The methods to grow are still similar. This isn’t as much about growth as it is monetization.
So much greed in the world.. UA-cam makes Billions while many creators struggle hard to make a dollar
Oh wow. I was wondering what was going on yesterday when I saw this in action. I thought my phone was acting up, lol. I don’t like it!
I'm concerned about where this is going as well! Im not even monetized (though im trying on my other channel because i couldnt on this one even though others who do the exact type of videos as i do in my niche are monetized) but this is concerning. Also you mentioned mentioning links you have in the description boxes in your videos but i am a faceless and i dont talk in my videos due to my speech issues and also the type of videos i do. Do you have any ideas on how i could do this without havinv to be on camera and not having to talk? I hope that makes sense
If you had the domain names you could just put text on screen.
@@NickNimmin ah gotcha thank you Nick!
Nice information Nick! thx
Thanks so much Nick for the heads up yout content it always GREAT
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What's your thoughts on UA-cam implementing a community notes feature similar to X. I read about it on their blog a few weeks ago and they said it's in the testing phase.
I think it’s a good thing and very needed.
Do you have any solutions to the invalid traffic issue that is absolutely destroying small creators? UA-cam support just gaslights creators and offers them no solutions.
No. I’m dealing with the invalid traffic thing on my channel too.
@@NickNimmin That sucks. :( Sorry you're going through that too.
It looks like a lot of companies are making changes, like my full-time job at the hospital🙄😆😁
YOU'RE DOING IT!
I think UA-cam is also same as other big companies. When they get bigger, they slightly reduce their consideration of partners
It is getting harder for everyone to get monetized on youtube. Because current trends are social media. Lots of companies started to use youtube to promote their services and product. Especially since 2024, many companies hired social media designer to manage all their social media on every platform. They do not care about the video quality. They made the video just for marketing sales and money.
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Nick we can create QR code for important link and add it during talking about it in your video so people can follow that.
Yes. That works long term as long as you own the QR code and are not using a service for it.
Unpopular opinion: I agree with removing links from shorts. Why? Because it was being taken advantage of by s?x/OF workers. Were they technically covered,yes. Technically. But the ummm movements …were an adpocolyse waiting to happen. YT stopped link support and those videos stopped. Now can YT scan for this stuff? yes. But as an engineer scanning for that at YT scale? It’s cost prohibiting, even if the videos are chunked to even smaller segments.
On the descriptions, yea bad UX as a seller. But I am not sure that we have enough info (user studies) to know what the average viewer best UX is. And at the end of the day the viewer UX is YTs top priority.
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Thanks! I am not monetized, but this was helpful, cause I am trying to become monetized within the next year or two.😊 Hope you have an amazing day, God bless!
I agree, UA-cam recent changes feel sketchy…