Tips To Help Your YouTube Channel

[Caius Julius Caesar]

thanks, bro. the interesting thing is I write long comments and with arguments, no way they look like spam. and after my comment disappear I don't write another comment there. do u think maybe I'm shadow-banned by youtube?

I also have another question: let's say there is a toxic guy that makes toxic content on youtube. even he acknowledges that, so he makes 2 more accounts. "if one of my accounts get deleted, I have the other 2". My question is: how can we alert youtube about toxic Youtube channel? I know you can report a video but that does nothing he still has the account. I think toxic accounts should not be allowed. is there a way that we can alert Youtube administrators?

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

I should clarify something else.
I don't always get it right with my channel. Sometimes things go wrong that are outside of my control.
For example. I reviewed 9 products on loan for a brand. They paid me a fee per review.
This was very lucrative for my channel, a real positive revenue boost.
However they recently dropped me, and said they will no longer supply me with products.
So these kind of set backs happen, even when one is doing everything right.
I don't want to come across as feeding my ego with this thread, only talking about success stories of my channel.
This is why I clarified earlier my first channel was terminated by YouTube, and I lost a years work, 314 videos.
When I read threads on here, often the content creator will only talk about the successes, the massive view gains, subscriber gains, revenue gains, etc.
But one doesn't hear them talk about the lows, the set backs, the things that go wrong.
Yes, my channel is now successful, but that is after 32 months of my life working on getting it right.
The point is this, don't give up when things go wrong with your channel.
It takes consistent effort, which can be really repetitive, monotonous, and boring, that is the reality.
I made 314 reviews on my old channel, and 167 on my current one.
Practice does make perfect, so all that content was good for perfecting my content.
However it is hard to repeat that 4 reviews per week, every week, 52 weeks per year.
It is even harder when you do 9 good reviews for a brand, and then get dropped by them.
I am honest about these things, my channel has had wins and losses over the last 20 months.
I am not motivated by the numbers now, or the analytics; the revenue motivates more.
Yes, its a good feeling to gain 100K subscribers and get verified. Yes, its good to gain the first million views.
But after that, the numbers increasing on the screen don't matter as much.
Honestly, the revenue is more important to me now than the analytics doing well.
The thing is, one can get everything perfected; but then an algorithm update happens and ruins all that progress.
It takes time for developers to change the way the views, likes, subscribers, are delivered after an update.
I just want to clarify, I don't make up Walter Mitty claims like; I run 20 channels making me 10K USD per month etc.
I have never forgotten that when I started my first channel in 2019 I was unemployed.
So you see I don't have any delusions of being the next MrBeast.

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

I have already answered this in your previous question.
There are 3 possible reasons why your comments are deleted, as I explained before.
I also explained before, the comments are automated now, not manually reviewed by humans.
In simple terms, there is no human administrator reviewing a comment when you flag it.
Flagging a channel is also reviewed by the algorithm.
You need to appreciate the scale, you are flagging a comment, or video; one of millions of comments, and videos being flagged daily.
The more a comment, or video is flagged, the quicker it is actioned.
For example, a video receiving 1000 flags, will be deleted quicker than one receiving 100 flags etc.
Same case with comments, 100 reports versus 10, will get it deleted quicker.
Is there another method to get content deleted or a comment deleted? No.
"the interesting thing is I write long comments and with arguments, no way they look like spam"
This is a contradiction.
Writing long comments with arguments looks like spam; hence it being deleted.

 

[Goat10]

I won't reveal it here, as doing so will overload their service

Sure no problem, I completely understand.

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

Sure no problem, I completely understand.

I have replied to your private message.
I wish you the best of success with your channel.

 

[Dicaterm]

Great and useful tips

 

[crnack]

Thanks. I'm looking forward to open a tech channel.

Yes, its a good feeling to gain 100K subscribers and get verified. Yes, its good to gain the first million views.

Yesterday I was thinking about fame. And the conclusion was that the real fame is when you have 400m views on your music video.

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

I will add something new I am doing which is currently having positive effects on my channels views, and interactions; thus moving my content up the rankings and the algorithm suggesting the content to more viewers.
I am posting on my channels "Community" page daily.
I post an image, and also a question, or poll, or link to my video with a review.
Always post a question with the image. For example; "what do you think of the new X product?"
Same with the polls, post 2 images side by side; then have a poll; "which one do you prefer A or B?"
This encourages interaction from viewers, everyone loves to give their opinion on something and feel validated.
The algorithm heavily weights interactions on the community page, more than regular interactions on videos.
Reason being, the community page has been a failure for YouTube, the majority of channels don't use it, or seldom use it. It hasn't blown up the way they wanted.
So YouTube updated the algorithm to weight interactions more on the community page, than on videos.
For example, a comment, like, comment like, interaction on a video with a view will have a smaller positive effect on a channel.
The same like, comment, comment like, on the community page has a much more positive effect.
100 community interactions are more positive for a channel than 100 regular video intereactions.
The key to maximising this beneficial effect is to post on your community page every day.
Posts with links to your videos aren't weighted as much. Images with questions, and images with polls, are more heavily weighted.
That doesn't mean its bad to post an image with a link to your video; but it won't drive your content up the rankings as much as posts with questions, and posts with polls.
The key point is always use an image with a post, never just post a link, or question only, or poll only.
The algorithm is designed to read images, and then rank the images in the search, suggesting the image to viewers of similar images on YouTube.
Reason being, a viewer that has watched a video of that image before, will be more likely to watch similar content again.
Engagement is a metric that the algorithm uses to decide the ranking of content. High engagement levels on your community page, means your content will move up the rankings.
Think of like YouTube's reward to you for using their unpopular community page.
Use it daily, and your content benefits daily; more views, more likes, more comments, more comment like, more subscribers. That's the deal.
Since I started posting on my community page daily, I am seeing a consistent positive increase in the aforementioned interactions.
With regards to the images, use images that relate to your content specifically.
For example, I do product reviews; so I post images of products I review, with a question, poll, or link, related to that product.
Viewers find these questions, and polls, tempting to engage with.
The questions that work best, and the polls that work best, have only 2 options as answers.
For example; "Do you like the new 2021 brand X product?" Yes/no.
Which model brand X product do you prefer? Left/right.
Showing 2 images, and only have 2 answer options, or 2 poll options; guarantees an interaction; as its easy; yes/no, left/right.
The point with all this is consistency; posting on the community page every day.
The algorithm likes to see daily interactions on a channel.
100-1000 daily interactions added to a channel, is like 100-1000 more video likes, or video views, or comments.
The good thing is, you don't need to have uploaded another video to gain this positive benefit to your channel.
It only takes 10 seconds of your time to post an image, plus question or poll with it.
100-1000 interactions for only 10 seconds daily work.
Overall the engagement levels on my videos have increased since I started posting on my community page daily.
I am seeing more comments, more likes, views, on my content; so it all helps to move my content up the rankings to gain more views.

 

[dragondf]

I will add something new I am doing which is currently having positive effects on my channels views, and interactions; thus moving my content up the rankings and the algorithm suggesting the content to more viewers.
I am posting on my channels "Community" page daily.
I post an image, and also a question, or poll, or link to my video with a review.
Always post a question with the image. For example; "what do you think of the new X product?"
Same with the polls, post 2 images side by side; then have a poll; "which one do you prefer A or B?"
This encourages interaction from viewers, everyone loves to give their opinion on something and feel validated.
The algorithm heavily weights interactions on the community page, more than regular interactions on videos.
Reason being, the community page has been a failure for YouTube, the majority of channels don't use it, or seldom use it. It hasn't blown up the way they wanted.
So YouTube updated the algorithm to weight interactions more on the community page, than on videos.
For example, a comment, like, comment like, interaction on a video with a view will have a smaller positive effect on a channel.
The same like, comment, comment like, on the community page has a much more positive effect.
100 community interactions are more positive for a channel than 100 regular video intereactions.
The key to maximising this beneficial effect is to post on your community page every day.
Posts with links to your videos aren't weighted as much. Images with questions, and images with polls, are more heavily weighted.
That doesn't mean its bad to post an image with a link to your video; but it won't drive your content up the rankings as much as posts with questions, and posts with polls.
The key point is always use an image with a post, never just post a link, or question only, or poll only.
The algorithm is designed to read images, and then rank the images in the search, suggesting the image to viewers of similar images on YouTube.
Reason being, a viewer that has watched a video of that image before, will be more likely to watch similar content again.
Engagement is a metric that the algorithm uses to decide the ranking of content. High engagement levels on your community page, means your content will move up the rankings.
Think of like YouTube's reward to you for using their unpopular community page.
Use it daily, and your content benefits daily; more views, more likes, more comments, more comment like, more subscribers. That's the deal.
Since I started posting on my community page daily, I am seeing a consistent positive increase in the aforementioned interactions.
With regards to the images, use images that relate to your content specifically.
For example, I do product reviews; so I post images of products I review, with a question, poll, or link, related to that product.
Viewers find these questions, and polls, tempting to engage with.
The questions that work best, and the polls that work best, have only 2 options as answers.
For example; "Do you like the new 2021 brand X product?" Yes/no.
Which model brand X product do you prefer? Left/right.
Showing 2 images, and only have 2 answer options, or 2 poll options; guarantees an interaction; as its easy; yes/no, left/right.
The point with all this is consistency; posting on the community page every day.
The algorithm likes to see daily interactions on a channel.
100-1000 daily interactions added to a channel, is like 100-1000 more video likes, or video views, or comments.
The good thing is, you don't need to have uploaded another video to gain this positive benefit to your channel.
It only takes 10 seconds of your time to post an image, plus question or poll with it.
100-1000 interactions for only 10 seconds daily work.
Overall the engagement levels on my videos have increased since I started posting on my community page daily.
I am seeing more comments, more likes, views, on my content; so it all helps to move my content up the rankings to gain more views.

I am trying to get the first 1K subscribers exactly to post the same images I post in the Instagram in the Community page of YouTube.
It is really hard to migrate people from Instagram to YouTube.
At least to me, it has been very hard.

I created a thread about it:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/h...gram-to-subscribe-on-youtube-channel.1361117/
Maybe you could give a suggestion. I do not know if you have an Instagram Account to support your YouTube niche.

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

Instagram and YouTube are different platforms, with different types of users.
Instagram users like picture content, YouTube users like video content.
Therefore it is a waste of your time trying to lure users from one platform to the other.
Community posts do not build 1K subscribers. Engaging content, and panels does that.
Community posts will increase the interaction rates on your channel, therefore moving it up in the rankings.
The best way to get 1K subscribers is to upload high quality content regularly.
If you don't want to do that, then buy 1K from a panel.
In simple terms, posting your Instagram images on your community page is not going to expedite your channel gaining 1K subscribers.
I do not use Instagram, as it doesn't generate revenue.
I just see it as a distraction to 100% focus on a YouTube channel.
1 hour spent trying to get Instagram followers to look at your channel content, is 1 hour you could have spent productively on your channel.
1 hour creating a video and uploading it, editing a video, replying to comments on videos, etc.
My suggestion is delete your Instagram, and 100% focus on your channel.
If you want to succeed on YouTube it takes 100% focus, without distractions from other platforms.
I will give you some perspective on this.
I monetised my channel within the first 28 days of starting it, 1K subscribers, 4K watch hours, done.
Had I burned time on Instagram during those first 28 days I would have failed to reach that goal.
Posting 100+ Instagram pictures on my community page would not have done it.

 

[Matex0]

I will add something new I am doing which is currently having positive effects on my channels views, and interactions; thus moving my content up the rankings and the algorithm suggesting the content to more viewers.
I am posting on my channels "Community" page daily.
I post an image, and also a question, or poll, or link to my video with a review.
Always post a question with the image. For example; "what do you think of the new X product?"
Same with the polls, post 2 images side by side; then have a poll; "which one do you prefer A or B?"
This encourages interaction from viewers, everyone loves to give their opinion on something and feel validated.
The algorithm heavily weights interactions on the community page, more than regular interactions on videos.
Reason being, the community page has been a failure for YouTube, the majority of channels don't use it, or seldom use it. It hasn't blown up the way they wanted.
So YouTube updated the algorithm to weight interactions more on the community page, than on videos.
For example, a comment, like, comment like, interaction on a video with a view will have a smaller positive effect on a channel.
The same like, comment, comment like, on the community page has a much more positive effect.
100 community interactions are more positive for a channel than 100 regular video intereactions.
The key to maximising this beneficial effect is to post on your community page every day.
Posts with links to your videos aren't weighted as much. Images with questions, and images with polls, are more heavily weighted.
That doesn't mean its bad to post an image with a link to your video; but it won't drive your content up the rankings as much as posts with questions, and posts with polls.
The key point is always use an image with a post, never just post a link, or question only, or poll only.
The algorithm is designed to read images, and then rank the images in the search, suggesting the image to viewers of similar images on YouTube.
Reason being, a viewer that has watched a video of that image before, will be more likely to watch similar content again.
Engagement is a metric that the algorithm uses to decide the ranking of content. High engagement levels on your community page, means your content will move up the rankings.
Think of like YouTube's reward to you for using their unpopular community page.
Use it daily, and your content benefits daily; more views, more likes, more comments, more comment like, more subscribers. That's the deal.
Since I started posting on my community page daily, I am seeing a consistent positive increase in the aforementioned interactions.
With regards to the images, use images that relate to your content specifically.
For example, I do product reviews; so I post images of products I review, with a question, poll, or link, related to that product.
Viewers find these questions, and polls, tempting to engage with.
The questions that work best, and the polls that work best, have only 2 options as answers.
For example; "Do you like the new 2021 brand X product?" Yes/no.
Which model brand X product do you prefer? Left/right.
Showing 2 images, and only have 2 answer options, or 2 poll options; guarantees an interaction; as its easy; yes/no, left/right.
The point with all this is consistency; posting on the community page every day.
The algorithm likes to see daily interactions on a channel.
100-1000 daily interactions added to a channel, is like 100-1000 more video likes, or video views, or comments.
The good thing is, you don't need to have uploaded another video to gain this positive benefit to your channel.
It only takes 10 seconds of your time to post an image, plus question or poll with it.
100-1000 interactions for only 10 seconds daily work.
Overall the engagement levels on my videos have increased since I started posting on my community page daily.
I am seeing more comments, more likes, views, on my content; so it all helps to move my content up the rankings to gain more views.

You can't add an image to a poll, you can only post a video, a poll, or an image.

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

Apologies, I meant to say don't comment, or link only, use an image with either a comment or link.
You are correct, one cannot post a poll with an image.
Unfortunately I cannot edit the post now.

 

[ceilan]

Hello and thanks for the tips. I have a question regardless panel, you can reply in private if needed. I'm not looking for the name of the panel you using, but more for the "views" you recommend to use. Cause you didn't talked about that is your previous post, but bad views can really kill a channel authority and despite many test, i never really ranked a video with long retention views + likes. ( and i tried a lot !)
Thanks for your time
Peace

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

Hello and thanks for the tips. I have a question regardless panel, you can reply in private if needed. I'm not looking for the name of the panel you using, but more for the "views" you recommend to use. Cause you didn't talked about that is your previous post, but bad views can really kill a channel authority and despite many test, i never really ranked a video with long retention views + likes. ( and i tried a lot !)
Thanks for your time
Peace

Prior to the algorithm update, longer retention views helped to move content up in the rankings.
A view needed to be for 30 seconds to be registered by the algorithm. A 10 minute video being viewed for 10 minutes ranked higher than only being viewed 30 seconds.
However the update changed this, now viewer retention is less weighted.
The algorithm now weights interactions with views more heavily.
A 30 second view, plus like, plus comment, plus comment like; more interactions, mean more weighting than a 5 minute view with no interactions.
So buying 30+ second "high retention" views from panels does not help rank content.
High view numbers, and high interaction numbers; are more heavily weighted; they rank the content.
The algorithm weights volume of views plus interactions, rather than weighting the retention.
10K 30 seconds views plus 10K likes has more weight, than 1K 5 minute views plus no likes.
Ideally there would be high retention, high volume views, high volume interactions; this is the perfect multiplication effect for the algorithm.
It isn't possible to buy all this from panels; hence it isn't as simple as lumping on 100K high retention views to make content rank.
The algorithm now detects botted high retention views from panels that aren't interacting.
To explain my method; I use a high volume of 30+ second views; plus a high volume of interactions. This means no drops, the algorithm registers every view.
The multiplication effect of high views x high interactions; moves my content up in the rankings, it gets suggested more, so gains more organic views from then on.
I also add stimulus from eBay views (see my earlier comments for the method).
The algorithm will rank content higher when it see organic views coming from outside the platform; rather than just a YouTube or Google search for the keywords in the title and description.
The point is this, do not focus on high retention views only. Focus on high volume views, plus high interaction numbers.
1000 views, plus 100 comments, plus 1000 likes, plus 100 comment likes, etc.
The most powerful element is the interaction. The algorithm ranks content with high interaction rates.
For example, a video may only have 10K views, but if it has thousands of comments; the algorithm ranks it higher.
A video with 100K views won't rank if it only has hundreds of comments, regardless of whether the video was viewed for 30 seconds or 5 minutes.

 

[singhiem]

Good tips for the beginner. Thanks for sharing.

 

[cosmo89]

Good tips man! Keep sharing.

 

[russ11]

Prior to the algorithm update, longer retention views helped to move content up in the rankings.
A view needed to be for 30 seconds to be registered by the algorithm. A 10 minute video being viewed for 10 minutes ranked higher than only being viewed 30 seconds.
However the update changed this, now viewer retention is less weighted.
The algorithm now weights interactions with views more heavily.
A 30 second view, plus like, plus comment, plus comment like; more interactions, mean more weighting than a 5 minute view with no interactions.
So buying 30+ second "high retention" views from panels does not help rank content.
High view numbers, and high interaction numbers; are more heavily weighted; they rank the content.
The algorithm weights volume of views plus interactions, rather than weighting the retention.
10K 30 seconds views plus 10K likes has more weight, than 1K 5 minute views plus no likes.
Ideally there would be high retention, high volume views, high volume interactions; this is the perfect multiplication effect for the algorithm.
It isn't possible to buy all this from panels; hence it isn't as simple as lumping on 100K high retention views to make content rank.
The algorithm now detects botted high retention views from panels that aren't interacting.
To explain my method; I use a high volume of 30+ second views; plus a high volume of interactions. This means no drops, the algorithm registers every view.
The multiplication effect of high views x high interactions; moves my content up in the rankings, it gets suggested more, so gains more organic views from then on.
I also add stimulus from eBay views (see my earlier comments for the method).
The algorithm will rank content higher when it see organic views coming from outside the platform; rather than just a YouTube or Google search for the keywords in the title and description.
The point is this, do not focus on high retention views only. Focus on high volume views, plus high interaction numbers.
1000 views, plus 100 comments, plus 1000 likes, plus 100 comment likes, etc.
The most powerful element is the interaction. The algorithm ranks content with high interaction rates.
For example, a video may only have 10K views, but if it has thousands of comments; the algorithm ranks it higher.
A video with 100K views won't rank if it only has hundreds of comments, regardless of whether the video was viewed for 30 seconds or 5 minutes.

this is very true. but dosent youtubes algorithm know that the likes purchased from a panel don't actually watch the video. wouldn't the same account used for the view need to be the same for the like to be counted as a legit interaction.

 

[titandiscusso]

Thankyou for the information

 

[Long Runs The Fox]

this is very true. but dosent youtubes algorithm know that the likes purchased from a panel don't actually watch the video. wouldn't the same account used for the view need to be the same for the like to be counted as a legit interaction.

Interactions, and views, are registered by the algorithm regardless of source.
For example, 1000 views from one panel, and 1000 likes from another panel; all will be registered.
However to maximise the weighting by the algorithm they should ideally be from the same source.
1000 views, and 1000 likes, all coming from matching sources.
In reality this is expensive to do using panels.
Currently I am buying views, plus likes from the same source.
The typical like ratio is 30% of the view volume.
For example 1000 views, and 300 likes from the same source.
That is enough for the algorithm to weight the views and move the content up in the rankings.
So it isn't necessary to have 1000 views plus 1000 interactions matching to have the desired effect, 30% interaction rate is enough.
This is based on massive volumes being used. The positive effect is reduced exponentially when the volume is decreased.
1000 views and 300 interactions; isn't going to multiple the positive ranking effect like 100,000 views plus 30,000 interactions etc.

 

[pr3miere]

this is very true. but dosent youtubes algorithm know that the likes purchased from a panel don't actually watch the video. wouldn't the same account used for the view need to be the same for the like to be counted as a legit interaction.

Yes, you're completely right.