Originally posted by clackers If you keep the algorithm happy, when people go to Youtube your current video may appear on the startup screen.
They would be using Youtube differently from how I do. I never see the YT start-up screen, if that is what you see at www[dot]youtube[dot]com*. Maybe I did the first couple of times I ever used it. I keep YT permanently open on a tab at whatever I was watching last time. I also have my subscibed channels on my browser bookmarks.
Originally posted by clackers how will anyone ever know you made that video? Other than people who've already subscribed to you *and* bothered to click on your channel to see if you've made a new one?.
Other than via my existing subscriptions, I find Youtube videos by means of its own search facility. I have just searched for one of my own channels with a key word (using a different YT/Google id - I have several) and it came up on the first screen. I uploaded new video in the Autumn for example and it has about 100 views, nothing compared with the Northrup's of course but I'm not bothered.
Originally posted by clackers In fact, did you know Pentax Forums has a YouTube channel?
No I didn't, but thanks for pointing it out. I just searched "Pentax" on YT and it is not on the first few screens (but Snappiness, Kobie, Pentaxtips - all subscribed
and Cameraville - unsubscribed
, are all there). Searching "Pentax Forums" did find it though, and I subscribed.
Originally posted by clackers I think you can begin to see the scale of the problem.
Not a problem for me. I'm an amateur doing it for fun like I take photos. I have been rewarded by some of my videos having helped people to use technical kit for which they cannot find instructions, and getting thanks in the comments.
* I just tried it and there is all sorts of rubbish there. Is that how most people navigate YT?
PS : Sorry, I seem to be getting a bit OT.
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