I've always been curious about how many people have watched a video that I've watched or that I've posted myself. Not that its the main reason I will watch a video.
One thing I've noticed is that Youtube freezes all videos no matter who made them. This is the same for Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Carly Rae Jepsen or myself. Once they feel that the numbers were not inflated they will allow the numbers to rise again. I have seen videos get stuck anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months. One video has been stuck since it was made. It all depends on if they get back to you and update your video. Personally I don't care for the new system they use. I do understand its to keep bots from faking the numbers because their advertisers are paying to be noticed and not run past by bots.
The same can be done with Facebook. There are some who have bought likes on Facebook. Why do people do this? Either to gain a reputation, get attention, to rise in the numbers so when there is a search. they are more likely to come to the top. I've noticed if you simply have topics others want to read about, it will come up. I'm the type of person who loves to search through the first 20 search pages on Google when I'm looking for something. Since I do that I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one but it does help to have topics people are interested in.
You can pay Youtube to unfreeze your numbers, personally I think freezing the numbers to begin with is to get you to pay in the first place. Personally the extent they say they go to, making sure the numbers are accurate by not over counting one person several times is inaccurate. Very sad since the ads they show to that one person, they still see all 5 ads. So what is the difference if that person views something five times and the ad gets ingrained into the mind versus five individuals who see it once and forget it because they are concentrating on the video they are waiting for?
I've found that unless you're paying to have YouTube remove the number freeze or paying for an ad to be placed on your video, the majority get banned or your Adsense gets dumped. I have not gotten paid for anything from Adsense and I had accumulated quite a bit before they decided to drop my Adsense account. Sadly they are not adult enough to explain the reason they did this other then to direct me to a link that shows the top 10 reasons for being dropped, a link that is general and does not explain why they targeted my account. I have verified myself and my company by providing a link directly with my company website, company phone and address. I have done everything they asked and yet they can't simply explain why they dumped my account. I guess it's cheaper to them to get in the ads and then use a false dumping policy. Personally I find Youtube to be a joke and if your a real advertiser to do your business elsewhere.
I work with Videos quite a bit. I make video book trailers for Center One Publishing. I also play around with my own. The only reason I use Youtube is to store videos, I don't allow ads on any of my videos. If I don't paid then neither do they.
If you are promoting an author page or novel it helps to have an account at
www.goodreads.com
http://yourbookauthors.com/
http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/
Good reads requires you to rate 50 books before you can upload your personal book and your book authors is free membership unless you go under author then its $5. but it helps keep the spammers to a minimum. People tend to be more serious.
The links below are my own personal links, either to my blogs, author page and the like. Others are other authors who are published through the same company.
Center One Books www.c1books.us
Patience’s Love http://youtu.be/sUyJGIf4h18
Son of the Avis http://youtu.be/AmGm6Q5O_xI
Family Secrets, Obscured Darkness http://youtu.be/Fzh-AhsbVKA
http://www.youtube.com/user/RebekahMcClew
https://twitter.com/RebekahMcClew
http://www.facebook.com/Author.RebekahMcClew
http://www.youtube.com/user/RebekahMcClew
https://twitter.com/RebekahMcClew
http://www.facebook.com/Author.RebekahMcClew
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