YouTube Vids and Monetisation

[Axe]

I have just spent 5 minutes which is a long time trying to find a review of a Steam game and have failed to find anything worthy of watching without my blood boiling.

All the vids are so monetised I couldn't get even a few seconds of video before the 'next' ads kicked in to ruin my desire to find a simple game review.

What I would like to know if these YouTube posters still get paid even if we just click on and off their off their junky awful vid. This appears fraudulent to me.

I'd like to think these morons shouldn't get paid unless their mostly dreadful videos are watched fully through as I have spent hours upon hours aborting vids that just end up being lies and utter crap and not as advertised. Is there any criteria at all for being paid or not?

I'd be very grateful if their is someone who can iron this out for me as the reality is tedious and time consuming at best and depressing at worst.

[Seraphita]

Sooo, you never used Ublock? Or you know, other adblockers? Like, for me and for years, it's been like "What are ads?" I didn't even know such a thing existed (/s) until you told me about it. But yes, ads bring them money. Not much but it does. You can just block them.

[Mad Scientist]

uBlock and other extensions make the internet a much cleaner place, you should try it. Some sites lose half the stuff on them which shows how many sites are mostly paid advertising.

[Seraphita]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mad Scientist:

uBlock and other extensions make the internet a much cleaner place, you should try it. Some sites lose half the stuff on them which shows how many sites are mostly paid advertising.

And some websites have absolutely disgusting amount of ads. (I tested it at times.) Like, a full page with ads every "levels" of the webpage with content in-between. It's nasty...

[Axe]

Godd sugestions and thanks but here is the question again.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Axe:

I have just spent 5 minutes which is a long time trying to find a review of a Steam game and have failed to find anything worthy of watching without my blood boiling.

All the vids are so monetised I couldn't get even a few seconds of video before the 'next' ads kicked in to ruin my desire to find a simple game review.

What I would like to know if these YouTube posters still get paid even if we just click on and off their off their junky awful vid. This appears fraudulent to me.

I'd like to think these morons shouldn't get paid unless their mostly dreadful videos are watched fully through as I have spent hours upon hours aborting vids that just end up being lies and utter crap and not as advertised. Is there any criteria at all for being paid or not?

I'd be very grateful if their is someone who can iron this out for me as the reality is tedious and time consuming at best and depressing at worst.

[Seraphita]

Well, if you mean the only "?" in your post, you would have to ask youtube... But because I feel like I didn't quite respond to it the first time, here's what I can find. I hope the following link can do better to answer you. Otherwise, I'm not really sure what they are:

https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/monetization-policies/#advertising-policies

[Mad Scientist]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Axe:

Godd sugestions and thanks but here is the question again.

This is Steam Discussions. Things about Steam. There's the Off-Topic section for everything else.

Ads played results in a share to the creator, or otherwise ads done within the video, usually the 2nd as adblockers are becoming more of a tool for regular people. Playing the whole video helps statistics and recommendations, but these have nothing to do with Steam.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Seraphita:

https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/monetization-policies/#advertising-policies

[peppermint hollows]

From a quick google search, most of their revenue comes from "ad views" and YouTube seems to make a distinction between ad views and video views. YouTube themselves says "There are no guarantees under the YouTube partner agreement about how much or whether you'll be paid. Earnings are generated based on a share of advertising revenue from viewers watching your video."

So no, they don't get paid based on views alone, which makes sense, there's no incentive for YT to pay you unless you're generating ad revenue for their ad sponsors.

[Axe]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Seraphita:

Well, if you mean the only "?" in your post, you would have to ask youtube. But for the sake of feeling like I didn't quite respond to it the first time, here's what I can find. I hope the following link can do better to answer you. Otherwise, I'm not really sure what they are:

https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/monetization-policies/#advertising-policies

No worries. I was simply asking if anyone here knew the answer. If people don't then that's fine by me. I have no interest in sparring.

A simple answer is OK with me. A yes I know or silence if you don't is OK. I can do discussion elsewhere but I am not asking for it here and I am being polite even if it doesn't sound that way

[Seraphita]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Axe:

No worries. I was simply asking if anyone here knew the answer. If people don't then that's fine by me. I have no interest in sparring.

A simple answer is OK with me. A yes I know or silence if you don't is OK. I can do discussion elsewhere but I am not asking for it here and I am being polite even if it doesn't sound that way

No worries, I understand. But yes, this link seems to describe it well. It does not tell how many ads can a video have, though. Only that a video has to be eligible to get ads. I may have found a link that gives more details about the requirements. This should interest you:

https://vidiq.com/blog/post/how-to-monetize-youtube-channel-beginners-guide/

[Axe]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mad Scientist:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Axe:

Godd sugestions and thanks but here is the question again.

This is Steam Discussions. Things about Steam. There's the Off-Topic section for everything else.

Yeah I know I've been posting on 'em for years now doooood. I don't need patronising any way up so just don't OK?. I've even spoken to you earlier on... :-/

[Axe]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Seraphita:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Axe:

No worries. I was simply asking if anyone here knew the answer. If people don't then that's fine by me. I have no interest in sparring.

A simple answer is OK with me. A yes I know or silence if you don't is OK. I can do discussion elsewhere but I am not asking for it here and I am being polite even if it doesn't sound that way

No worries, I understand. But yes, this link seems to describe it well. It does not tell how many ads can a video have, though. Only that a video has to be eligible to get ads. I may have found a link that gives more details about the requirements. This should interest you:

https://vidiq.com/blog/post/how-to-monetize-youtube-channel-beginners-guide/

Thanks so much my man/woman

[Axe]

I'm out now as asking something on here should not be so difficult but sadly someone always needs to make it so.

Thanks to all who managed to reply without having an anxiety attack. Tada and thanks Seraphita.
Bye.

[Kenpoleon Bonaparte]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Seraphita:

Sooo, you never used Ublock? Or you know, other adblockers? Like, for me and for years, it's been like "What are ads?" I didn't even know such a thing existed (/s) until you told me about it. But yes, ads bring them money. Not much but it does. You can just block them.

I use an adblocker for the internet in general, but a few months ago YouTube started cracking down on them. Now when I click to watch a YouTube video I get a message to turn off my adblocker in order to continue. The video will NOT play until I do.

[Seraphita]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Kenpoleon Bonaparte:

I use an adblocker for the internet in general, but a few months ago YouTube started cracking down on them. Now when I click to watch a YouTube video I get a message to turn off my adblocker in order to continue. The video will NOT play until I do.

Use Ublock, fully update it. I never got a single ad. But yes, youtube is planning some kind of revolution in 2024 or something. Supposedly, that will break some adblockers in the future. In my case, I heard of your situation but Ublock always protected me from it so far.

[Kenpoleon Bonaparte]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Seraphita:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Kenpoleon Bonaparte:

I use an adblocker for the internet in general, but a few months ago YouTube started cracking down on them. Now when I click to watch a YouTube video I get a message to turn off my adblocker in order to continue. The video will NOT play until I do.

Use Ublock, fully update it. I never got a single ad. But yes, youtube is planning some kind of revolution in 2024 or something. Supposedly, that will break some adblockers in the future. In my case, I heard of your situation but Ublock always protected me from it so far.

I'll look into that one, and see if it can still get around YouTube's crackdown. Thanks for the info.