YouTube Q&A [AMA]

wengthemeng said:

Good day BHW,

I found myself answering a bunch of people's questions quite thoroughly in this section of the forum to only realize that not everyone is probably gonna read my answers. So why not start an AMA?

I hope to inspire/ motivate people to take action on YouTube

Ask me anything regarding the following topics (credits to @Takurah for this list)

• Content Creation
• Keywords
• Proper Titles
• Traffic sourcing
• Fake view boosting
• Back Linking
• Editing Software
• Niche Finding
• What to film/edit/make next?
• Why things go viral.
• Basic Algorithms
• Collaborations
• Camera
• Lighting
• Monetizing your Youtube Channel

All that and any of that plus more.

Here are a few questions I've answered already:

Q: If I bought subs+ views and reached monetization criteria, will my channel get monetized?
A: A lot more details are factored when it comes to monetizing your channel. I ll layout my process of how someone i know monetizes their channel and has actually done it for me too.
1) aged YT account
2) i branded the account, actually created a profile pic/ banner/ created twitter page as well to link it with.
3) posted 3 videos; 2 10 min long ones, and 1 2 hour long one- similar niche, commentary/ screen record type videos.
4) Buying subs is easy, im not gonna recommend an SMM panel though but justbuy 1k.
5) as for teh watch hours, my friend has his guy bot the watch time on his 2 hour long video.
6) apply for monetization; receive acceptance after 2-3 weeks.

Now this is the general criteria I follow after I receive approval:
1) Keep videos public until more than 10 new videos are posted.
2. dont change primary owner for another 6 months
3. NEVER turn on monetization for the watch hours video
4. Dont change passwords for a couple of months
5. dont change emails for a couple of months
6. It???s OKAY to monetize new videos on the channel that you post.

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Q: If my YouTube account was connected to a banned adsense acccount, is it still okay for me to connect another adsense account to it?
A: From what I've learned from google reps through chat is this:
Channel A is connected to Adsense A.
Adsense A gets banned, but Channel A is still monetizable.
You are still allowed to connect Channel A to Adsense B.

If the reasons why Adsense A got banned though is BECAUSE of YouTube activity, then youre gonna need to fix your youtube to abide by YouTube policies. If you don't, then you would then be putting Adsense B at harm.
If the reasons why Adsense A got banned is NOT because of YouTube activity, then connecting Channel A to Adsense B should be perfectly fine.

You'll know if Adsense A got banned because of Channel A if you receive a notification or copyright strike or etc. that it was related to youtube activity.


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Looking forward to answering your questions during this quarantine time.

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DDi said:

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idk what happened to the quote. But i quoated, that you set the videos to private / untlisted for 1-3 days, to check if a copyright infringement comes up and if not you set them to public

do you still do this for every video you upload?

thanks a lot, learned many new things!

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josh98 said:

If you were starting out, would you buy an already monetized channel or start from scratch?

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Veselin Dragnev said:

In the past it was possible to put direct affiliate link in the description/comment section without being deleted same goes for a page with locked content. Now it works oy with landing page with CTA Button that goes to the actual aff link or page with content locker so is there any way to put direct link again without being deleted? I've heard that a fresh domain with simple redirect works, what is youe experience?

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MarjolaineAuger said:

A youtuber told me that it???s better to put stock footages to show youtube it???s your own video.

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Sinnerbh said:

Would you suggest to buy watch hours and subs for a personal long term fitness channel until it gets monetized, to help the grow? Because you know, monetized channel get better exposure.
If not, the road to the monetization is really long for a new channel..
If yes, it would be risky to do it?

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u2u2u2 said:

Thanks for ama what would you suggest

Buying a aged account or starting with brand new channel ?

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BeingEric said:

Question 1 - How to Get Free Traffic on our link shortner |

Question 2 - Secret Method For Getting More Views on Short Links

Question 3 - how to post link shortner to subreddit without getting banned

Question 4 - can you sugesst some subreddit group name to post link shortner to get traffic on site?

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Brilliant Digital Services said:

How to improve suggested views?

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SthlmNikki said:

Hello!

Im sorry but my english is not the best but do you know anything about deleting someone else video on youtube? I have reported the video many times but nothing happends, is there any information you know or website I can visit? Im really thankful for any answer
Have a good day!

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Russ Thomas said:

when does a video usually take off on the suggested/recommeneded algorithm? My videos have around 15-20% CTR and 60% retention

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wengthemeng said:

All of mine that have taken off didn't even have the best CTR or watch time- but they ALL have been over 10% CTR and 40% retention.

A few questions to consider for you:
1) how long are your videos?
2) is your niche actually "viral" content?
3) are there are lot of videos in your niche?
4) Where is most of your current traffic coming from?
5) 15-20% CTR and 60% retention but how many views roughly?

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Russ Thomas said:

1. some are 5 minutes and some are 15-20 min
2. yes definitely
3. yes very competetive
4. browse features and youtube search
5. new videos usually around 100-500 views and videos that are a few weeks only have around 3k

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RoyalCobra777 said:

I watch your yt channel quite a lot. You answer most of the questions there. Thank you for that.

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Online Vulture said:

Hey @wengthemeng - I have now uploaded more than 10 videos and have more than matched the 4k watch hours purchased originally. I know you mentioned in your original post it will now be okay to unlist/put to private the original videos used to get monetized, but something makes me nervous about doing so. Can you reassure me it will not harm my channel? They are gaming clips and don't relate to the channel so hiding them would be ideal.

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Im a little lost of what you're referring to. So you have a channel that was botted to get monetized. At this point, I would keep those as nonmonetized, and then start uploading videos that CAN be monetized.

It does depend on your supplier though. I've done this method which works but sometimes it still gets the channel demonetized though. Sorry i cant assure you 100% i just do what usually works for me and my clients.

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darkhackerx said:

Hello Bro, so my Channel is about Tutorial and free tricks and i have only left with 16000 watch minutes to complete my monetization criteria.

So just after completing my criteria if i would submit my application for monetization will be it be accepted or not

Or should i wait for some time and then apply for monetization

This is my channel

Dark HackerX

Hey guys, This channel is about hacking. I will post videos on modded apps and how to use them. I will also add videos of android hacking. Getting Paid Cours...

www.youtube.com

Looking for your reply thanks in advance.

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ebay3r said:

Why can i rank for pretty high competitive keywords but then after a couple days the ranking drops slowly? How can i maintain the rank? it has happened so many times

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Online Vulture said:

I mean as in the method of getting monetized with an SMM. It's what you reference on doing? I did this method. The original videos I used to become monetized are still on my channel not monetized - you state on your original post that after uploading 10 videos afterwards and reaching over 4k watchtime organically - it should be okay to remove them. I have uploaded more than 10 monetized videos now. Can you confirm it is okay to remove them based on your experience?

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darkhackerx said:

Hello Bro, so my Channel is about Tutorial and free tricks and i have only left with 16000 watch minutes to complete my monetization criteria.

So just after completing my criteria if i would submit my application for monetization will be it be accepted or not

Or should i wait for some time and then apply for monetization

This is my channel

Dark HackerX

Hey guys, This channel is about hacking. I will post videos on modded apps and how to use them. I will also add videos of android hacking. Getting Paid Cours...

www.youtube.com

Looking for your reply thanks in advance.

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