In my video manager, I just noticed that there are 15 pages worth of videos with "limited or no ads". Most of them are horror games. So that's stupid. This may have been the reason why I've been receiving only around $1 lately.
That sucks...I don't get it...it's just a horror game...wtf!?In my video manager, I just noticed that there are 15 pages worth of videos with "limited or no ads". Most of them are horror games. So that's stupid. This may have been the reason why I've been receiving only around $1 lately.
some YouTube channel have been hit very hard.
I'm not sure what you could do apart from reading the new guidelines and changing the way you present your content. :/
Actually, I looked at how many pages of horror games I had uploaded, and it turns out that there are a lot of horror games that are monetized. I mean, I may have actually been wrong aboutThat sucks...I don't get it...it's just a horror game...wtf!?
Have you tried requesting a manual review on the monetization section of the editing page? I've been doing that with a bunch of videos, and recently had one of them made suitable for advertisers. A game with shooting in it called "Shoot Your Nightmare: Chapter 1". Didn't actually expect a game like that to get approved.Yep, same here. Just noticed last night that YouTube (finally) got around to hitting my channel. Over 300 videos flagged as such.
I don't think there's much I can do, seeing as YouTube's guidelines are vague, unhelpful, and don't provide a specific reason as for why a particular video was flagged. Reasons include:
- "sexually suggestive" - doesn't pertain to any of my videos, really (video game/gameplay).
That aside, I'm not really in any position (or mood) to replay, re-record, re-process, re-upload hundreds of videos - thousands of hours of work - especially on the off-chance they'd just get flagged again anyway.
- "bad language" - I don't do commentary, so it can't be me. Also, very few of the games I've done playthroughs for contain any profanity at all - only one that comes to mind is Unreal Tournament III. Problem is, I've had numerous videos from various games flagged, so this isn't realistic.
- "controversial" - well I guess the abhorrence for video games with any degree of violence has escalated significantly over the last few years.
Looks like gameplay is simply no longer ad-friendly on YouTube.
Have you tried requesting a manual review on the monetization section of the editing page? I've been doing that with a bunch of videos, and recently had one of them made suitable for advertisers. A game with shooting in it called "Shoot Your Nightmare: Chapter 1". Didn't actually expect a game like that to get approved.
Youtube changed their monetize option indeed. Read a blog about it awhile agoIn my video manager, I just noticed that there are 15 pages worth of videos with "limited or no ads". Most of them are horror games. So that's stupid. This may have been the reason why I've been receiving only around $1 lately.
Looks like I wasn't the only one....My horror and violent games have been hit too....this is getting crazy! And they're not ready to take reviews on videos less than 1k views a week! / GG YT!In my video manager, I just noticed that there are 15 pages worth of videos with "limited or no ads". Most of them are horror games. So that's stupid. This may have been the reason why I've been receiving only around $1 lately.
That is just one of many questions I put to Freedom, but it seems at the time, it is simply a "YouTube" thing. I would say that unless content is changed, it could spell the end for some smaller channels wanting to get big. But it is funny, how many large YT people (who use bad language alot), seem to not look like they are affected.This is crazy, how do the expect people to grow and help them with there revenue!
Horror games are one thing , I am cool with them but they could strike a cord with a sensitive AI....but I have Farming Simulator games being demonetized due to the title being "Map Review of Russian Strip map for Farming Simulator 17". Pretty risque stuff there. Or Minecraft with a title of "Ghast fights and short flights".
Someone needs to give YouTube a reality check and debuff that AI
Some of the videos being hit are just as you folks say ,just not going to get 1000 views anymore. That is perhaps the more questionable part of the practice. I can believe that this out of control adpocalypse is causing lots of feedback to YouTube and overtaxing the system. So they suggest what amounts to the ones with the big money get a chance and screw the rest of you.
And no , Freedom is not going to help us here.They may have George brag about the millions of views across the Freedom network but as always the reality is we stand alone.