Comments on: Your YouTube Content: Do NOT Count on Third Parties to Keep it Forever.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:03:35 +0000

Great to know,
I have notices a lot of fitness stuff getting pulled down and now I know the reason…why do some of the most famous videos no longer appear. Is it because the owners take them down, or is it generally you tube.

By: Sabs

Sabs — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:00:03 +0000

Good points. It’s never a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket. YouTube certainly has seemed to give more accounts and individual videos the boot lately. I hope there’s at least a reasonable appeal process if this does happen, since YouTube is by far the biggest video site.

By: Down Or Just Me

Down Or Just Me — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:10:52 +0000

Thanks for the tips, Nicole! I haven’t been using YouTube (from the non-watching end at least) for very long so this was all very helpful, I wasn’t backing up my videos but I sure will now! 🙂

Laurie

By: Richard | Fake Grass

Richard | Fake Grass — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:28:42 +0000

I’ve noticed YouTube taking down lots a lot more videos recently for quite trivial offences… which seems odd when most of their site is made up of copyrighted material!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:36:37 +0000

I would be careful about completely relying on Google for email also. I know it’s convenient and they have some nice features, but they can shut down your account for what ever reason they decide and all of a sudden, you won’t have access to your email either! I’m not saying don’t use them, but just go in with your eyes open and think about the risk.

By: John D

John D — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:43:09 +0000

Yep, being at the mercy of 3rd parties is really unpleasant, especially when most of the policing is done through automation. Because these sites deal with so much volume, if you get caught even as legitimate it’s pretty hard to get yourself fixed.

By: Sinea

Sinea — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:52:56 +0000

I just posted my first You Tube video and posted it to my site as an intro.
Glad to find this post. There is a lot I don’t know.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:25:09 +0000

Darren Rowse of Problogger and Tiffany Dow both had their accounts banned. Darren has his account restored but I believe Tiffany did not. The best move to make, like Nicole said, is to save and back up everything. Any third party site, especially if it is free, has the right to change up the rules when they want and that leaves us all vulnerable. This is one of the reasons why I strongly suggest those that are blogging to set up wordpress on their own hosting. Everything that you have worked so hard for can be taken away on these free platforms.

By: Cliff Pasta

Cliff Pasta — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:12:31 +0000

Thanks for the great “heads up” Nicole. YouTube will most likely be everchanging, so we really do need to stay alert to whats going on.

Al was asking about downloading video content from YouTube even if it wasn’t your video. There is a free way to do that using a Firefox plugin called “Download Helper”. I use it all the time to place lengthy training videos onto my desktop so I’m not subject to bandwidth and traffic issues while trying to study from online content.

You can find the Firefox video Download Helper at:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/

It’s well worth the time to learn how to use this great little tool. Once you do you’ll find yourself using it for a lot of different things.

To Your Success!
Cliff

By: Jason Mitchev

Jason Mitchev — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:53:19 +0000

Ohhh! I just overheard a business owner this morning at the pool. She is working with another business on a project they plan on using Youtube. Thanks so much for the information. I can now give her a heads-up so she can re-work her plans. It would be a shame for her to get it all up and running and then have it all pulled.