I just wanted to share a recent experience. I have been creating long form video. Friday, I realized I could utilize my frontal views to create YouTube shorts. I went crazy. I created videos and thumbnails for the shorts. By Monday, I had 6 shorts. Monday night, I realized the thumbnails were poor quality. So, I attached them to a ChatGPT chat and ask for Photorealistic image. They looked fantastic. But Wednesday night, I reviewed my channel on the TV. The short thumbnails were cutting off the banner and Hooks. I worked to recreate the images with ChatGPT. I needed to leave the top empty and bring the Hook down into the Safe Zone. One of the major issues was GPT Image 2 kept placing the Text outside the side of the Safe Zone. We eventually had to strictly define the Pixel locations. By Thursday morning I had corrected it. Please be careful when creating thumbnails.

UPDATE: I'm GOING LIVE EVERY DAY at 7:00 PM CST to chat about YouTube Updates, News, Tips, anything I know and can find to share that will help us. I WILL GET THE 2,400 HOURS I NEED with uploading weekly content, going Live, and repurpose Long Form Videos to Shorts. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The YouTube Partner Program Changes 👉👉 STARTS Feb 1, 2027 — New Creators need 8,000 watch hours (was 4,000) + 1,000 subs. 👉👉 Shorts increase to 20M views. 👉👉Already monetized or Get Monetized by Jan 31, 2027? You are Grandfathered In. Just Need to Accept the New Terms in YouTube Studio. 💥💥Super Chats, Super Thanks, Memberships remain the same—need 500 subs + 3,000 hours. _______________________________________________________________________________________ So anyone that’s near or wants to reach a 4000 hours before February let’s help each other out to reach the 4000 hours by attending each other’s lives or watching videos. Even though becoming monetized is a great achievement it’s not the only way to make money, but it helps and would be great to accomplish it before February 1, 2027. _______________________________________________________________________________________ I’m asking for your support to attend my Saturday Live at 12:00 pm CST or Evening at 7:00 PM CST. https://www.youtube.com/@LillieHandyDominguez Starting YouTube at 71 | Saturday Live Q&A https://youtube.com/live/4OgmJfZR9xM?feature=share _______________________________________________________________________________________ I currently have 1,603.4 hours and would like to reach 4,000 before February 1, 2027. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ❤️❤️❤️I will support you! COMMENT WITH your CHANNEL Live link or videos TO watch if you want to reach 4,000 watch hours before deadline. ❤️❤️❤️ _______________________________________________________________________________________

The vast majority of creators think YouTube judges a video on its own merits. Post it, wait, see what happens. That's not quite how it works. When your video goes live, YouTube immediately looks for a warm audience to serve it to. People it already knows have an interest in what you talk about. If you've been quiet all week, that list is thin. So the video gets shown to cold traffic first, click-through is low, and the algorithm concludes nobody wants it. That's not a bad video. That's a cold start. Here's the fix. Every time someone watches a Short from your channel or sees a Community post, YouTube adds them to what I think of as your warm list. It knows they care about your topic. So when Thursday's video drops, it's got a pool of active, interested viewers to recommend it to right away. The first hour looks completely different. One long-form video per week is enough. But the week around it matters. A couple of Shorts clipped from the video, scheduled across the days before and after. A Community post or two keeping the topic alive. Daily presence without daily production. The one thing that kills this is Shorts that pull in the wrong audience. Trending sounds, off-topic hooks - they train the algorithm to associate your channel with people who'll never sit and watch a 15-minute video. Keep everything contextually relevant, and the model works. What does your week look like between uploads right now? Curious what people are actually doing.

Possible Help for YouTube & Facebook Content ID Copyright Claims Hello everyone, I wanted to share something that may be helpful if you're receiving Content ID copyright claims on YouTube, Facebook, or other social media platforms, even though you're using music that was provided through a licensed AI video creation service. Like many creators, I've experienced a number of automated Content ID claims involving background music that was supplied through a commercial platform. After contacting customer support, I received confirmation that the music is licensed for commercial use. I also learned that automated Content ID systems can sometimes identify licensed music and generate claims even when the creator has the proper rights to use it. The encouraging news is that the matter is now being directed to the appropriate licensing department so they can provide additional guidance regarding documentation and the proper process for resolving these claims. While I'm still waiting for their official response, this appears to be a positive step toward a solution. If they provide documentation, guidance, or a recommended procedure that can help creators resolve these automated claims more easily, I'll be happy to share that information with the community. For now, my recommendation is: - Don't panic if you receive an automated Content ID claim. - Keep records showing where your music came from. - Contact the company that supplied the music through your editing platform. - Ask whether they can provide licensing documentation or instructions for disputing claims. - Be patient while the appropriate licensing department reviews your request. Many of these claims appear to be generated automatically and do not necessarily mean you've intentionally violated anyone's copyright. As soon as I receive an official response from the licensing department, I'll post an update for everyone. I hope this information is helpful. Best wishes, Dr. Casey Hamlin Casey's Travel Magic Quiet Wisdom – Casey

Anyone know much about the shorts algorithm? Without going into all the detail, ive had shorts doing reasonably well for my channel for some time, then suddenly the view counts have dropped dramatically and im working hard to understand why, but im puzzled by it. Very high "stayed to watch" percentage, but it seems low percentage and numbers of them being shown in feed .. im stumped When it first happened I had uploaded a short which had "glitched" on upload and repeated itself, meaning the retention graph showed a sharp drop in people staying to view, exactly half way through, but that doesn't explain the next three shorts being as low also. Any advice would be welcome 🙏