Youtube deleting accounts that use software ?

Well done to youtube. They should have taken these actions long time ago.

Yes YT is deleting videos that use fake views so be careful, there are still good services out there that will not get your video deleted.

Anything that breaks You Tube's terms is reason for them to shut down your account.

They do not want you using software they want everything natural.

Whatever the API wrapper provides as functions is what they allow people to do.
They do not encourage the use of tools to buy likes, views or comments.
It's very easy for them to pinpoint who has done this and shut down accounts.
The solution is to remove your videos now, don't buy WSO's that encourage buying views and play by YouTube's and Google's rules in the future.
Game the system and you're toast.
It's not rocket science.

Yes cuz most software for any type of youtube automation of any type of thing is Shady

There's really no science behind YouTube.
I'm unsure why there are all these WSO's, tools etc for it.
All you have to do is upload your video, optimise for the title and description with your keywords, set tags and your're done.
That's it.
There's nothing more to it.
I've made good adsense over the years from YouTube by doing exactly that.

Frankly, I have always been AMAZED at sites like youtube. EVENTUALLY, they become less amazing, if you get my point. YOUTUBE ALREADY got to that point, with the advertising, etc... But if they are disabled by sharing, or yours have no such ads, sharing your videos is a pure drain.

As for the API? A lot of questions come into play. For one, maybe this youtube didn't write it, but the OLD youtube did. Such things would be problematic to remove.

Steve

There are a lot of changes taking place at YT at the moment and everybody needs to be careful until things settle down and we can be sure of what is now acceptable and what is not.

Yes, they are objecting to various software tools that used to be allowed.
Yes, there are some online video creation sites/tools that are getting the thumbs down - they want their own to be used
Yes, the use of "alias sites" such as TextNow and Pinger is to be avoided.
Yes, there are more and more unethical marketers flagging competitors videos - YT is aware of this and watching them
Yes, YT wants more content rich channels and less of the set and forget type

Hope this helps

It doesn't take long for the big G to catch up on what some marketers are doing.. I've been noticing more and more of fake comments and fake comment ratings. I wouldnt be surprised if accounts started getting deleted.

Sony lost over 1 billion views becaus eof the youtube update that took place on the 19th! I mean Youtube is owned by Google so what do you expect. Be careful bro!

Hi Chris,

Yes I think you are right. I think they are being two-faced.
It seems they are deleting accounts that use tube tool box etc.
but these software programs share videos within the TOS
and don't "fake" views. But they may be not liking the "messaging and
video comments" that these programs generate. I also think
that the comments made above about Youtube disliking things
that "used to be" ok with the "old" Youtube but can't pull it out of
the API easily is also a very possible sanario.

Sorry to hear about your channel. I guess I will have to start using
multiply channels like you suggest since Youtube is deleting accounts
without explanation.

Thanks for your input.

cheers
Jeff

Eventually all sites stop any form of automation to combate spam - even if you're not necessarily spamming..

My buddy got his channel removed. Looks like they're doing it more widespread now

Hey Vender-lock

I understand what you are saying.

I have warned against software for months now because I know how Google likes to play, and would eventually goes down this road

The safest bet with YouTube is just to do everything manually.

Even with approved software like Tube Toolbox - we are now commonly hearing accounts being shutdown quite often.

I have a lot of WSO's that encourage software, but I just learn the methods being taught and implement everything manually, and don't seem to run into a problem.

I don't have a lot of experience with API's but from what I understand is, that you can get an API for just about anything, but how you use it, is completely up to you.
So it wouldn't be difficult for a programmer to create software for sending messages, views, likes, comments, etc...
...but it doesn't mean YouTube would agree with it.

Go Manual - using software directly on a Google platform is a probably a recipe for disaster.

Then again, I get the impression that for most folk it's a numbers game, and when one account closes just open 20 more.

...And if someone is making good money doing that, who can argue with them.

I just don't see software on YouTube as a viable long term strategy for video marketing

Just my two cents

Hi, by my side I got an account closed just for posting some Amazon review videos from a well known WSO I bought here on Warrior Forum.
If you want to solve that, the better is to try other video networks, or upload the videos just for you as private, then share them on your pages.

Doing marketing on Youtube is becoming difficult, because they are unprofessional.

See you soon,
Alessandro

YouTube (via Google) detects every automated software-generated scheme imaginable, and they do in fact disable (delete, penalize) everything that they detect violates their terms of service.

Unfortunately, they sometimes penalize you for non-automated, non-violations of terms of service, too.

Once they have disabled the videos, the links leading back to your site are still existent (behind the scenes, even though you can't see them), and they penalize any site they had previously linked to. (You can see evidence of this in your Google Webmaster Tools and typically as evidenced by dropped ranking in serps.) True, you can then 'dis-avow' the links, but since they originated with YouTube (controlled by Google), the penalties are still existent behind the scenes in Google's Big Brother memory bank..

Hopefully someday we can all become Google non-dependent.

LifeIsGood ~ It's About To Get Even Better!

I sure hope they are deleting accounts that use software.

Anyone using Youtube the way it was intended to be used does not need to use software.

Good riddance to those users I say.

I just heard it from you. And that is very upsetting. There are lots of people who use softwares, I was once one of them. but now i don't use any software so I am not worried.

I think we have all purchased software to automate or in effect cheat the system. If we read the add copy it even claims to beat the system. The "system" in this case Google is pretty smart and figures it out after a while. I agree with the do it naturally crowd fewer problems down the road plus you learn a new skill.

Software automation issues can be problematic. Most of the people that are being banned have 'spun' videos,' and have not created content that is really informative or worth watching. Always come back to what Google's main premise is: Give the viewer so their user experience is worthwhile to them -- not to your backlink strategy.

Also it sounds like a few of the people who had reposted others' videos may have violated copyright laws. Copyright laws are in place to help the person who created the content retain their ownership of it. You take, now you get slapped. For years, people have taken the content and figured it was OK. It's never been OK, and now it the solution can track things on a more sophisticated level.

TIP: if you've used images that you don't own the rights for in your videos, either pull down the videos completely. Or go back, license the images, redo the video with the licensed or public domain content, and sleep better at night knowing your business won't get hit. SEO now stands for "Search Engine Open" because all that we do is now open to be verified as ours - or not.

Interesting post - appreciate everyone's input.