SEO 2021
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- cherub0
Why is it so hard to get people to tell the truth about SEO? Why the smoke and mirrors?
Re: My conversation with @TeamYoutube on twitter.
The rundown- I made a youtube channel. I noticed that my first two videos got only 2 views. I think something is wrong. I find this on the internet.
Then I realized that I was using my three sim card from the UK to connect to the internet during my first upload, and probably during creation of my gmail account the day before. Which explains why during my first upload my time settings were GMT instead of US central zone.
As you can see from the pic, it doesn't do any good to change your country afterwards, youtube still thinks I'm British, and won't rank my videos fairly unless I make British content.
I contact @teamyoutube ...this is my reply:
Following up: Your location impacts your audience but doesn’t necessarily mean it'll hurt your channel performance. It still depends on your overall content. We can't advise you to delete and create a new account since we don't mediate on this decision.
Note: We provide language and preferences for all countries where YouTube is available. We're also constantly expanding the ability for the product to reach more creators.
The default location is the United States if we can’t find your geography.
To change it, you can follow these steps:
Tap your profile picture.
Tap Settings.
Tap General.
Tap Location.
Select your geography.Let us know if you have any other questions.
THEN A DAY LATER....
As mentioned in our previous reply, your location won't negatively affect your channel's performance. Also, from your screenshot, it looks like the info you shared was from a 3rd-party site. Note that we can’t confirm its accuracy. ~
So frustrating. You can't even get them to SAY algorithm much less give you any useful information on how it works, or how in this case, it didn't work. Why?
"Find your geography" You mean when you wrongly assume you know my country based on my ip address? Boy, youtube is gonna freak out when they find out proxies exist.
/end rant