2016 Inward Review: Adsense - Updated Concern Human Relationship Interface, Improve Communication, Novel Refer Types

AdSense had or thence solid updates inwards 2016. The AdSense concern human relationship interface got a makeover as well as at that topographic point were novel advertizing formats. And at that topographic point was much amend communication, alongside the destination of "becoming to a greater extent than transparent as well as accessible to the online marketing community."

My exceed AdSense updates for 2016:

•  Weekly #AskAdSense office hours
• AdSense concern human relationship interface gets a cloth pattern update
• Introducing Page Level Ads
• Earn coin alongside Matched Content
• AdSense Labs: exam experimental features from your AdSense account

Fake News supported past times AdSense

One of the big stories of 2016 was the proliferation of mistaken intelligence sites. These are sites that be exclusively for the advertizing revenue - the "news" they issue is made upwards as well as optimized for clicks. They got a boost when credulous people  - including politicians - shared the articles equally if they were real.  It was neat for the enterprising Macedonian teenagers (and others) who created the sites, non thence neat for political discourse.

In response, AdSense policy was updated to prohibit mistaken intelligence sites (and Facebook banned mistaken intelligence sites from using its advertising network too).

Ad Blockers

2016 was also the twelvemonth that advertising platforms fought dorsum against advertizing blockers. AdSense has pretty much stayed out of the fray, but inwards August at that topographic point was an amusing few weeks where   Adblock Plus had establish a means to shell Facebook's adblocker-blocker. Facebook thence rolled out code to Google chop-chop refuted. And thence Adblock clarified they were never selling ads, they simply desire publishers to use ads from i of their "Acceptable Ads" providers (which doesn't include AdSense). This doesn't appear similar a win for publishers to me.

AdSense's take is that advertizing blockers are indeed a concern, as well as they desire to operate inside the manufacture to develop standards "that let sites as well as publishers to non stimulate got their ads blocked" piece "investing inwards amend ads experiences"

The state of war volition probable rage on through 2017 as well as beyond.

Meanwhile, I'm hoping for or thence variety of resolution that allows Publishers similar me to display ads without annoying my site's visitors to the indicate where they experience similar all ads demand block.

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Read on for to a greater extent than details virtually AdSense updates inwards 2016 as well as my favorite AdSense tips. 

Getting answers to your AdSense questions

AdSense has been trying to amend communicate alongside Publishers, alongside tips, updates as well as direct answering user questions. Here's how you lot tin larn to a greater extent than virtually AdSense as well as acquire your questions answered:

Official updates, announcements as well as tips:

• Follow +Google AdSense on Google+ 
• Follow @AdSense on Twitter
• Read the official Inside AdSense blog
• Subscribe to the official AdSense YouTube channel

#AskAdSense Office Hours

Every Th morning time at 9:30 AM (Pacific time) AdSense back upwards has been answering questions posted on Google+ as well as Twitter alongside the #AskAdSense hashtag. They are off for the holidays, as well as it's possible the fourth dimension may change, thence confirm earlier posting your interrogation side past times side Thursday!

#AskTheAdSenseGuy

John Brown, caput of Publisher Policy Communications, has been writing an #AskTheAdSenseGuy column for Search Engine Journal. Read all his articles.

You tin tweet your questions to @sejournal alongside the #AskTheAdSenseGuy hashtag, or fill out this form.

2016 AdSense Updates

This year's AdSense updates.

Account updates

• January The novel AdSense Optimization tab shows tailored tips for your site
• April Maligayang pagbati mula sa AdSense! Filipino is instantly an AdSense supported language
• May AdSense introduces Impression Charts inwards the Ad Review center
• May AdSense Publishers: Google tin run experiments on your behalf
• June AdSense Labs: exam experimental features from your AdSense account
• October The AdSense concern human relationship interface gets a cloth pattern update
• November Meet the novel AdSense concern human relationship user interface (now the default)

New as well as updated advertizing formats

• March AdSense Publishers: Allow ads alongside your Matched Content
• April The side past times side generation of AdSense ads: Page-Level Ads
• September Booting the bots: New botnet protections across our ads systems
• April AdSense rolls out defenses against Clickjacking
• May Preventing accidental clicks for a amend mobile ads experience
• August AdSense Valuable Inventory advertizing placement policy (see clarification)
• November AdSense policy is beingness updated to prohibit mistaken intelligence sites
• November Be careful who you lot percentage your AdSense concern human relationship with!
• Is your AdSense click-through-rate (CTR) as well as revenue (RPM) lower than expected on mobile?

Invalid activeness as well as policy issues

• Why at that topographic point may endure deductions for invalid activeness inwards your AdSense account
• AdSense Publishers: Get your complimentary all-in-one AdSense Policy Compliance Guide
• Did you lot have an AdSense policy violation warning? Don't panic!
• #AskTheAdSenseGuy: the Valuable Inventory Policy Update
• YouTube Partners as well as AdSense Publishers: brand certain your content is Advertiser-Friendly!
• Other sites are using my advertizing code. What should I do?

Set upwards your ads

• How to brand the most of Matched content
• Are native ads correct for your website?
• Monetizing for Multi-Screen: optimize AdSense ads for all screens
• How to laid AdSense to add together advertising to your Blogger blog
• Are native ads correct for your site? Download our novel #AdSenseGuide to detect out…
• Control the ads displayed on your site (video)

Updated March 2019 to take away Google+ links

What To Create If Your Youtube Partner Plan Application Was Rejected For Duplication Or Reused Content

YouTube has clarified that the YouTube Partner Program requires channels to conduct maintain original too relevant content. Even you lot upload world domain movies or "fair use" video compilations, you lot necessitate to "add value" to monetize that content.

YouTube started a review procedure for YouTube Partner Program applications inwards 2017. Formerly at that topographic point wasn't a review of a channel's content earlier monetization was enabled, too credence was ordinarily fast too automatic.

With the novel reviews, a number of channels conduct maintain had their application rejected  - or their monetization disabled - for the ambiguously-named "Duplication", "Repetitive Content" or "Reused Content".

Information provided to rejected Partner Program applicants on their Monetization Settings tab focused on copyright issues, which didn't ever seem to apply to the creator's channel. And spell it is possible to reapply subsequently thirty days, YouTube didn't render whatever guidance virtually what steps could live taken to amend the likelihood an application would live approved.

Now YouTube has hold upwardly provided to a greater extent than information virtually what "Duplication" includes, too best practices users should follow.

It’s of import to complaint that “duplicative content” is non merely virtually copyright. The spirit of this YPP policy is to brand certain we’re alone allowing channels into the plan when the content adds value, too is original too relevant

Your content is expected to comply alongside the YouTube Partner Program Policies, Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines and the AdSense Program Policies which include the AdSense Quality Guidelines.  

Examples of content that is not acceptable for the YouTube Partner Program:

• The primary role of your channel is to monetize other channels’ or sources’ content, fifty-fifty if you lot conduct maintain a license or permission to exercise the content
• Content that is repetitious or appears to live automatically generated 
• Content from tertiary political party sources alongside no content or narrative added past times the creator
• Content uploaded many times past times multiple users too you’re non the original uploader 
• Content uploaded inwards a agency that is trying to larn to a greater extent than or less YouTube's copyright tools

You tin get to a greater extent than detailed information inwards the YouTube Help Center and this FAQ inwards the YouTube tending forum. Here are specific examples of what is non allowed equally of Jan 2019:

What you lot should produce if your application for the YouTube Partner Program was rejected for "Duplication" or "Reused Content"

Sometimes YouTube gets it wrong. And sometimes you lot may merely necessitate to accommodate your content to comply alongside YouTube's policies. Here is what you lot should produce earlier you lot reapply

• Review the YouTube Partner Program Policies and the AdSense Quality Guidelines
• Make certain that you lot conduct maintain a license or explicit written permission to exercise whatever 3rd political party content commercially. YouTube provides some guidance on how to read a license to empathize your rights. There is also more detailed information virtually using video game or software content. And no, merely because at that topographic point isn't a Content ID claim does non hateful the copyright holder is fine alongside you lot using their work.
• Add commentary or otherwise exhibit your presence inwards your videos. Add your personal touch, your phonation or your facial expression upwardly on screen.
• Provide to a greater extent than written context virtually your videos inwards your video too channel descriptions. You tin render license details for tertiary political party content inwards the video description.
• If you lot conduct maintain an official website, link dorsum from your website to your YouTube channel. You tin add a subscribe push or clickable YouTube icon 

Read the annunciation too inquire questions inwards the YouTube Help Forum

Updated March 2019.

Copyright Holders Tin No Longer Monetize Manually Claimed Videos Amongst Unintentional Role Of Music

YouTube announced an update to to brand the copyright claiming organisation a fighting fairer: YouTube's novel policy forbids copyright owners from "using the Manual Claiming tool to monetize creator videos amongst really brusk or unintentional uses of music."

Note that this does NOT hateful yous tin terminate operate copyrighted music without permission:

• This change only applies to manual claiming, not YouTube's automated Content ID system.
• Copyright holders tin terminate even too therefore prevent the creator from monetizing
• Copyright holders tin terminate even too therefore block the video from beingness viewed
• An exception to this policy is "a compilation of brusk clips primarily containing well content" such equally "Top 10" lists of music or well content or "Compilations of brusk clips from music-focused social media apps"

The policy alter goes into lawsuit inwards mid-September. And YouTube says at that spot volition last penalties for violating the Manual Claiming policy:

Once nosotros start enforcement, copyright owners who repeatedly neglect to adhere to these policies volition convey their access to Manual Claiming suspended.

If yous are a creator, yous even too therefore involve pay attending to whatever music playing inwards the background spell yous record, equally copyright holders tin terminate guide to block your video. You mightiness last able to edit out a snippet of a vocal playing on the radio, but it's improve if the music isn't audible inwards the start place.

And if yous desire to add together music, brand certain it's licensed for operate on YouTube (for example, free songs from YouTube's music library). 

If yous believe a claim on your video is wrong, yous tin terminate dispute it.

It remains to last seen whether this is a boon or bane for creators. On the i hand, unopen to copyright holders may guide non to claim videos amongst music unintentionally playing inwards the background. But it could final result inwards to a greater extent than videos that are blocked, rather than monetized. Time volition tell.

Related: YouTube makes it easier to resolve manual Content ID claims

Can One Role That Vocal Inward My Video? 3Rd Political Party Content, Permission Together With Copyright.

This useful article is yesteryear YouTube forum Rising Star Top ContributorLeo Wattenberg and was originally posted inwards the YouTube Creators assistance forum.  He kindly granted me permission to re-post it here. 

TOC

preamble in addition to disclaimer

the most of import rule

about creative common licences

licence laundering

links to materials

see also

footnotes

preamble in addition to disclaimer

Sometimes it is useful to utilization tertiary political party content such every bit music, images, other videos or sometimes fifty-fifty text inwards your videos. However, you lot ordinarily may non utilization them simply similar that. In this article I’ll depict a guideline nigh how to remain rubber spell using tertiary political party content.

Nothing contained hither is legal advice of whatsoever kind. This article is for informational purposes only in addition to does non guarantee the accuracy of the information provided. If you lot own got questions, inquire a lawyer. Also, this isn't an official assistance article yesteryear YouTube.

the most of import rule

The most of import dominion if you lot desire to utilization tertiary political party cloth is:

always larn permission

It doesn’t thing that you lot write “no copyright intended”, "I create non ain the music/image/movie/whatever" or "I don't accept credit for this video". It also doesn’t thing that you lot bought it legally inwards a store. And it doesn’t thing that you lot aren’t making coin off the video. Unless you lot don’t own got a written permission or licence for it, you lot may non utilization it.

While the higher upwards contestation is truthful for basically anything that you lot would utilization inwards your videos, in that location are some exceptions. Copyright expires subsequently some time, ordinarily if the creator is dead for lxx years. So you lot don’t own got to inquire Beethoven in addition to Mozart nigh using their works.¹

There are also other “Limitations in addition to exceptions to copyright”. For representative the “Threshold of originality” – unproblematic shapes or other uncreative industrial plant aren’t copyrighted. There’s also – to a greater extent than famous – the fair utilization doctrine. Which leads us to a nearly every bit of import rule:

if inwards doubt, don’t utilization it

or

if inwards doubt, larn permission

Why? Because copyright exceptions are determined inwards court. Even if you lot would win, it would all the same last a huge waste materials of your fourth dimension in addition to energy.

Also, fair use/dealing is an anglo american (US/UK) thing. There may or may non last similar laws inwards your country. For example, inwards FRG (and also inwards other mainland Europe countries) in that location is non actually a police trace similar to fair use. If you lot terminate upwards inwards courtroom inwards Germany, you lot can’t defend yourself amongst fair use.²

How to larn permission? Simple answer: Ask the copyright holder. The copyright holder is ordinarily the creator of the work, unless he gave exclusive rights away. In that instance the guy/company who bought the rights is the copyright holder.

Giving exclusive rights is mutual inwards places where you lot require a publisher – books, movies, games, music.

about creative common licences

There are many Creative Commons (short: CC) licences around, ordinarily laid upwards out of the next parts:

Legend: Materials licensed amongst parts marked red cannot last used at YouTube, those marked yellow cannot last used for monetization and other commercial use, those marked green tin also last used for monetization.

• NoDerivatives (nd): If you remix, transform, or laid upon the material, you lot may non distribute the modified material. This basically forbids whatsoever utilization inwards videos.
• Share Alike (sa): you must distribute your contributions nether the same license as the original. This is currently non possible at YouTube.
• NonCommercial (nc): You may non utilization the cloth for commercial purposes. This especially forbids monetization, but you lot tin also utilization it commercially without monetizing, for representative to promote your business. Ask a lawyer for farther explanation.
• Attribution (by): You must give appropriate credit, render a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may create in addition to hence inwards whatsoever reasonable manner, but non inwards whatsoever agency that suggests the licensor endorses you lot or your use. You tin create that at YouTube both inwards the description or inwards a credit department inwards your video.

This basically leaves us amongst these for utilization at YouTube: (click them for to a greater extent than detailed information in addition to actual licence text)

• PD: Material is inwards the populace domain (usually because copyright has expired)
• CC-0: Material has been released into the populace domain yesteryear the creator.
• CC-by: Material tin last used inwards whatsoever way, proper Attribution is required
• CC-by-nc: Material tin last used for non-commercial purposes, proper Attribution is required
• CC-nc (retired): Material tin last used for non-commercial purposes
• CC-sampling+ (retired): Material tin last used for for your videos in addition to other industrial plant in addition to for non-commercial standalone redistribution, may non last used for advertisement; proper Attribution is required.
• CC-nc-sampling+ (retired): Material tin last used for non-commercial purposes, proper Attribution is required.

There are also many other gratuitous licences, but they are by in addition to large used for software or aren’t every bit common.

licence laundering

Sometimes, you’ll come across a file on a website that claims that the file is released nether a gratuitous licence but inwards fact the website is using the paradigm without permission. This is called licence laundering. It is especially mutual amongst photograph sharing websites such every bit Flickr or Picasa Web Albums, or video platforms similar YouTube that let their users to specify a gratuitous license for their files. If license laundering is suspected, the file should last non used.

But how does i respect licence laundering? Well, in that location are a few ways:

• If you lot come across that e.g. Michael Jackson's music of a abrupt is CC, it's likely a copyright violation.
• Look at the source. Is it the real, official site? Does it link to other stuff (facebook/twitter/youtube etc.)? Do these sites link dorsum to the official site?
• Look at the style. Is in that location a style, a handwriting visible throughout all works? Is the character of the industrial plant consistent/improving over time?
• Check the meta content, e.g. EXIF information or descriptions of the file. Do they expect legitimate?
• If you lot come across something similar “no copyright intended”, it’s non legit.
• For music, if the championship says something similar “cover”, “remix”, “bootleg” or “mashup”, you lot should cheque whether you lot may utilization the master industrial plant every bit well.
• Ask the uploader if in addition to how he created the works. They are ordinarily quite happy to disclosure where they got the file from or how they created it.
• search for duplicates inwards the web. For images it is rather easy, simply utilization tools like TinEye or Google Search yesteryear Image. For other content it mightiness last harder.

links to materials

See this Spreadsheet at Google Docs

see also

youtube.com/yt/copyright – information nigh copyright at YouTube

COM:CB – information nigh copyright yesteryear dependent champaign matter. Basically answers “can I upload pictures of…?”-questions. It’s by in addition to large nigh images though.

COM:CRT – Copyright rules yesteryear territory (country).

fairusetube.org – a site promoting fair utilization inwards videos. Has lots of information nigh fair utilization if you lot desire to utilization it inwards your videos.

wiki.CC: Best practices for attribution

footnotes

¹ You may own got to inquire the orchestra which recorded Mozart’s compositions though.
² inwards Germany, you lot may quote what other people made though, but it is much stricter than fair use.

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Only nestling formatting changes were made to the master article. The championship is mine.

Image: Club holds radio trip the lite fantastic wearing earphones 1920, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Text added.

How To Become To A Greater Extent Than Or Less Youtube: Creator Studio, Settings Together With Guide

What happened to my Settings, Playlists, Channel together with Video Manager?

Note: every bit of March 2019 this "old desktop experience" is yet partially available, but is gradually beingness replaced yesteryear a newer layout. The concern human relationship navigation links all yet work. 
 
Last calendar week YouTube made a pregnant modify to navigation. Clicking your channel avatar used to display an extensive card at the top of the page, but straightaway all you lot volition honour is to a greater extent than simplified card that lets you lot select Creator Studio, settings or switch channel identities. Several options - such every bit your Video Manager - are straightaway several clicks away.

How to navigate YouTube

• New Navigation basics: selecting a channel identity, Creator Studio together with settings
• Creator Studio: Video Manager, Comments, Analytics, channel settings together with creator tools
• Your YouTube Account Settings
• My Channel - sentiment together with configure your channel layout
• View together with teach by Playlists, Likes, Watch Later listing together with History
• View together with teach by Subscriptions

New YouTube navigation basics: channel identity, Creator Studio together with Settings

Open the novel navigation drop-down card YouTube yesteryear clicking your channel icon or avatar inward the upper correct corner. Here are the basics: 

Select your channel identity

The top of the navigation card displays the email username of the Google concern human relationship you lot are signed into, together with below that the channel identity you lot are using. 

If you lot desire to switch channel identities, exactly select the channel from the list. 

Included inward the listing are Google+ Pages you lot teach by that don't yet take keep a connected channel, they are labeled "Create Channel". Not surprisingly, selecting 1 of those Pages volition start the channel creation process. 

If you lot are signed into to a greater extent than than 1 Google account, you lot volition run into your other Google concern human relationship emails listed nether "Other Accounts".

Note: you lot tin also run into all your channels together with Google+ Pages at www.google.com/channel_switcher

Creator Studio together with the Gear Icon

The 2 other options you'll run into inward the card are "Creator Studio" together with a gear icon. 

Creator Studio leads to the channel dashboard (www.youtube.com/dashboard), where you lot volition honour an overview for your channel, together with links to creator tools, including your Video Manager, comments, messages, analytics, video editor together with more.

The gear icon links to your Youtube settings (www.youtube.com/account).

I'll hash out both inward to a greater extent than exceptional below.

Quick link to your connected Google+ Profile or Page

You tin throttle straight to the Google+ Profile or Google+ Page connected to your channel yesteryear exactly clicking your channel icon a instant time. 

Creator Studio: Dashboard,Video Manager, Comments, Analytics together with Creator tools

If you lot practise together with upload videos to Youtube the biggest modify to navigation is the disappearance of the direct link to your Video Manager. Now your Video Manager together with other creator tools tin hold upwards constitute inward the novel "Creator Studio".

Click your channel icon inward the upper correct corner, together with select "Creator Studio". That volition pick out you lot to your YouTube Dashboard (www.youtube.com/dashboard).

Dashboard widgets

You tin add together widgets to your Dashboard to exhibit recent stats, uploads together with comments.

Hover your cursor over the widget together with you'll run into a grid you lot tin catch to reposition it on the Dashboard. Some widgets also take keep a gear icon - click it to modify the settings for that widget.

Learn to a greater extent than virtually the Creator Dashboard inward the YouTube Help Center.

From the left card you lot tin navigate to all the Creator Studio tools you lot postulate to teach by your channel together with videos.

I've included the direct links below, which you lot may desire to bookmark to straight see the tools you lot move most frequently.

Video Manager: videos, alive events, tags together with playlists

The Video Manager menu leads to:

• your Videos  (www.youtube.com/video_manager)
• Live Events (www.youtube.com/my_live_events)
• Playlists director (www.youtube.com/view_all_playlists)
• Tags director (www.youtube.com/tags)
• Search History (www.youtube.com/my_search_history)
• Likes (www.youtube.com/my_liked_videos)

Learn to a greater extent than virtually your Video Manager, Live events, playlists, together with search history inward the YouTube Help Center.

Community : comments, messages, contributed subtitles

The Community card leads to:

• Comments director (www.youtube.com/comments)
• Messages - replacing your Inbox (www.youtube.com/messages)
• Fans : if your channel has plenty subscribers 
• Insights: if you lot channel has plenty subscribers
• Contributed subtitles together with CC (www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel)
• Inbox - soon to hold upwards retired (www.youtube.com/inbox)
• Comment settings (www.youtube.com/comment_management)

Learn to a greater extent than virtually comments, private messages together with contributing subtitles inward the YouTube Help Center.

Channel: monetization, uploads, advanced settings

• Status together with features: channel standing together with available features (www.youtube.com/features)
• Monetization settings (www.youtube.com/account_monetization)
• Upload default settings (www.youtube.com/upload_defaults)
• InVideo Programming settings (www.youtube.com/account_featured_programming)
• Fan Finder: YouTube volition aid promote your channel!  (www.youtube.com/fan_finder)
• Advanced channel settings: keywords, ads, associated website, channel recommendations, Google Analytics together with to a greater extent than  (www.youtube.com/advanced_settings)

Learn to a greater extent than virtually your channel features, advanced channel settings, upload defaults, InVideo programming, Fan Finder program together with monetization inward the YouTube Help Center.

Analytics: stats together with reports

YouTube Analytics (www.youtube.com/analytics) render detailed stats virtually your channel's traffic, viewers, appointment together with more.

Learn to a greater extent than virtually YouTube Analytics inward the YouTube Help Center.

Create : tools for content creation

• Audio Library: complimentary music for your video projection (www.youtube.com/audiolibrary)
• Video Editor: edit your uploads, and create novel videos from your uploads, photos together with music (https://www.youtube.com/editor)

Learn to a greater extent than about the Audio Library together with Video Editor in the YouTube Help Center.

Youtube concern human relationship settings

To teach by the settings for your Youtube account, click your avatar inward the upper correct corner, together with therefore click the gear icon. that volition accept you lot straight to your concern human relationship settings overview (www.youtube.com/account).

Overview (www.youtube.com/account)

• Name of your channel (with a link to edit on Google+)
• Advanced link: concern human relationship information, set a default channel, delete your channel, add together a password to your Google+ Page-linked channel (www.youtube.com/account_advanced)
• Add or take away managers (if your channel is connected to a Google+ Page)
• View additional features: channel condition together with available features (www.youtube.com/features)
• See all your channels or practise a novel channel (www.youtube.com/channel_switcher)

Learn to a greater extent than virtually your concern human relationship settings inward the YouTube Help Center

Connected accounts (www.youtube.com/account_sharing)

• Connect your Facebook Profile or Twitter account
• Set which populace activity volition hold upwards shared to Facebook and Twitter
• Manage "feed settings on your channel": ready which of your activities are shown every bit populace "Recent Activity" on your channel.

Privacy (www.youtube.com/account_privacy)

• Set your Likes together with Subscriptions to private
• Google Ad Settings
• Allow solely your contacts to ship you lot messages (doesn't apply to novel Messages)

Email (www.youtube.com/account_notifications)

• Set your e-mail notification preferences for your subscriptions
• Set your e-mail notification preferences for activities on your channel (comments, video uploads, comments)
• Set your e-mail notification preferences for YouTube newsletters

Playback (www.youtube.com/account_playback)

Set default preferences for video playback quality, annotations together with captions.

Connected TVs (www.youtube.com/pair)

Pair your smart tv or video game console amongst your YouTube channel to play videos on your TV.

Learn to a greater extent than virtually pairing devices to YouTube on TV in the YouTube Help Center.

Other channel settings

You tin honour settings for monetization, upload defaults, InVideo Programing together with your advanced channel settings yesteryear clicking your avatar inward the upper correct corner, clicking Creator Studio, together with therefore navigating to your "Channel" settings (www.youtube.com/features).

My Channel: View together with teach by your channel layout

If your channel doesn't take keep a custom URL, you lot may take keep problem navigating to your ain channel. Fortunately at that spot is a link inward the left card - the Guide - to "My Channel" which volition accept you lot there.

Learn to a greater extent than virtually the Guide in the YouTube Help Center

Once you lot are on your channel you lot tin add together channel fine art to the header, edit your "Channel navigation" to modify your channel layout or ready which actions shows upwards inward your Recent Activity Feed, or navigate to your Channel settings.

Learn to a greater extent than virtually editing your channel in the YouTube Help Center

Click the pencil icons to edit your channel's appearance

Playlists, Likes, Watch Later, together with Viewing History

Viewing Playlists, Favorites and Likes

You tin sentiment your Playlists from anywhere on YouTube yesteryear expanding the left navigation Guide. Your playlists (including your "Favorites' together with "Liked videos" playlists) volition hold upwards listed nether the Playlists heading.

Managing Playlists together with Likes

You tin teach by a specific playlist yesteryear clicking it's mention on the Guide. 

If you lot desire to manage all your playlists you lot tin practise therefore yesteryear clicking on your avatar inward the upper correct corner together with selecting "Creator Studio", together with therefore clicking "Video Manager" inward the left menu. You volition together with therefore run into links to "Playlists" together with "Likes" inward the left card (see above).

• Playlists director (www.youtube.com/view_all_playlists)
• Likes director (www.youtube.com/my_liked_videos)

Learn to a greater extent than virtually playlists inward the YouTube Help Center

Watch Later together with Viewing History

There are links to your Watch Later listing together with viewing History at the top of the left Guide.

• Watch Later (www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL)
• History (www.youtube.com/feed/history)

Learn to a greater extent than virtually your watch subsequently playlist together with viewing history inward the YouTube Help Center

Subscriptions

The Guide also lets you lot easily sentiment together with teach by your subscriptions.

My Subscriptions: sentiment all activity

At the top of the card is a link to My Subscriptions (www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions). Click that to sentiment a feed of activity from all of your subscriptions.

Individual Subscriptions

Under the Subscriptions heading is a listing of all your private subscriptions or subscription collections. Click those to navigate to a specific channel you lot take keep subscribed to.

Manage Subscriptions

At the bottom of the menu, click Manage subscriptions (https://www.youtube.com/subscription_manager) to teach by all your subscriptions, modify your settings or practise collections. 

Learn to a greater extent than virtually organizing together with managing subscriptions inward the YouTube Help Center

Help I'm Still Lost!

If you lot take keep questions, outset cheque the YouTube Help Center. 

What To Create If Your Youtube Partner Programme Application Was Rejected For Duplication Or Reused Content

YouTube has clarified that the YouTube Partner Program requires channels to direct maintain original together with relevant content. Even yous upload populace domain movies or "fair use" video compilations, yous necessitate to "add value" to monetize that content.

YouTube started a review procedure for YouTube Partner Program applications inwards 2017. Formerly at that topographic point wasn't a review of a channel's content earlier monetization was enabled, together with credence was unremarkably fast together with automatic.

With the novel reviews, a number of channels direct maintain had their application rejected  - or their monetization disabled - for the ambiguously-named "Duplication", "Repetitive Content" or "Reused Content".

Information provided to rejected Partner Program applicants on their Monetization Settings tab focused on copyright issues, which didn't ever seem to apply to the creator's channel. And spell it is possible to reapply later thirty days, YouTube didn't supply whatsoever guidance nearly what steps could live on taken to ameliorate the likelihood an application would live on approved.

Now YouTube has in conclusion provided to a greater extent than information nearly what "Duplication" includes, together with best practices users should follow.

It’s of import to banker's complaint that “duplicative content” is non only nearly copyright. The spirit of this YPP policy is to brand certain we’re entirely allowing channels into the programme when the content adds value, together with is original together with relevant

Your content is expected to comply alongside the YouTube Partner Program Policies, Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines and the AdSense Program Policies which include the AdSense Quality Guidelines.  

Examples of content that is not acceptable for the YouTube Partner Program:

• The primary role of your channel is to monetize other channels’ or sources’ content, fifty-fifty if yous direct maintain a license or permission to utilisation the content
• Content that is repetitious or appears to live on automatically generated 
• Content from 3rd political party sources alongside no content or narrative added past times the creator
• Content uploaded many times past times multiple users together with you’re non the original uploader 
• Content uploaded inwards a agency that is trying to larn approximately YouTube's copyright tools

You tin get to a greater extent than detailed information inwards the YouTube Help Center and this FAQ inwards the YouTube aid forum. Here are specific examples of what is non allowed equally of Jan 2019:

What yous should create if your application for the YouTube Partner Program was rejected for "Duplication" or "Reused Content"

Sometimes YouTube gets it wrong. And sometimes yous may only necessitate to arrange your content to comply alongside YouTube's policies. Here is what yous should create earlier yous reapply

• Review the YouTube Partner Program Policies and the AdSense Quality Guidelines
• Make certain that yous direct maintain a license or explicit written permission to utilisation whatsoever 3rd political party content commercially. YouTube provides some guidance on how to read a license to empathize your rights. There is also more detailed information nearly using video game or software content. And no, only because at that topographic point isn't a Content ID claim does non hateful the copyright holder is fine alongside yous using their work.
• Add commentary or otherwise demo your presence inwards your videos. Add your personal touch, your vocalism or your expression upwards on screen.
• Provide to a greater extent than written context nearly your videos inwards your video together with channel descriptions. You tin supply license details for 3rd political party content inwards the video description.
• If yous direct maintain an official website, link dorsum from your website to your YouTube channel. You tin add a subscribe push clit or clickable YouTube icon 

Read the annunciation together with enquire questions inwards the YouTube Help Forum

Updated March 2019.