26th November 2014, 11:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 26th November 2014, 12:04 PM by Doug.)
It does not show up on the video but on YouTube I have the number of minutes people watch. Yes, some people leave after a few minutes, usually seconds, but quite a few watch it all the way through. All very interesting.
I do get a bit go long tail because google does recommendations based on what other people watch. For that algorithm they do not actually need to have too much text. The key word archaeology is enough to associate it with other archaeology videos. After that an algorithm kicks in and sees if people are interested enough from the recommendation to view it, how long they view it, etc. etc. I am sure it is all very complicated but it means people still come to the video months later.
Actually, putting together a bid now to try and set up a way to transcribe videos or crowd souce transcriptions. I do think that would help with search a bit, also accessibility- for those with hearing issues or can't understand accents or when the sound is particularly bad. Hopefully, in the next couple of months that will be set up... hopefully. But, you know how projects are... lots of hope and a few succeed.
PS '(paying) audience- I don't have one. I took advertisements off my YouTube channel so I make no money from people watching the videos. I do most of this work for free.
pps- views are higher on the videos, there is a few day delay between what happens and what is presented next to the video. It is around 100 views and there were about 160 people at the conference.
I do get a bit go long tail because google does recommendations based on what other people watch. For that algorithm they do not actually need to have too much text. The key word archaeology is enough to associate it with other archaeology videos. After that an algorithm kicks in and sees if people are interested enough from the recommendation to view it, how long they view it, etc. etc. I am sure it is all very complicated but it means people still come to the video months later.
Actually, putting together a bid now to try and set up a way to transcribe videos or crowd souce transcriptions. I do think that would help with search a bit, also accessibility- for those with hearing issues or can't understand accents or when the sound is particularly bad. Hopefully, in the next couple of months that will be set up... hopefully. But, you know how projects are... lots of hope and a few succeed.
PS '(paying) audience- I don't have one. I took advertisements off my YouTube channel so I make no money from people watching the videos. I do most of this work for free.
pps- views are higher on the videos, there is a few day delay between what happens and what is presented next to the video. It is around 100 views and there were about 160 people at the conference.