Goodbye Annotations

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I used them at the beginning of my YT career. I think they helped me to get views on other videos.
But since my videos get views on their own now I stopped but I do use the new end screen and I have seen some success with that now.
 

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i believe annotation should be available along with end screen because Not everyone uses annotation as end screen. i frequently use it to add notes.
 
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My videos are 8 hours long and I use annotations in the beginning of my videos to promote 3 other videos on my channel. I'm getting around 10000 clicks per month from that at the moment.

I also use cards but only generate around 2000 clicks per month. Using end cards on 8 hours videos is not going to generate any clicks because of the nature of my videos.

I wish they would allow end cards to be shown at the beginning of the video.
 

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Every one is now moving mobile...Annotations are not functional on phones. YouTube cards are on both desktops and mobile devices, personally I haven't used it for a while so missing it? Hmmm, I don't think so.
 

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Good riddance, End Screens are so much better
 

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Hi. New to YouTube and was planning a channel with annotations in mind. With this new change to end screens and cards, are you still able to link out at the end of the video to a playlist and to previous videos? You know, the "to watch our previous video, click here, and to watch all of our videos, click here" thing. Is that still possible?

Edit: Okay, did some research; looks like you still can do all that stuff.
 
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Yes, i also use end screen because of mobile phones and tablets
 

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Happy for it. Annotations are so annoying and makes videos look unprofessional.
 

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Youtube is discontinuing the annotation feature on may 2nd, but will you still be able to delete any existing annotations that you have on your videos after that?
 

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Hi @Steffo,
I've merged your thread to this one that is discussing the same topic. ^_^