How to Add Annotations On YouTube Videos - Annotations Guide

[Lennart Guitar]

Sorry about that, I always forget about that, if you view the video on YouTubes watch page it should be fine [DOUBLEPOST=1407922223][/DOUBLEPOST]

Unfortunately there isnt one for liking but you can remind viewers to with a note annotation.

Yeah I know but I wanted to let you know because I didn't know wether you knew it or not !

 

[Raspberry]

Unfortunately its not possible at the moment, you do have a few options though.

1. You can tell your subscribers to like your Facebook and Twitter and place an annotation to your website with a page with just your social media sites encouraging them to visit from there. That way I doubt YouTube would have a problem with.

2. Put an annotation to a page on your website that redirects to your social media page using either php or meta refresh so it redirects within a second or immediately to the social media page (Not a very good idea as I dont know if it breaks the TOS or not but it is a bit shifty doing it and I doubt they support doing it, I wouldnt do it myself just to be safe)

Actually PlayStation links to their Facebook and Twitter pages right in the videos. Maybe YouTube granted them such rights as an exception?

 

[Paulie Popcorn]

I've added some annotations to my YouTube video just recently. It's basically watch the video, then I provide 3 endings. Each one with an annotation at the end of the main video. So far, I've had 500 people watch the main video and around 10 watch the alternate endings. I think I'm missing something.

 

[Michael]

The click through rate on annotations depends on how your viewers are watching your videos, generally most views these days will be from mobiles and tablets unless youre in a techy niche where many will be using desktops. It isnt unusual to have a very low CTR on them but it adds up when your channel grows. A CTR of only 2% can become a huge number when you are getting huge amounts of views.[DOUBLEPOST=1424279362][/DOUBLEPOST]

Actually PlayStation links to their Facebook and Twitter pages right in the videos. Maybe YouTube granted them such rights as an exception?

Possibly, I dont know more about that