The Reply Girl and the Algorithm

Do you like the algroithm change?

  • No. They messin' up my game dawg!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes. It had to be done.

    Votes: 2 100.0%
  • Total voters
    2
  • Poll closed .
SpecialFester

SpecialFester

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What do you guys think about Google's algorithm change? I realize it was a couple months ago but I just found out there was quite a specific reason for it.

This article is fascinating:
http://socialtimes.com/youtube-reply-girls_b91434

The idea that a handful of people would be able to elicit an action out of the mighty mighty Google just blows my mind.

Ha, wonder how it affected them? This must be to them what "Panda" was to internet marketers.
 
Great read. Thanks for sharing!

Here is the juicy part from the article:

After weeks of protest from the YouTube community, YouTube announced on Friday that they will be making changes to related and recommended videos. While they don’t say specifically that this is a response to the reply girl situation, we think the connection is evident. Currently, the algorithm dictates which videos will be suggested based upon the number of clicks they receive. The reply girls were benefitting from this because (sorry to be blunt) it’s just human nature for viewers to want to click on thumbnails with boobs in them. So YouTube is changing things up a bit:
We’ve been experimenting with the way we offer Related and Recommended videos, focusing on video engagement to get people to the videos they like more quickly. In particular, we’ve discovered that time watched is one of the best indicators of a viewer’s engagement. As a result, we’ll be focusing more prominently on time watched in providing Related and Recommended videos starting next week. While we’ll still be looking at clicks, engagement will become the leading indicator for serving these videos.​
YouTube points users that are worried about losing their own spots in the recommended and related videos to a number of resources, including information on audience retention, watch time optimization tips, and an FAQ on increasing viewing session length.
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not to sound like an idiot or anything, but i don't really understand what the big deal was. Maybe I misunderstood the gist of the article, but it seems that, from what I understand, the Reply Girls videos were primarily getting views due to her boobs being in the thumbnail. Was there actually content that was related to the video it was replying to!? if not, then I can see the problem. if there was related content, then isn't that just fair game?

Once again, this is what I gathered from the article, and article alone. I've had no experience or dealings with her videos.
 
FlipRJ said:
not to sound like an idiot or anything, but i don't really understand what the big deal was. Maybe I misunderstood the gist of the article, but it seems that, from what I understand, the Reply Girls videos were primarily getting views due to her boobs being in the thumbnail. Was there actually content that was related to the video it was replying to!? if not, then I can see the problem. if there was related content, then isn't that just fair game?

Once again, this is what I gathered from the article, and article alone. I've had no experience or dealings with her videos.
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It's not the thumbnail that's the major issue. The content isn't really related(and im being nice here) and they're copying a pasting tags from the popular videos in question.

Here's a thread on it from awhile back.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=htt...QE1pWCAAQGwVGVPOj_K5ahmRdYNgHim234xq4RxrJAFeQ
 
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