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HotForWords Forums » Tag: most popular - Recent Posts http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:54:37 +0000 Greatest Potential on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9677 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:48:45 +0000 Greatest Potential 9677@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Here's another winner! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBO2U7SZ5qs&feature=related"><img src="http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/qBO2U7SZ5qs/default.jpg"></a> Munchkin Cat star magic on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9645 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:53:55 +0000 star magic 9645@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ loved both Vids! 5 Stars each! leonard on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9638 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:22:16 +0000 leonard 9638@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Hello}}}{{{----The bubonic plague, leprosy and polio are thought of as diseases of the past -- things that might have had a part in history, but aren't around to infect us any longer. Infectious influenza (H1N1) caused millions of deaths as a pandemic in 1918, but is also the source of the current swine flu pandemic. (/ABC News)But a recent incident in China, where a town was quarantined for 10 days after three people died of a variant of bubonic plague, was just one of many reminders that these diseases have not vanished from the face of the earth. While many think of these diseases as completely eradicated -- and they occur far less frequently than they used to in the United States -- they have managed to hang on. "The microbes have hopes, dreams and aspirations just like human beings. In their case, it's to infect other people," said Dr. Howard Markel, a pediatrician and medical historian at the University of Michigan. )))))))))))echoe(((((((((((( Greatest Potential on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9104 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:33:29 +0000 Greatest Potential 9104@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNv74rvkAw8&feature=related"><img src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/wNv74rvkAw8/default.jpg"></a> Kittens at Lunch !!! leonard on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9102 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:33:59 +0000 leonard 9102@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ hear K*I*T*T*Y, ciddy kiddie...here have not any but the months blood... <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> leonard on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9064 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:41:55 +0000 leonard 9064@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Rules WILL rule! <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif" title=":?" class="bb_smilies" /> Chemikal on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/7#post-9046 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:58:28 +0000 Chemikal 9046@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ It's working just fine now. HotForWords on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/7#post-9044 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:26:36 +0000 HotForWords 9044@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Hmmmm... (just posting this as my latest discussion widget seems to be messing up with the links). pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-9040 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:30:50 +0000 pedanticKarl 9040@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Update: June 30, 2009 5:22 AM Regarding the YouTube Most Viewed board. I got home two hours ago and as I compared the data from yesterday morning after it looked like things were going back to normal, I see things that are very much wrong that I need to share with you. In view of a certain, err, ummm, something, I'll send you the information privately within about two hours. It'll be very concise and short. Greatest Potential on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9038 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:38:50 +0000 Greatest Potential 9038@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ If you post "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" from YouTube on this thread please follow these guidelines <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_arrow.gif" title=":arrow:" class="bb_smilies" /> 1. Video must have at least reached 1 million views 2. Kittens not cats 3. Adorable, Cute, Funny or all of the above <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmsV9R8FsDA&feature=related"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xmsV9R8FsDA/default.jpg"></a> スコティッシュ・フォールド Scottish Fold pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-8963 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:37:52 +0000 pedanticKarl 8963@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Update: June 16, 2009 1:38 PM PDT Regarding the above foreign videos invasion on YT's Most Viewed board: The YT Most Viewed Honors board was blanketed on June 15 after midnight with Japanese sports videos. Every page of that honors board was occupied by a Japanese video of some sports event such as boxing and as can be seen in the screen capture above. Those videos occupied the Most Viewed board for only seven hours instead of the normal 48 hours. Either YouTube's algorithm messed up or it was hacked or YT was doing an experiment. To have more than 80% of the Most Viewed board all of a sudden be occupied by Japanese language videos of course didn't make sense, especially since most of those videos had huge views to start with. Despite a momentary set back for the HotForWords <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3bqi068dL4">"Give me the chills!"</a> (Goosebumps) video, that video has skyrocketed to the #2 spot on the Most Viewed board and is now on the 2nd page of the Popular board and should be on page #1 shortly. Wow!!! 339,713 views in two days and the day isn't over yet. pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-8945 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:01:49 +0000 pedanticKarl 8945@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ EDIT: June 15, 2009 2:10 AM I just noticed that YouTube has pulled all of those foreign videos now, and I see some more on the other pages. Clearly, YouTube is doing some manual tweaking. I was under the impression that only videos in the language of the designated country would be shown, other than videos that would be relevant such as subtitled films and so on. As I continue to watch the Most Viewed board, I see the foregin videos returning, so it seems YouTube is in some adjustment mode. --------------------------------------------------- The YouTube Most Viewed board is still very important for getting HotForWords videos exposed to new YT visitors. Not as important as the Popular board or being on the YT Home page, but nevertheless, still important. This morning shortly after midnight, I noticed a huge invasion of foreign videos that displaced the HotForWords video by 18 positions backwards. Take a look at the following graphic which shows the hour by hour progress of the "Give me the chills!" video. Notice the nice progression from the entry position #93 to position #49 in 4 hours. Then, after midnight, the video lost ground due to the large number of videos with huge 600,000 views mostly entering on page 1. <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/2ezjk9x.jpg"> Here is a screen shot of page 1 of the Most Viewed board. User "AWbmnWEGA3" had six videos placed on page 1 and page 2 upon entry of the MV board while user "kimidori3takoyaki" had three videos placed on the board upon entry. <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/eq199t.jpg"> Greatest Potential on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-8841 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:58:43 +0000 Greatest Potential 8841@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Don't mind me, just busy hitting the refresh button [*] pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7987 Fri, 01 May 2009 21:47:00 +0000 pedanticKarl 7987@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ May 1, 2009 9:44 PM PDT Update! Another Update to the comments immediately above The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KIYFRhkA54">"She is all about cleav*ge"</a> video also known as Poindexter, just slid by the "Sleep with me" video by 4 views. pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7976 Fri, 01 May 2009 01:28:00 +0000 pedanticKarl 7976@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ May 1, 2009 1:30 AM Update! To the commentary immediately above. The HotForWords <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KIYFRhkA54">"She is all about cleav*ge"</a> video continuously fought it's way originally at the #99 spot to the #23 position on page 1, then fought it's way again from the #56 spot all the way back to the Popular page 1 at #23 -- and while I was adding this commentary, the video jumped up to #18, where it is at the moment. Phew!, that was exciting to see. What is interesting to note is that there was some heavy competition along the way. The video was published six days ago on Apr 25, 2009. Here is a cropped screen shot of the HotForWords video at the Popular #18 spot. <a href="http://i41.tinypic.com/2u4lzra.jpg"> Click the image to see the #18 spot in context. <img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/15xpdhf.jpg"> </a> <a href="http://i42.tinypic.com/2i92umh.jpg"> Click the image to see the larger view <img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/2e3crut.jpg"> </a> It also looks like the cleavage video is trying to outrun the sleep with me video. <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" /> Wow, and the sexting video is making an attack on 600K views. pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7952 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:25:40 +0000 pedanticKarl 7952@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Here is an interesting graph to show how the recent HotForWords video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KIYFRhkA54">"She is all about cleav*ge"</a> fought its way from the last page to the first page on the YouTube Popular board. The video was published on Apr 25, and on Apr 26th, the video appeared on the Popular board at position #99 (page 5, #7). For those of you who are not familiar with the Popular board or who have not kept up with the recent changes, the YouTube Honors boards now have 23 videos per page instead of the usual 20 videos per page. The line graphs show the position of the video for each day. The maroon line shows the maximum position and the blue line shows the lowest position on the Popular board. At the far left of the graph is shown the equivalent page number. As you can see, the video traveled from the last page to the first page in three days. The video appeared on the first page last night at about 11 PM PDT and was on the page 1 Popular board for two hours. The video does not stay on the Popular board continuously, but is rotated in and out of the board. In my previous comments on previous pages, I called that process "modulation". As I type this, I see that the video has been rotated back on to the board at position #56, where it will have to fight its way back to the first page again. <a href="http://i39.tinypic.com/2ec26ud.jpg"> Click on the image to see the clearer and larger view <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/153p449.jpg"></a> For those not familiar with the Honors boards: When you visit YouTube, and then click the Videos link in the upper left hand corner, you will see the first page of the Popular board. There are additional Honors boards such as "Most Viewed", "HD" and so on. Each of these boards shows the top 100 videos in that category. Not only is it an honor to be on one of these boards, but ideally one wishes to be on the first page of any of these boards as that affords the most exposure to one's video to new YouTube visitors. Since the Popular board is the default Honors board, the most cherished position is to be on page 1 of that board for the greatest exposure to new visitors. pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7892 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:58:38 +0000 pedanticKarl 7892@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ The "Sleep with me" video's views is skyrocketing. An hour ago, I would have said it might reach 200K after midnight, but is it only 11:00 PM and the views are already at 201,842. The first graph shows that the video entitled "Sleep with me" has had the fastest rate of rise of any of the videos since I have been tracking them since last month. I was tracking the YT boards one month earlier. This is also very interesting since the "Sleep with me video" came off of the Most Viewed board yesterday (i.e. 48 hour period) and this video is still going gang busters. Also, what is interesting, I think this is the first video where there have been more comments about the title than any other video than I remember. Click the graphs to see the full screen view. <a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/2mo2kd0.jpg"> <img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/27zyset.jpg"></a> <a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/aa9i0h.jpg"> <img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/6s53dw.jpg"></a> Hs4Mm on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7579 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:25:25 +0000 Hs4Mm 7579@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ As of March 25, 09: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=AD43znU32YE">Spotlight Videos, Promoted Videos and Featured Videos</a> fatax on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7576 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:12:04 +0000 fatax 7576@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Hi Marina. Can u follow me on twitter please? My twitter is <a href="http://www.twitter.com/fatax" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/fatax</a> Kissess Captain Jack on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7554 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:27:44 +0000 Captain Jack 7554@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://newteevee.com/2009/04/08/youtube-sells-ads-on-hundreds-of-millions-of-video-views-per-month-adds-adsense-to-content-id/#more-22241">YouTube Sells Ads on “Hundreds of Millions of Video Views” Per Month; Adds AdSense to Content ID</a> "YouTube made an attempt to amp up partner revenues from “claimed content.” To date, partners could use YouTube’s Content ID program to find unauthorized uploads of their content, and then they could elect to show banner and display ads alongside the uploads rather than taking them down. As of today, as TechCrunch reported, YouTube is now also rolling out contextually targeted text ad overlays (a.k.a. AdSense for Video) on those videos (see the YouTube-provided screenshot above)." - Liz Gannes This part really concerns me > "The AdSense for Video ads are targeted based on user-inputed text and metadata about each video. My concern would be that user uploads don’t necessarily have great metadata, especially since users sometimes try to obfuscate titles to keep them from being taken down. A YouTube spokesperson said he thought users were more interested in having their content found than keeping it away from the copyright police." Marina obfuscated her Donkey Punch video. Doing so just shoot ones foot. You either live with your title or don't put it up. Obfuscating your title just takes way from your adsense revenue. Captain Jack on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7553 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:09:49 +0000 Captain Jack 7553@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ YouTube's current business model has failed! <a href="http://newteevee.com/2009/04/03/analyst-youtube-could-lose-470m-this-year/">YouTube Could Lose $470M This Year. </a>What you have to understand is all about the money. If you follow the money you will find an answer to about every possible question you would ever asked about how and why a business moves way it does. Just pretend for a moment that you are google and you paid $1.65 billion for YT. Now you have to make it profitable. If you stay in that mindset as you look at the changes going on at YT it will be come clear why they are doing what they are doing. Hulu is in a position to kick YT butt. <a href="http://blogmaverick.com/2008/06/16/hulu-is-kicking-youtubes-ass/">Hulu is kicking Youtube’s Ass</a>. "The company projects that both web video companies with generate the same amount of revenue by the end of 2009, even though Hulu has just a fraction of the audience of YouTube." ><a href="http://jayyarow.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/hulu-about-to-generate-the-same-revenue-as-youtube/">Hulu About To Generate The Same Revenue As YouTube</a> Also read: <a href="http://jayyarow.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/hulu-already-more-profitable-than-youtube/">Hulu Already More Profitable Than YouTube?</a> "A recent Credit Suisse report projected that YouTube would generate $240 million in revenue this year, but those revenues would be overshadowed by an expected $711 million in expenses. Screen Digest predicted YouTube would only take in $120 million in revenue this year." - Liz Gannes Here is how the game works. Advertisers don't want their ads next to people like Chris Crockers and SxePhils. It connects a bad image to their brand. Imagine you are Mercedes-Benz. Would you want to be associated with Chris Crocker & SxePhil? Do you think the people who watch Chris and Phil would have the funds to buy a Merc? No major brand wants to pay top dollars in content such as this. The days of UGC are numbered unless UGC improves the quality of their product. Many people are tired of the crap on TV and YT is on the opposite end of the spectrum if UGC crap. What is left is in the middle. This is the most profitable upcoming market of online entertainment. "As if on cue, YouTube recently signed a clip distribution deal with Disney and is reportedly in the midst of a drastic redesign of its site that emphasizes premium content over UGC; it’s due to be unveiled April 16."- Chris Albrecht YouTube partners need to read the above quote and really think about how their product will fair with Premium Content. They are ahead of the game of other YTers since they are partners but how long will it last for them? The PC could dwarf partners since they will no longer be on the front pages. Users will have to dig to get to them. I hope everyone understands when I say YouTube is becoming ThemTube I mean it's all about the money for them and not for UGC. If you look at Hulu's business model you will see clearly why YT is wanting to duplicate there efforts. The only issue I see with Hulu's product is they only accept premium content. If they offered high quality UGC then they would have a very good chance of taking a large percentage of YT market share. "This is the end of YouTube as we known it, but we are living in a new economic reality. YouTube built its business without ever having any viable way to become profitable in the short term, and it cannot continue to lose money just because its users are accustomed to receiving free entertainment. That just does not cut it anymore– shareholders won’t tolerate white elephants forever. Even Google shareholders." - David Worthington leonard on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7507 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:09:04 +0000 leonard 7507@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Hula is winning in cash flow-airation. Cash flow(april 15) will make the tax texted!!!like twitter, like you-tube....depended on a "sugar-daddy"....i know nothing pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7506 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:04:27 +0000 pedanticKarl 7506@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @logischabbaubar Thank you for that link. The rumors or speculations about YouTube has been prolific since before Google bought them and has intensified thereafter. They are a big enough target for everyone to take a swipe at them. There have been a ton of blogs that have talked about profit issues and what Google is going to do about it. Some of the speculation that I have read is that the media companies like Times Warner, Sony and others would like to own YouTube instead of pretending that YouTube is just another ISP, when in fact YouTube is already a huge search engine and YouTube will perhaps continue to morph into the largest entertainment company ever. logischabbaubar on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7504 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:36:10 +0000 logischabbaubar 7504@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Have you heard about the rumours that Google is planning a <a href="http://www.clickz.com/3633218">major redesign</a> of Youtube? This article is dated March 30th so it can't be an April Fool's joke. Google managers have repeatedly complained that Youtube isn't profitable enough and that they will address this issue now, so I'm expecting a lot of major changes to come in the next months. pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7502 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:59:26 +0000 pedanticKarl 7502@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Thoughts about the YouTube Popular board. Isn't it amazing that as soon as I point out a "skewed" or strange occurrence on the YouTube Popular board, then, that which I am referring to with a jaundiced eye, gets suspended. Above, in <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7354">one of my comments (ref: first paragraph)</a>, I said: "... misfortune of others such as "failblog" (he's got a ton of videos on both boards right now)" At this moment, (Apr 2, 5:32 AM PDT), the user failblog's YouTube account is suspended. I don't know why he is suspended, but, my bet is, with that many videos being uploaded whose content is clearly owned by others, my guess is that he was in violation of some copyright issues. Now, I never characterized 'failblog' as "spamming" the Popular board as I have done with others, whose accounts were also suspended. But, it begs the question; should YouTube restrict the number of times a user can appear on the Popular board at any given time frame? Of course it isn't the fault of the user. If YouTube has no policy regarding the number of uploads in a given time frame, then I suppose a user could possibly occupy all 100 positions at one time, which would go against the spirit of what I believe the Popular board represents. Sounds like something that YouTube should take into consideration. For example, in Feb., 'AssociatedPress' was all over the Popular board and was the leader in taking up numerous positions at any given time, but not in March. In fact, it appears to me that YouTube has done an excellent job of cleaning up the Popular board from what it was prior to Feb 19, and I'm sure that there is always room for more improvements. And so, might I want to speculate that if there are 5-10 spots on the Popular board that are now not occupied by 'failblog', perhaps those spots can now be occupied by HotForWords? <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> Lots more info coming in the near future. Captain Jack on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7479 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:31:33 +0000 Captain Jack 7479@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @PK, they are on to your work of watching the matrix. I have a feeling they are not really tweeking the system but this tweek is part of the plan that is now in effect. What your are doing will be duplicated by other Youtube producers in to finding ways to game the system. What they are doing is as they walk they are sweeping up their trail as they go. You're lucky you got the data that you did. gismith on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7463 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:24:34 +0000 gismith 7463@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @PK - Check with the survivors of the ULTRA teams that broke the ENIGMA codes. They had secrecy on their side. We don't. Like the dog that caught the car -- once the code is broken, what can be done to relieve Marina's dilemma? pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7462 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:57:22 +0000 pedanticKarl 7462@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @gismith - you are correct, YouTube is ever so slightly, and occasionally making large changes. I'm sure that optimized or self-adjusting parts of the algorithm are part of their automation. In fact, I've had to add some feedback loops to my code to stay ahead of their tweaks. <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> In the last few days, You Tube has made some changes to the aesthetics in terms of link colors, fonts, placement and most importantly, how many videos are being placed on one page. It used to be that there were 20 videos placed on one page in a 4 by 5 matrix and with 5 pages that gives you the top 100 videos for that category. Now, the videos are placed in a 5 x odd matrix where there are now 23 videos per page from pages 1 - 4 and 8 videos on the last page. At least, there are now 3 more videos that can be presented on the first page. gismith on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7437 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:31:18 +0000 gismith 7437@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ All very interesting and civil! My guess is that Google/YT is experimenting, so the algorithm de jour will certainly be changed. It might even contain self-adjusting components. Marina should follow her own advice: Be sure you are doing what you like, as that may be your only reward. pedanticKarl on "YouTube's Most Popular Category" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/youtubes-most-popular-category-now-official/page/6#post-7419 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:48:45 +0000 pedanticKarl 7419@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Hello Captain Jack, to answer your questions: 1. "... predict when a video will show up?" 2. "... good time to upload the next video?" The answer is yes to both, but with the follow caveats. I will demonstrate the caveats using the following comparisons. Regarding question #1, as an analog, if I'm going to get on to the freeway at 6 AM, there may be 100 cars ahead of me, so it may take me an hour to get on to the freeway. If my constraint is to be able to get on to the freeway within that one hour or don't get on it at all, then you can see the problem in the types of variables that I cannot control that will affect me. What if I change the hour from 6 AM to 2 PM to get on to the freeway. I may get on to the freeway within 1 minute, but everybody is now working and won't see my video. In other words, the fierce competition at 6 AM indicated that every body and their brother wants to be seen. So, you can see that there is a balancing act of give and take, pros and cons. In terms of getting to my destination, which wasn't part of your question, but an important one, the caveat might go like this; if I live 60 miles from LA and I get into my car and travel 60 mph, can I guarantee that I will be in LA in one hour? Nope. Only in a world without people. <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> The variables that will slow me down or stop me are accidents, road closures due to maintenance all of which are not predictable. One of the unknowns is the number of cars on the road which will slow me down. I can have an idea from experience which time of day will get me there the quickest, but it still is no guarantee. This is analogous to the aggregate number of views of the Popular board. The competition is represented by both the number of videos one is competing against, and most importantly, how large the video views are of the competition. I touched on that in the previous pages. In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it makes that much difference when a video is uploaded. Some blogs have suggested that 11 AM or 8 PM is the best time. Personally, I believe it is 5-6 AM ET, and the local 11 AM and 8 PM hours are also good. But, again, there is the problem of unknown variables (randomness) that will thwart the best deterministic approach. For example, what happens when another user uploads 10-20 videos and most of those videos get on to the Most Viewed and Popular board like what is happening with "failblog" right now and what happened with "AssociatedPress" and last month. Those user's multiple videos displace other videos. So, you can see, that the algorithm does not work in a vacuum. In summary, the first key is to understand the variables that one cannot control, the ones that will thwart the best efforts of a YouTuber. (i.e. Grammy award videos, airplane disaster videos, multiple video uploads by other users) and the second part of the key is to understand the variables that one can control. Look at the previous pages of posts and look at Marina's comments which point to that. Consider this. I only started to capture data in early February. All of that time was used to identify the constituent parts, not of the algorithm, but the operation of the Most Viewed and Popular boards. In other words, to identify patterns and signatures of the board's operation. Right now I am focusing on specific videos that make the front pages of the boards. In other words, I am trying to identify variables that Marina can have control of, such as the selection of the type of video (e.g. Comedy vs Entertainment).