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Old 01-03-2019, 05:31 AM
 
Location: Central IL
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So I have a YouTube channel where I have a couple hundred short videos I've made. Nothing gets more than a few views, maybe a dozen at the most.

A few days ago I put up a short and rather bland video and it has 700 views already! With a hundred comments - most very generic and many worded exactly the same.

What does this get people? How does this do anything for them? If it's from bots, how does that do anything?

At first I thought it would get people (real) to look at my other videos but that hasn't happened so I'm just wondering WTH happened with this one.
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Old 01-03-2019, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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So I have a YouTube channel where I have a couple hundred short videos I've made. Nothing gets more than a few views, maybe a dozen at the most.

A few days ago I put up a short and rather bland video and it has 700 views already! With a hundred comments - most very generic and many worded exactly the same.

What does this get people? How does this do anything for them? If it's from bots, how does that do anything?

At first I thought it would get people (real) to look at my other videos but that hasn't happened so I'm just wondering WTH happened with this one.
Check the names of the comments. They are likely live hyperlinks to their websites. They are selling something, or driving traffic to whatever they want.
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Old 01-06-2019, 06:49 PM
 
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Originally Posted by reneeh63 View Post
So I have a YouTube channel where I have a couple hundred short videos I've made. Nothing gets more than a few views, maybe a dozen at the most.

A few days ago I put up a short and rather bland video and it has 700 views already! With a hundred comments - most very generic and many worded exactly the same.

What does this get people? How does this do anything for them? If it's from bots, how does that do anything?

At first I thought it would get people (real) to look at my other videos but that hasn't happened so I'm just wondering WTH happened with this one.
Can we get a link to the 700 views video you've made?
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Old 01-08-2019, 05:54 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma
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Originally Posted by reneeh63 View Post
So I have a YouTube channel where I have a couple hundred short videos I've made. Nothing gets more than a few views, maybe a dozen at the most.

A few days ago I put up a short and rather bland video and it has 700 views already! With a hundred comments - most very generic and many worded exactly the same.

What does this get people? How does this do anything for them? If it's from bots, how does that do anything?

At first I thought it would get people (real) to look at my other videos but that hasn't happened so I'm just wondering WTH happened with this one.
My videos generally get a few thousand views over time, but I have a couple videos that have went viral( for my channel), with over 200-300k views. I did get a sub boast on them. IMO, channel growth is freaky. It comes in bursts for me. On the other hand, my daughters channel has been consistently successful over the one year she has had it. She unlike me, treats her channel as a business. I’m proud of her. She has grown to 55k subs and is making double her college educated husband. My personal best month was 325.00, I’m averaging about 100.00 per month now. I have a very poor subs per views ratio, yet my daughters is very high. Good luck with your channel.
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