Barbara: What about reactions or offering commentary because that's something that at
least I personally have seen all over YouTube.
How does that fit in with what you're saying here about duplication?
Herman Drost: Did you know that YouTube is removing channels from the YouTube Partner
Program if they produce duplicate content on their channels?
Stay tuned throughout the video because I'm going to show you what is duplicate content,
how it affects you, and what to do if your channel has been removed from the YouTube
Partner Program for duplication.
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What is duplicate content?
This is content that's been generated automatically by different softwares.
For example, there's software that takes the same video and uploads it to multiple channels.
A person might do this to manipulate the rankings and not help users.
Barbara: Do you have hard examples of these?
Harris: One category that comes up a lot is stuff that doesn't seem to be original that's
maybe being pulled in from other places.
It's not always obvious what's going on, it could be an auto-generated voice, or viewers
that are just text and we're not sure where that text came from.
We've seen stuff that seems to be auto-generated, animation, or just a really basic kids game
being played, or something like that without a lot of additional content or narrative around
it.
Herman Drost: It's intended to manipulate the search engines and not help the users.
Google takes actions on such content, and this includes text that makes no sense to
the reader which may contain search words.
Somebody has got some software that they want to get quick rankings, lots of views and lots
of subscribers by uploading content that has the search keywords in it but the content
makes no sense to the reader.
Number two, content taken from third-party sources but the creator is offering no narrative.
For example, if you offer narrative to a video you're reacting to, that's fine.
Barbara: What about reactions or offering commentary because that's something that at
least I personally have seen all over YouTube.
How does that fit in with what you're saying here about duplication?
Harris: Absolutely.
That stuff is super important to YouTube and really great for the audience.
If creators really are adding that value, they're adding a narrative, there's commentary
there, there's discussion around it that's coming from them, then that's okay.
Herman Drost: I just gave you an example of how I took a clip from a third party resource
and added my own narrative to it.
Number three, content is uploaded by multiple users.
For example, you might take the same content from somebody else's video and upload that
video as your own, which means you're not the original uploader, and therefore your
channel may be removed from the YouTube Partner Program.
Harris: Well, this other category if you hear about duplication, a lot of time that refers
to content that's coming from other sources where the creator really isn't adding much
to it.
That could be videos from other platforms, or it could be TV content, it could be other
stuff like that, or even we talked a little bit before about auto-generated stuff, we
see some of that in this category.
Herman Drost: Number four, content uploaded in a way that's trying to get around the copyright
tools.
For example, you might use copyright music in your video that's not allowed by the original
creator.
As a result, you might get a copyright strike on your video.
I recommend getting permission from the original creator or using copyright free music from
YouTube.
If you do this, you won't get in trouble.
Who does this affect?
It affects those people that are already in the YouTube Partner Program, as well as those
people that are applying for the YouTube Partner Program.
"My channel was removed from the partnership program because of duplication.
It doesn't make any sense."
"My channel was removed from monetization for duplication, it seems it's because I'm
in the process of organizing multiple channels into one."
"I've waited for 60 days for a response, still getting held for additional review email."
"End of the year is too far, that's a full year under review."
How do you avoid duplicate content on your channel?
Number one, add commentary to the video, or show your presence in the video.
Number two, link back to your channel from your website.
Number three, provide more context in your video and in your channel descriptions.
Number four, make sure your content conforms to the YouTube Partner Program policies.
Make sure it also conforms to the YouTube Community Guidelines and the AdSense policies
if you're monetizing your channel.
Let's take a quick look at YouTube's Community Guidelines.
Nudity or sexual content, harmful or dangerous content, hateful content, violent or graphic
content, harassment and cyber bullying, spam, misleading metadata and scams, threats, copyright,
privacy, impersonation and child safety.
If you violated YouTube Partner Program policies, Community Guidelines or AdSense policies,
you may be removed from the YouTube Partner Program.
Barbara: Could you cover why we might say no?
Harris: Sure.
Yes.
There are two primary areas that the team is coming across.
One is a little bit more intuitive, it's just looking at whether the content on the channel
is appropriate for ads.
Obviously, advertisers have a lot of concerns about what their brand shows up next to.
If the majority of a channel contains content that isn't brand safe in that way, likely
we won't accept it.
That's the first one.
The second major area that people might know less about, so it's important we talk about
it, is where you get a response that refers to duplication.
What's going on there is we want to make sure that creators can get rewarded where they're
really putting their creative energy into their content, and that there's really quality
stuff for the audience.
Herman Drost: What should you do if your channel has been removed for duplicate content?
Barbara: Now, what can you do if you get rejected from YPP?
Harris: You can reapply in 30 days and generally give you the reason that the application wasn't
accepted and think about changing your content strategy a little bit, so that it meets the
requirements that the team is applying.
Herman Drost: Once you identify the duplicate content, remove it from your video.
You can reapply after 30 days.
YouTube will review your application in your channel again.
Here are some important things to keep in mind.
Number one, monetizing third-party content.
You can monetize third-party content if you have commercial rights to that content, and
you add value to that content in some way.
This can include high-quality editing, adding commentary, or your own narrative.
Number two, demonetization.
If your channel gets removed from the YouTube Partner Program, you'll no longer be able
to monetize your channel.
This means you'll no longer be able to generate revenue from AdSense ads being displayed on
your videos.
Number three, superchat disabled.
If your channel has been demonetized, you'll no longer be able to receive superchat donations.
What if you want to generate revenue from your YouTube channel but don't have monetization
enabled because you don't meet the requirements of the YouTube Partner Program of 4,000 watch
hours and 1,000 subscribers?
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