Your YouTube channel vanished overnight?
In recent days, many people have been reporting that their channels have been terminated without showing any reason or cause from the YouTube/google authority. Well, they may choose to NOT show the reason behind termination of your channel, if they believe that you already know the reason. In 99% of these cases, the YouTuber has surely violated one or more guidelines of YouTube. In some 1% rare cases it is just a misunderstanding, because YouTube depends on a report-based system to detect such violations. That’s why there’s a base to think that you just had your YouTube account suspended for no reason at all.
Suppose your channel was pretty fine, no copyright or community strikes. Then one day you wake up to find that your YouTube channel/account is completely gone while you didn’t receive any emails stating the reason of termination. Now you might wonder why that is. Like we said earlier, YouTube authority may choose to NOT show or state the reason of termination, if they believe that you already know it. Let us now see the common violations many YouTubers have been doing in recent days.
Don’t let misleading metadata terminate your channel
The major reason behind these terminations is ‘misleading metadata’. Metadata of a video consists of four parts: title, description, tags and thumbnail. Make sure that the title properly describes the video. If the title doesn’t properly represent the video, it was designed only to game YouTube’s search algorithm, i.e. only to increase views artificially, then surely it is a violation of community guidelines, because the primary purpose of such doing was to introduce/present a wrong video to YouTube’s viewers’ community. This sort of scam is called ‘Artificial Traffic Spam’.
Metadata: When it becomes misleading and leads your YouTube account to termination
The same thing is true for description part of the video. Some people put repetitive texts in the description of their video, like repeating the same word or sentence. They even put some text in the description box which has nothing to do with the video (these texts are no way connected/related with the video). They do it in the name of SEO (search engine optimization) in order to get more views than they actually deserve, thus they deprive the innocent YouTubers of their rightful share of views.
Putting the tags in the description box also helps to increase views artificially, that’s why this practice is forbidden by community guidelines. If you still practice this, you may apparently see your YouTube account suspended for no reason. (This article explains whether or not you have your YouTube account suspended for no reason.)
Examples of misleading metadata: Be able to identify the infringing videos on YouTube
Inappropriate tags may result into having YouTube account suspended for no reason
Now about the tags of a video. Tags must be relevant to the video. Irrelevant tags may tend to increase views artificially, that’s why the practice of using such tags is not appreciated by the YouTube authority. If they find irrelevant tags in a single video, it may be removed. If they find this malpractice in all or many videos on your channel, they may simply choose to TERMINATE it without showing any reason or cause behind the termination, because they are aware that you already knew about this particular type of violation.
Some YouTubers use a fixed set of tags for all their videos, this practice should be avoided. Since your videos vary from one to another in content, so the tags used for individual video should also vary from one to another. The practice of using the same set of tags for all your videos may render one or more tags of the set irrelevant to one or more videos of your channel and thus may violate community guidelines. Some people even use tags of others’ videos which have higher position in a particular search rank; although those tags simply don’t go with their own videos at all. This practice should definitely be prohibited.
Examples of misleading metadata – episode 2
Don’t just try to lure viewers by using ‘attractive’ thumbnails
The last part we are going to consider is ‘misleading thumbnail’. A thumbnail that does not properly represent the video, or one that is sexually explicit or provocative and it was chosen only to artificially increase views, will surely be considered ‘misleading’ by YouTube authority. They may choose not only to remove the thumbnail, but the whole video as well and place a ‘community strike’ on your channel, or simply to suspend it. Now we believe you have gathered some knowledge as to why you may have your YouTube account suspended for no reason.
Previously (even a few months ago) this sort of deceptive practices were allowed to some extent by YouTube authority, but lately they do not afford it anymore. Click on the following link to know why.
YouTube ads crisis: YouTube/Google’s latest condition (As of January 2017)
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Now that you know why Google has become so strict lately, you should be strict too
For the same reason as hinted above, YouTube has recently declined to widely allow sexually explicit or provocative content and nudity. It has always depended on a report-based system to detect any probable violation of community guidelines. Being pressurized by the advertisers, lately YouTube has lowered down the standard for percentage ratio of reports. That means, (for example) if a video/channel gets 1% bad report, YouTube’s artificial intelligence takes this into account and removes the video or terminates the channel, whereas previously this ratio was 3%, may be even 5%.
How to report a YouTube video: In case you found infringing videos on YouTube
The same thing is applicable for videos that can easily be marked as ‘spam’. A video which is considered useless or unwanted on YouTube by many viewers is likely to be termed ‘spam’ and hence later removed by YouTube’s AI. Both the advertisers and the YouTube/google authority want to get rid of these videos and make YouTube ‘a safer place’ (in their terms). That’s why so many people have lost their channels in such a short span of time. In other words, they have found their YouTube account suspended for no reason.
YouTubers who adopted this sort of deceptive practices, may remain undetected until they start getting a lot of views. But once they start getting a lot of views, the number of reports on their videos/channel increases exponentially, thus getting their dear channel near extinction (termination). So as a YouTuber, once you start getting a lot of views, don’t just be happy yet. Reconsider whether your videos/channel got any deceptive/misleading/ violating content. If so, get rid of such content ASAP.
At this point You might want to know: How to properly appeal the suspension of YouTube account
Don’t let your comments get marked as spam
Even if you are totally innocent about the content on your channel, you could still lose it, unless you were careful about commenting on other people’s videos. There are many YouTube users who like to post bad and hateful comments on others’ videos. Remember that each and every of these comments can be marked ‘spam’ or ‘abusive’, it solely depends on the video owner. If they choose to mark it as a spam and within a few days you gather a lot of your comments flagged as ‘spam’, then surely you could lose your YouTube account (along with your channel) just like that.
According to some experts, you also need to be careful about the comments that are published under your videos. If many of those comments are reported as ‘spam’ by viewers, then those videos as well as your channel might be affected. That’s why it’s a good practice to check the posted comments before you approve them, i.e. you allow only approved comments to display.
How to Deal With Hate Comments & Dislikes on YouTube
Other reasons that may lead your YouTube account to termination
Another point is that you should not upload a video to extort, harass or blackmail someone. Also your YouTube channel must not impersonate another person or an established/famous channel belonging to someone else. It’s not okay to post violent or gory content that’s primarily intended to be shocking, sensational, or disrespectful.
Example of such content is a video that shows how to make a bomb. If posting graphic content in a news or documentary context, please be mindful to provide enough information to help people understand what’s going on in the video. For example, there are even such videos on YouTube that show everything of a female’s genital, but those videos have specific reasons for nudity, such as: educational purpose. So when posting a sensitive content on YouTube, do not forget to describe its primary purpose/view.
10 mistakes that new YouTubers make: Advice for them
Also the number of videos you upload in a day’s time matters. According to many expert YouTubers, it’s not okay to post more than two videos in a day (we haven’t yet found the documentation from YouTube regarding this; once we do, we’ll let you know). Because nobody can produce more than 2/3 quality videos in a day. So someone uploading a lot of videos to their channel in a short span of time clearly gives a message to YouTube’s system that those videos are basically re-uploads or stolen content from others’ channels. Such videos will then be considered ‘spam’ by the system.
Are you sure your videos are useful and wanted on YouTube?
Before uploading a video, reconsider if it is going to be found useful or entertaining by at least some people, otherwise it may be considered a spam. That’s why someone’s wedding or birthday party video shouldn’t be uploaded on YouTube, if it is simply ‘boring’, ‘ordinary’ and not exceptional in any way. (This article explains why you might have your YouTube account suspended for no reason.)
Remember that if you violate YouTube’s guidelines for only one or two videos on your channel and get caught in the act by YouTube authority, then those one or two videos will be removed and the rest of the channel will be left intact. But if you violate these guidelines in almost each and every video on your channel, then YouTube has every right to permanently terminate your channel/YouTube account, because you know the rule of thumb: your channel gets three consecutive strikes of any sort, it is gone forever. Lastly, come to know what YouTube authority means when they declare the following statement in a red banner on the terminated channel.
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Accounts terminated for “spam, misleading content, or other Terms of Service violations” usually contain one of the following violations:
I commented against globe earth they banned my account. hahaha
Youtube never cared much about people commenting stuff except spam.
But now a days they they dont allow any one disagree with their propaganda.
Its basically you have no freedom of speech there now.
JUST ADVANCE WARNING. Skip comment section. hahaha
The account I had just posted with CG Richman is old and I hardly ever used it, but strangely now when I’m posting my old account name appears but it’s not from my old account that was suspended, but I had created a d Topazthecat years ago that I used for years with no known complaints, I just got a shocking email notification from youtube that my other account has been suspended for repeated or severe violations and repeated abusive, harassing and or hateful comments that violate their community guidelines, I have no idea at all about what they are referring to because I never did any of these things to anyone and I told youtube this in my appeal form.
I forgot to tell them, not that it would likely make any difference, that I had 16 subscribers when I never even had posted any videos on my account channel, I certainly had some nasty comments from other youtube members, and I saw a lot of these kinds of nasty comments to others on here and these members are the ones that should really have their accounts suspended, I never read most of the comment responses to my comments though. My comments are gone from a few videos I checked on to see if this was the case,so obviously youtube removes all of your comments too. I had posted a lot of great important information too about different issues.
I should have told youtube in the appeal form,that I have no desire to post anymore or have my old account back after being so unjustly and horribly falsely accused of terrible things I never did,someone or some people lied about me and youtube very unjustly listened to them.I’m a nice caring person who doesn’t abuse,harass or be hateful to anyone for no reasons, not people I know,and not to total strangers I don’t even know. The most I ever said was calling someone ignorant sometimes if they said very ignorant inaccurate things.
Baloney. You’re a Google shill. Google says they will delete you for no reason.
I THINK TEN OF THOUSANDS OG PEOPLE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED , THEY CAN’T KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH AND IF YOU ARE NOT MAKING MONEY FOR THEM , YOU ARE OUT .
This article is indeed helpful. My account was terminated yesterday for the “spam and deceptive misleading content” reason. The ‘”spamming tags” thing, I have made all my metadata simple. I use only one tag, sometimes just two in the tags line, that’s it. My videos are titled properly and my description matches with my videos as well. I’ve been in good standing for years now. I have never scammed anyone. My videos were literally about video games I’ve played–and I uploaded them correctly. My last two videos were about Smash Bros. Ultimate replays and my most watched video was a small tutorial on how to solve a puzzle from Dream Team.
I never got “three strikes and you’re out”; it was just straight terminated. I use YouTube often for listening to music, watching funny animations from my favorite animators, and making funny comments that relate to the videos I’m watching. I don’t monetize because I don’t need it.
I’m generally humble and respectful to the community and this is my reward. I honestly don’t get it. Even if the reason is a reason, it’s still a ridiculous one and they should have just sent me an email with strikes so that I could amend my mistakes before just cutting me off completely. This whole thing has uprooted my faith in YouTube. I’ve sent my appeal and I don’t have high hopes they’ll restore my account for my “offense”, so I’m looking into finding a Trusted Flagger to help me.
Thank you for this article, it gives me some hope.
I have never uploaded a video. I use Youtube to save videos for myself. I rarely make comments and have never written any offensive ones. So yes, I was suspended for no reason. After my appeal, they replied “We have decided to keep your account suspended based on our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.” Which one of the guidelines did I violate?! How do I get my channel back?!
I have never posted a single video and just use my youtube account to save playlists for myself, yet it was suspended and when I appealed I got a response that “We have decided to keep your account suspended based on our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.“ There is not a single one of those rules that I possibly could have violated. I occasionally make comments, but never anything flaggable.
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My youtube acct was suspended almost as soon as I joined. I had no strikes. I had no warning. It was just disabled. When I appealed they said they were keeping the acct suspended. Why? I had no uploads at all. I did not post anything offensive, nothing racist, nothing sexist. I got cranky with one person but she had insulted me first. Is it really that easy to lose your account forever? That isn’t normal anywhere else on the internet. Most websites you have to do something serious and usually a lot of it. There is no real appeal. They never gave me any reason. Just a link to Community Standards. I read those more than once. I did nothing that the Community Standards says not to do.
I see racist comments, cursing, creeping, I see videos all over youtube that are copyright content. Yet those are still there? They even deleted every single one of my comments.
Does this make sense to anyone because it doesn’t to me?
excatly the same happened to me recently. Still trying to get my account back!
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It is a very helpful and concise article that I believe many people who are frequent to YouTube’s site and defiantly those who post and share videos should read.
Thank you for this article.
My You Tube account was suspended after what I believe I was involved in a heated debate in a comment section and harrased by three different users and reported their behavior multiple times due to the foul language . I completed their appeal and explained this incident and received a notice within 24 hours a noticed that my account was evaluated and did not violate their policies. I was so relieved. I learned a valuable lesson .when you are being harrased delete your comments and just block people and it’s not necessary to justify yourself to strangers
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Thank you ,It was relieving to know I wasn’t blamed or punished for others’ harrassing language towards me solely based on I did not share their same views
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To Respected YouTube Team,
My Channel is Suspended without any notice, e-mail.Can you please check my channel , if people have wrongly flagged my videos.
Please my delete my Violations Videos and please get back My Channel.
“My Suspended Channel Link”
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraEs5RYfjWjYSW8SFyFo7w
Sincerely,
(Adeel Shabbir)
My account was also terminated and i completely don’t know why.
No warnings, no notification, just nuked.
No malicious content, no harrasement, good tagging. Just private gamming channel since 2006.
Just ‘suspended’ and no answer.
It’s a glitch everybody is now getting their channel terminated for no reason. I never heard that you can’t post more than two videos per day, they are just making stuff up, it’s s glitch and Youtube knows it.
My friend used to post coding(Java/C#) videos on youtube and his channel got deleted because of this. He used to upload 3-4 videos every friday and tuesday.
He even had 25k subscribers. He got his channel by appealing multiple times after i told him about the appeal process but his channel was shut for 45 days which a pretty long time. He lost approximately $1500 which is a good amount of money in India. The worst part is that you have to enter the email of the google plus page of your channel on the appeal form even though it is not mentioned anywhere. Most people just enter their gmail address which doesn’t help.
I have seen people posting 3-4 videos of actual copyrighted material everyday and their channels are doing fine.
This is why i am scared of starting a Youtube channel myself. so much hard work down the drain.
Thats not make sense
I know all that things and put the right tags and names and description
But my channel was suspended with
And my content is not violate any of youtube terms of sevices
non human reply
But my channel SAS CREATORS VFX have not any copyright content. Please enable my channel.
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Dear YouTube,
I think that my channel should have not been terminated beacouse i have followed the YouTube community guidelines very carefully,can you plz check my chenal again to see,if people have wrongly flagged my videos.
Sincerely
Gajendra ajmera
Rajsthani sur sanskrti