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Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by thamer »

jimjimjim wrote: post #111
paulpauper wrote: post #110

I just want fewer ads. So many ads and sponsors. 10-15 second intro ads, then 10-second middle ads, and then ending ads. ANd then also sponsorship ads. I know there are extensions that can block some of these, but it's so aggravating too.

youtube premium is awesome. I can't recommend it enough.

Agreed. That said, YouTube Premium doesn't remove sponsor segments in videos, and these days many videos include a long segment about their sponsor of the day or their merch/patreon.

For this, I've recently discovered the Chrome extension SponsorBlock[1], which relies on user-submitted segments to auto-skip all kinds of off-topic segments in the video. You can choose to keep, skip, or mute segments like intros, sponsor promo, subscription reminders, and more. This metadata is not available on every single video, but in my experience it has made a huge difference in the amount of ads and repetitive reminders I see. Many videos get segment updates very quickly.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y...

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by capybara_2020 »

Wait you can "improve" youtube search.

It is totally broken for me.

A lot of search queries give 90% of the results from 2 or 3 channels. If that is not the case, the results return almost the exact same results as what I got a few months back even though I know there is a ton of new content.

Youtube seems to put me in a box and there is no way out. I had to ditch youtube for spotify to get new music. Youtube seems to have become unusable unless you know the exact channel or video you want to watch.

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by erklik »

casion wrote: post #118
erklik wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who doesn't have uBlock Origin in this day and age? It blocks essentially every ad that Youtube pushes. Now, if you want no sponsors as well, go for SponsorBlock, it skips parts of the video marked as "sponsor" etc.

Not everyone watches youtube on their computer.

That's a massively good point that I somehow failed to remember. Thankyou. My bad.

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by 3np »

maest wrote: post #37
causi wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget how you get five or six results from your search term before it starts listing random videos like it has ADHD.

I'm sure the YT PMs have proof that this improves engagement. On a similar note, I've started noticing the third video in the "related videos" section on the right-hand sidebar is usually a new video with _extremely_ clickbait and inflammatory titles - sometimes with little connection to the topics I usually watch. They're extremely distracting so I've set up a uBlock filter for these: `www.youtube.com##ytd-compact-v…

Do you notice if being signed in affects this? Just set out to try it (not signed in) from the first video that came up when I searched "Linux" and kept clicking the third video wondering how long until I get to Hitler.

Never got there. After a brief detour in some Greek channels I can't comment on, I ended up in a seemingly endless loop of mindfully woke TEDx talks (as in, no political or inflammatory stuff, just different variations of "how to live your life to the fullest", "this is how your brain works", "the secret to to happiness/productivity/communication...", etc.

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by hackernewds »

timbit42 wrote: post #49
post_break wrote: post #6

All I want is to be able to remove channels from my search, similar to removing pinterest from Google search.

BlockTube removes videos based on words in titles and channel names: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blocktube/

Don't want to give another extension access to read my screen though. Why do extensions require such broad access? Can't think of this needing anything outside the YouTube domain

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by rtsil »

terrycody wrote: post #115
paulpauper wrote: post #110

I just want fewer ads. So many ads and sponsors. 10-15 second intro ads, then 10-second middle ads, and then ending ads. ANd then also sponsorship ads. I know there are extensions that can block some of these, but it's so aggravating too.

hey I am using Firefox, by uBlock Origin, I never saw even an ad for years, you can try this. I guess Chrome browser also got it.

uBlock Origin stops blocking ads on Youtube for at least a day every time Chrome is updated, unlike on Firefox, which is consistently blocking ads.

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by the_only_law »

slig wrote: post #7

YouTube's search is horrible. No, I don't want "related results" that are completely unrelated to my query, neither results from my country when I specifically type in English and my whole UI is in English and I never watch non-English content while logged in.

> No, I don't want "related results" that are completely unrelated to my query,

This, but with LinkedIn and jobs

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by chias »

doliveira wrote: post #16
bdowling wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube’s search is carefully optimized to keep viewers watching video after video, and ad after ad, for as long as possible. That’s why the search returns popular videos, ones that suck in viewers, rather than ones that match your search terms.

I'm actually finding myself watching YouTube less and less because of this. If we were to anthropomorphize the AI, I'd say it's trying pretty desperately to bring me to a "popular cluster".

You probably don't make them much money anyway.

Re: To improve search results on YouTube, use the search prefix “intitle:”

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Post by jjoonathan »

thamer wrote: post #121
jimjimjim wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

youtube premium is awesome. I can't recommend it enough.

Agreed. That said, YouTube Premium doesn't remove sponsor segments in videos, and these days many videos include a long segment about their sponsor of the day or their merch/patreon. For this, I've recently discovered the Chrome extension SponsorBlock[1], which relies on user-submitted segments to auto-skip all kinds of off-topic segments in the video. You can choose to keep, skip, or mute segments like intros, spons…

I installed this recently after hitting an especially egregious sponsor segment. It's good, while it lasts.
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