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I hate the thumbnail fakery too, I always take mine from a clip in the video and no text.

Enjoy your top spot this month by the way ;)
 
I like to always take a screenshot from the video too. But with a little text. Often just so I know where I'm at when I'm managing the account!

I'm not sure if I have another 40 odd things to post about! Could be another month for you!
 
It takes me about 10 minutes to make a post :(

I have to load the page ten times to view a thread and then try to post 5 times. So frustrating!

Do you think the text helps that much for your views?
 
It takes me about 10 minutes to make a post :(

I have to load the page ten times to view a thread and then try to post 5 times. So frustrating!

Do you think the text helps that much for your views?

It's impossible to tell really. I can't see any patterns.

But more than anything I like the way my channel and my pages look as there's a definite theme running through all of the thumbnails. I'd like to think that anybody who would be crazy enough to actively seek out my videos might recognise them from the thumbnails too.
 
True. ALthough I often try to select a freeze frame that has room for the title. So the txt fits around whatever might be in the picture.

It doesn't always work!
 
But you miss out on all the scenery! If someone could tell me titles make a real difference, I'd just do it, but no one knows :(
 
It gets on my wick as much as all the daft overlays on YouTube.

You're lucky I find you hilarious to compensate for the mental anguish you cause. :p
 
HA haha! That is a lucky compromise!! :D

And lucky as well that I just removed all of my in video adverts!! :cool:
 
Now that's an interesting decision, I'm starting to like you more and more ;)

I'm not getting enough views for the ads to actually be creating any revenue. And the risk of switching people off of the videos versus making $0.03 / day seemed like an easy choice!!
 
I did last week I think. It was the myriad of opinions and views that it gleaned that led me to stripping out my ads. They might come back, but not until I've at least tripled my subscribers!! Wishful thinking eh!
 
Mate, I genuinely think you'll be one of the popular vloggers in time, especially among the self-depreciating sarcasm lovers of the ilk following BvG.
 
Mate, I genuinely think you'll be one of the popular vloggers in time, especially among the self-depreciating sarcasm lovers of the ilk following BvG.

Thank you kindly mate. Guess we'll just have to wait and see! And hope that I can keep the quality up in the meantime!
 
Thank you kindly once again dear boy. I always knew it was going to be a slow build kind of affair. Mainly because I stay away from thumbnail trickery and silly titles that are more about sensationalism than whats ACTUALLY happening in the video!!
i like that statement. some thumbnails are like the click-bait that's on facebook. "YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS MOTOVLOGGER AFTER THIS!" at this point i'm doing this for fun. i like riding, i talk to myself when i ride, i want to share my trips with people, and i like messing with computers and editing things. i feel like a very small group of people (mom) will like my videos, but it's fun and i enjoy it. i'm getting zero views right now, so anything more than that is exciting.

also, this is one of the nicer forums I've been on. congrats guys!
 

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