Google Plus
- Thread starter Dustin Jolley
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Just accept it, Google+ is here to stay, whether you guys like it or not.
Willabee
Let's be weird together!
I wanted to write a huge post, but then it got way too wordy. So let me simplify it in a nice ordered list.
Stance? -- I absolutely love the integration, and I think people who are stuck on Ye Olde YouTube are neglecting to realize that one of the huge pushes to syndicate YouTube with Google+ is actually to revitalize the community aspect in a broader, rejuvenated way.
Reasons I love the integration:
1) We can change channel names quickly and effectively!
2) Our URLs are simple and long. This forces us to find creative ways to reach out and direct people to our channels. In other words... If you want to be on top, you have to work for it.
And if you don't like the long URLs, here are some creative ideas.
-- Get a short link with Google URL Shortener, TinyURL or another URL shortening service.
-- Maintain your own domain name! They're relatively inexpensive and can be used to redirect users to your channel.
-- Direct users to a social media profile, such as Tumblr, where you regularly post your content and keep the link noticeable on that page.
-- Suggest that potential viewers search your channel name.
The ideas can go on forever!
3) We can now create multiple channels with one account.
4) We can also add multiple managers to a single channel thus making collab channels much less of a trust game!
While Google could have made these features separate of G+, the use of Google+ profiles and pages helps simplify the chore and makes integration so much easier.
5) The new syndication allows faster, easier social media connection and is actually helping us to reach wider audiences outside of YouTube itself. If you know how to tag and use key elements in your posting, the instant sharing with G+ is actually aimed to help smaller users reach a wider audience faster.
And a small ranting note: Dwelling on the once-was is not going to change the is-now. If you want to get the best experience you can out of YouTube, learn to love it for what it is and what it's becoming! Learn to shift and move with the river as it flows toward the open ocean of endless possibility! If you shut yourself off and let yourself lose interest, you will become the boulder that settles near the start of the river, never getting to the ocean.
Stance? -- I absolutely love the integration, and I think people who are stuck on Ye Olde YouTube are neglecting to realize that one of the huge pushes to syndicate YouTube with Google+ is actually to revitalize the community aspect in a broader, rejuvenated way.
Reasons I love the integration:
1) We can change channel names quickly and effectively!
2) Our URLs are simple and long. This forces us to find creative ways to reach out and direct people to our channels. In other words... If you want to be on top, you have to work for it.
And if you don't like the long URLs, here are some creative ideas.
-- Get a short link with Google URL Shortener, TinyURL or another URL shortening service.
-- Maintain your own domain name! They're relatively inexpensive and can be used to redirect users to your channel.
-- Direct users to a social media profile, such as Tumblr, where you regularly post your content and keep the link noticeable on that page.
-- Suggest that potential viewers search your channel name.
The ideas can go on forever!
3) We can now create multiple channels with one account.
4) We can also add multiple managers to a single channel thus making collab channels much less of a trust game!
While Google could have made these features separate of G+, the use of Google+ profiles and pages helps simplify the chore and makes integration so much easier.
5) The new syndication allows faster, easier social media connection and is actually helping us to reach wider audiences outside of YouTube itself. If you know how to tag and use key elements in your posting, the instant sharing with G+ is actually aimed to help smaller users reach a wider audience faster.
And a small ranting note: Dwelling on the once-was is not going to change the is-now. If you want to get the best experience you can out of YouTube, learn to love it for what it is and what it's becoming! Learn to shift and move with the river as it flows toward the open ocean of endless possibility! If you shut yourself off and let yourself lose interest, you will become the boulder that settles near the start of the river, never getting to the ocean.
randomlilnikki
Superhero, geek, maker of the loud noises.
Haha, yes. I am using that one for the next person who wants the 'old youtube back'.
TheDoctor_13
I Love YTtalk
Work on content, and if that dosen't work to get higher sub/views, then idk because thats all there it to it. Google+ can help you actually.
I love Google+ the social network, much better than crapbook. And how did Google destroy MySpace?
There have been some negatives with the intergration, but its also brought a lot of good. And the old youtube can still be here, like the sense of the community, I mean yes it grew, so its not like the whole site is a single group, but thats not Googles fault.
I love Google+ the social network, much better than crapbook. And how did Google destroy MySpace?
There have been some negatives with the intergration, but its also brought a lot of good. And the old youtube can still be here, like the sense of the community, I mean yes it grew, so its not like the whole site is a single group, but thats not Googles fault.
CynicalChinchilla
Big No.2
The only time I 'visit' the Google+ part of YouTube is to share a video through it - logging in specifically to check feeds there is non-existent for me. 
Dustin Jolley
Conservative martial artist and comedian
You can't even send/e-mail videos from the actual video's page anymore! Arrrgh!
Willabee
Let's be weird together!
Actually... you can.
Dustin Jolley
Conservative martial artist and comedian
Really? I haven't f*****g been able to!
Willabee
Let's be weird together!
Above the video description, click the "Share" tab.
When that comes up, you can click the "Email" sub-tab.
Type the email address and your personal message and click send.
If that doesn't work for you, you use the first tab that came up ("Share this video") and copy the link into an email message. If the video is from a playlist, it will automatically set to share the video IN the playlist. If you just want that one video, you can uncheck the box that says "share with playlist starting from..."
To make it even easier, you can just copy the url from your address bad and paste it into an email.
As far as sending videos WITHIN YouTube is concerned, that feature seems to be phasing out, but that isn't the fault of Google+! If Google is trying to phase out the YouTube inbox, it is because it's so underused. Most people don't bother to check it, and most youtubers rely more heavily on outside communication like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Google+.
CoolMoo5
I Love YTtalk
That might be true, but you can easily access it at youtube*com/inbox just in case anyone didn't know that.