Just been hit by a bot..

I hope so! I sign up to a lot of forums to promote my videos, it could be possible the embedded video which I linked has been lashed onto.. I have learned the hard way!
 
Firstly it was a fairly old video with total views of 150ish so I wasn't expecting any further increases. When I was doing my daily checks on my video manager this morning I noticed this particular video jumped to around 13,000 views with no likes and no comments.. I assumed from reading posts on here that I was botted of some kind, I didnt want to take any risks so I removed it and in the process of re-uploading as I speak. I checked my stats to see where it came from but it hasnt been updated yet, I will come back when it has been updated.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dee
My advice would be to re-upload, if the same happens give it a couple of days and try again, because you never know, this could come back to haunt you.
 
TenaciousCircle said:
It would appear one of my latest videos has been hit by a bot..

Lucky for me I don't enable monetisation on my content or I could have been blacklisted on adsense. my question is would it be best if I take down the video and reupload or, because it's an old video just ignore it?

I have hopes of joining a network in the near future and don't want anything to look 'fishy', I am 99% certain re-uploading might be needed but wanted your advice first.
Click to expand...
My videos views have been getting a little suspicious so I only enabled monetization on "Monetized Platforms" so views from Mobile/Unknown aren't monetized because %90 of my video traffic is mobile on one of my videos which is odd.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dee
ThisIsNH9 said:
My videos views have been getting a little suspicious so I only enabled monetization on "Monetized Platforms" so views from Mobile/Unknown aren't monetized because %90 of my video traffic is mobile on one of my videos which is odd.
Click to expand...

I always watch videos on my tablet and browse on my laptop, but 90% seems high
 
TenaciousCircle said:
It would appear one of my latest videos has been hit by a bot..

Lucky for me I don't enable monetisation on my content or I could have been blacklisted on adsense. my question is would it be best if I take down the video and reupload or, because it's an old video just ignore it?

I have hopes of joining a network in the near future and don't want anything to look 'fishy', I am 99% certain re-uploading might be needed but wanted your advice first.
Click to expand...
Serious question...what the hell is the point of botting someone I don't get it. Like getting one channel removed from youtube doesn't make up for the 1000 channels made in the time it took you to bot one channel.
 
Wow! I can't believe that there are people out there who would sabotage someone else's videos like that. What are they hoping to achieve?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top