 YouTube now lets you self-certify your videos for monetization when you're uploading them. Let me show you how it looks. Now we see this, we are making changes to help you earn revenue faster. What it means is on the monetization tab you can now self-rate your videos and by providing answers to each of these categories, YouTube will let you keep monetization on more than if you don't self-certify. How is that possible? Well, according to the YouTube help article, the link is down there in the description below. The YouTube self-certification is here because their systems don't always get it right. Don't we know that? Remember that yellow icon? That's the part of not getting it right. So YouTube is now allowing you to build your reputation with them in reviewing your own videos for advertiser friendly guidelines. Note, we'll consider your input in our automated review. As you build your rating accuracy, we will rely on your input even more. What that means is don't just say your videos are safe and you know they're not and then try to think that'll somehow get you monetized. No, it'll just make it so it's harder for you to self-certify in the future. So be honest and if you do get it right, then your opinion will more likely keep the monetization on. So right now, everyone who's uploading videos and has this enabled, you have to self-certify. It's not an option. And previously uploaded videos that you want to turn ads on also must be self-rated. Now there's an important question is how do I leave this program? If you don't want to always self-rate your videos, well, you have to contact creator support. That's the only way. There's no button to say leave self-certification. How do you join? Well, it's being rolled out in stages currently, which means YouTube is deciding who gets to be part of this self-certification program at this point. Not everyone is in it. If I self-certify, does it mean my video won't be demonetized? No, it's just an indicator that YouTube will use to decide whether to keep your video monetized. And here's an important point. Is there a way to see my videos monetization before I make it public? Yes, upload it as unlisted. And then you can see what YouTube decides your video's monetization status should be. And of course, the big question about TV versus YouTube, why are these guidelines different than television? And that's because on TV, advertisers typically have the opportunity to review content before it airs. Do you think advertisers get to see all your videos before you make them public? No! So of course, YouTube has to have other systems in place to keep their advertisers happy. All of this stuff is for advertiser confidence, guys. I know it's a lot of work and you might be thinking, why is YouTube telling me to do their job for them? Shouldn't YouTube be reviewing my videos for advertiser-friendly guidelines? Well, they're asking for your help because they don't have enough people to review every single video that's uploaded. So they create automation and that automation often gets it wrong. And so in order to make you more money, YouTube is asking you to do the work of telling them which of your videos are good for advertisers. Now, it's important to note, it's not just the obvious stuff. Even light profanity is okay. But strong profanity, or in the beginning of the video especially, has limited ads. So if you choose this one, it's still okay. You would get ads as you would normally get ads. And of course, strong profanity used in a hateful or derogatory way is not suitable at all for ads. Now, there's another one I want to bring your attention to, which is the adult content. This is the part that's a little gray area, romance or kissing, but not just that. Sexually suggestive content that may include limited clothing. These are the massage channels out there. These are the bikini channels out there at the beach. So there's a fine line between what is allowed for ads and what should have limited ads or no ads. From our personal experience, we've seen the Thai massage channels have a hard time staying monetized, as well as channels like wilderness survival channels because they fall afoul of this violence category where it's okay to have mild violence. Okay, that's for video games, but there's also about animal violence, like showing you catching a fish and bonking it over the head. So you can eat it. Those are areas where YouTube has been demonetizing videos. Sometimes when we escalate the issue to YouTube, they re-monetize it. Other times they do not. So share with us down there in the comments below your experiences with what content is allowed and what isn't. And there is another kind of content that I want to bring to your attention, which is thumbnails. Here are examples of some thumbnails that got this channel YPP suspended. Fighting. Exaggerated big turtle that doesn't actually exist. Nudity, even though it's on a statue. And let me show you a few more. Here is people living underwater. Obviously that's misleading if no one lives underwater. A big red eye, which isn't a real red eye, even though it's made to look like a real red eye. Again, misleading clickbait, not monetizable. And then this guy on a motorbike, breathing fire. There's no motorbike that breathes fire. We actually reviewed these videos directly to make these statements. And we created this screenshot of thumbnails for the channel owner to fix. Oh, and this very sharp teeth looking animal is also not in the video. So it's misleading. Oh, one more thumbnail over here. Two big buff guys. But again, they're not in the video. They're just there for a clickbait. So when you make your thumbnails, make sure they are relevant, not clickbait, that represent what's in the video, not misleading, no nudity, even on statues or dolls or toys. 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