I am not attorney and cannot and will not provide legal advice. I am not legally responsible for any advice you take from this article. A Copyright claim, or more commonly known as a DMCA, is the single biggest issue most YouTubers face. A DMCA is when an individual or a corporation files a take [...]

Last week, YouTube introduced a new feature that is known to many as the “subscriptions bar”. This new feature is supposed to make viewing your subscriptions’ videos much easier, but it may very well be doing more harm than good. The subscription bar sits at the bottom of the page, and pops up whenever you [...]

As of today, YouTube is increasing the time limits for all non-partners. The 10 minutes limit is now being increased to 15 minutes. According to Joshua Siegel, YouTube’s product manager for upload and video management, this is the improvement requested most by users. One of the reasons for this update is that YouTube feels it [...]

Remember those Old Spice ads of the smooth talking hunk that were uploaded faster than you could watch them? If you don’t then you’re not a man, man. The viral campaign was so effective that sales of the Old Spice body wash went up 107% in the past month. For nearly two days straight a [...]

As a YouTuber, one of the most difficult things to deal with is haters or “trolls”. All YouTubers, both big and small, deal with haters everyday. I often get ask, “How do you deal with haters?” This is sometimes difficult to answer for two reasons; how big are you and what is your personality like? [...]

It has been rumored for months that partnership applications will cease and become invite only. The recent meetings between YouTube and its partners have only kept these rumors alive. Reliable sources from these meetings gave more insight on these rumors. YouTube will slowly pull the plug on partnership applications in the coming months. Making it [...]

What happened to PauseStopRewind? Over the last few months, I’ve been asked what happened to the website and why I haven’t updated it. Between the combination of a slow computer, lack of time, and redirected focuses I found it impossible to update the website. Will you ever regularly update PauseStopRewind again? Yes, starting today I [...]

YouTube recent decision to allow all of its users to have access to boxing one another has been praised. Now non-partner YouTubers feel that they have the equal opportunity promote one another with hopes of increasing their subscribers, views, and reputation. However, what many don’t realize, both partners and non-partners, is that gaining subscribers via [...]

Facebook has served as a powerful social networking tool for many YouTubers. Some use it to create fan pages while others choose to directly connect with their viewers using their own personal accounts. However, recent events have many asking, “Are some YouTubers abusing Facebook for an unfair gain?” A YouTuber by the name of peachofmeat [...]

YouTube was created for free expression so that everyone can have their own voice through their videos. However, lately that tone has radically changed with the suspension of YouTubers and the deletion of videos without warning. We’ve come to realize that the use copyrighted material is against policy, but false copyright claims have left many [...]