Yes 'The Director' I have seen these guys on youtube. Strictly speaking they are not 'spanish' Trinidad and Tobago, sorta pidgin spanish/english, but anyway... For me Mexico is where I get most my Spanish hits, and then Spain. Very few from Colombia where I live oddly enough... some from Brazil, and occationally Argentina and Chile. I would really like to know how these guys  get their view counts up....I suspect that they may be  on local TV in their country, so the viewers go looking for them, and also it does seem to be a sort of 'educational' TV content which goes well.(but I don't  know in the end)  . And I do wonder also if facebook views count on youtube. At one stage they seemed to, now I am not so sure. I think I will do an experiment with that to check it.  Also as I said above, I have not got the internet thing figured out, but maybe this will inspire me to put more effort into it. Any perspectives from anyone will help us all I think.

Well, in my analytics he showed me if people watched from facebook or P&S (embedded players), so I guess they would count?

From what I was able to find embedded views on videos is counted. There is some disagreement over if you set them to autoplay if they are actually counted then.

What makes me suspicious about counting is that the texting video I posted stayed in the 30s even though I'm sure a few folks here watched it. However it finally went into the mid 40s.  Also the ads youtube posts do not show unless you click the button to watch on youtube.  I also read somewhere that if you want hits embedded is not the way to go.  I'll have to look further.  Now you can pull up stats for every bit of activity.  Embedded is a nice feature if you just want to share a vid without the clutter.  Youtube is continuing to evolve. you can also see where in the world you have been watched.
As far as monetization.  You might just as well since youtube ends up putting their own ads there anyway. 

You might just as well since youtube ends up putting their own ads there anyway. 

I don't think this is true... I don't have ads on my videos and the only time I've ever seen them is watching someone else's video (and only if they have ads turned on for them) or on the sidebar/top of the page for Youtube itself. I've never had an ad appear within my own videos.

Google and YouTube are the two largest search engines in the world. If you look up articles regarding Search Engine Optimization (SEO) there's plenty on the topic. SEO is very time intensive though (as I'm sure you can already tell).

Google's search engines also rely on backlinking. Meaning, their search engines look at what websites are linked to the most (who does the internet consider to be the "expert") and ranks accordingly. So, it behooves you to make your YouTube channel and your name as widely available as possible. Something as simple as sharing other's content and them sharing yours can help.

I hope this all makes sense!

Here is an interesting breakdown of activity as youtube tracts it.  I like knowing what countries watched. I don't understand though how 370 views becomes only 238


Where's The Kitty *Starring Patsy Hoolahan*

VIDEOUploaded: Jan 17, 2012-Duration: 12:37-Lifetime views: 370 

Last 30 days (May 14, 2012 – Jun 12, 2012)
 










Performance
 





238Views






$0Total estimated earnings

 

Engagement
 





0Likes






0Dislikes






0Comments






0Shares






0Favorites added






0Subscribers net change

 







Demographics
 


Top geographies
United Kingdom
United States
Spain
Malaysia
France





Gender
Male56.5%
Female43.5%




 

Discovery
 


Top playback locations
YouTube watch page97.5%
Mobile devices2.5%
YouTube channel page0.0%
Other0.0%






Top traffic sources
View referrals from YouTube96.6%
Mobile apps and direct traffic2.9%
View referrals from outside YouTube0.4%
Other0.0%




 

Here is another breakdown of one page of world views.  Fascinating to see where the internet can take you I think I need a class in youtube stats.  They have become very complex. You find this info by going into video manager and go to the far right of your video There is usually a thumbs up or down.  If you mouse over it , it will say video stats and hit it.

















Geography
Views

 Monetizable views

1.

United Kingdom
24


23

2.

United States
22


17

3.

Spain
14

14
4.

Malaysia
13


13

5.

France
12


12

6.

Canada
9


8
7.

Andorra
8

8

8.

Turkey
7

6
9.

Pakistan

7


7

10.

United Arab Emirates
6


0
11.

Croatia
6
4

12.

Greece
5
0

13.

Slovakia
5
5

14.

Saudi Arabia
5
0




15.

Malta


5


5




16.

Netherlands


5


5




17.

Poland


5


5




18.

Philippines


5


5




19.

Hong Kong


5


5




20.

Indonesia


5


5




21.

Argentina


4


4




22.

Serbia


4


4




23.

Mexico


4


4




24.

Venezuela


3


3




25.

Dominican Republic


3


3











 
 


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I don't understand though how 370 views becomes only 238

370 is your overall views. The 238 is for just the last 30 days beginning May 14th.

HI The Director. I just wanted to encourage you about  Patsy H. I showed your stuff to my kids, who are all teenagers and early 20´s. They had stunned and confused looks on their faces at first, and did not know which way to take it, but by the end of several shows we were all in stitches, and now they are going around the  house singing your songs. They are avid facebookers etc, and they say that this is the sort of thing that could develop into somnething of a cult following. It is still in its infancy, but as you keep doing them, you will concretise  your style and sense of humor. You will definitely get a following, but you  will have to work at it for  maybe several years as your viewers build. I encourage you to keep going.. keep making them.