YouTube Broadcast Yourself
Posting videos on YouTube is seen by online marketers as the ultimate weapon in their social media arsenal.
Google owned YouTube leads the ranks of online video content providers and currently serves a previously unsurpassed 12 billion views a month. When I created my YouTube account, naturally my first instinct was to connect and enable autosharing of my YouTube activity on my Twitter account.
After all I'm a confessed Twitter addict, so why wouldn't I want to Tweet my uploads as they go live? Soon I realized that I was Tweeting all of my YouTube activity, not just my uploads.
Personally, I'm more of a “techie tweeter” and I don't think my followers are interested in knowing each time I “like” one of the 110 (I'm exaggerating) adorable videos of Sweet Baby Kassie uploaded by my bff @JustKissie.
YouTube Activity Sharing Settings
If you're like me and you want to have more control over what's being shared from YouTube over on Twitter and maybe even Google Plus, you should adjust your YouTube Account Sharing settings.
Here's how-to get it done UPDATED JANUARY 2016:
- Remember to login to YouTube and go https://www.youtube.com/account_sharing
- From the menu on the left select Connected Accounts
- Un-check any activity that you don't want to share
The Connected Accounts menu has several options for YouTube activity that you wish to share or not. For example you can decide to share or not share when you:
- Upload a video
- Add video to public playlist
- Like a Video
The image reveals my current settings but of course the “control” decision is yours. Now that you know how to update your settings you can always come back and adjust them when necessary, just be sure to click Save Changes. Remember the Activity Sharing setting don't prevent you from sharing your uploaded content directly from the video's webpage, and it only takes a few seconds. Take advantage of this tip and consider it just one of many online reputation management tools.
Let me know if this tip is helpful to you or if you have a tip you would like to share.
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Jimi Jones
04/17/2010 at 5:17 AMGreat tip, Ileane.
Like you, I want full control over what is shared and when it goes out. I’ll be certain to set and save the options accordingly. I don’t have any videos out there yet, but that will soon change.
Thanks for sharing this.
Ileane Smith
04/17/2010 at 7:00 AMHi Jimi, I was hoping you would see this. I’m really anxious to see the upcoming videos you have planned. I’m glad this was helpful. Thanks!
Kissie
04/18/2010 at 11:37 AMSadly, you “think” you’re exaggerating….she’s not even three weeks and I’m very close to #110!
Because I’ve been uploading videos and became interested in becoming a YouTube partner, I’ve been studying the basics.
I’ve also connected with a couple of people on there …educating about more or upcoming (beta) YouTube happenings and promises.
Now let me go check out this Sweet Baby Kassie link! 😉
I appreciate the plug!!!
.-= Kissie´s last blog ..Hands in Motion =-.
Ileane
04/19/2010 at 2:10 AMHey Kissie, please keep me posted on your progress. It’s my pleasure to link to Kassie! Can’t wait to see her in person.
.-= Ileane´s last blog ..Take Control of Your YouTube Activity Settings =-.
Erica Mueller
04/28/2010 at 7:22 AMGreat tip, Ileane! I didn’t know I could control how much was shared. I don’t hang out on YouTube a whole lot, but I when I’m there I often subscribe to stuff. I don’t think I want Twitter blasting everyone when I go on a subscription or ‘like’ frenzy!
Thanks!
.-= Erica Mueller´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday – Little Mechanic =-.
Ileane Smith
04/28/2010 at 7:44 AMHey Erica, I’m glad you found the tip helpful. Thanks.
Ileane Smith
04/28/2010 at 11:29 PMNoah, if you have a YouTube account, you can share all of your YouTube activity on Twitter, Facebook or your Google Reader. Some of the things you can share are:
Upload a video
Subscribe to another user’s YouTube channel
You can also rate a video (up or down)
Comment on a video
Favorite a Video
So as you can see, sharing your activities can be annoying to your Twitter followers or Facebook fans depending upon how often you share.
I hope this answers your question, if not let me know. Thanks.
Archon Digital
04/29/2010 at 8:32 AMThanks for this Ileane, I’m actually in the process of learning about video blogging. Learning as I go along I suppose.
I’m not that confident to face the screen and is more used to editing videos than actually being on a video.
.-= Archon Digital´s last blog ..Webfaction, Hosting that Sucks =-.
Ileane Smith
04/29/2010 at 8:58 AMScreencasting will be perfect for you then. That way you never need to show yourself on camera if you don’t want to. Let me know what you need help with.
Archon Digital
04/29/2010 at 8:34 AMturning off sharing has been useful for me on some corporate presentations where I only needed to have something quickly uploaded and do away with the lousy comments seen on youtube
.-= Archon Digital´s last blog ..Webfaction, Hosting that Sucks =-.
Ileane Smith
04/29/2010 at 8:56 AMHi Archon Digital. I have site that you will love using for presentations. It will show the YouTube video on a page all by itself’s (no comments, no related video or anything else). Check out http://quietube.com/ and let me know what you think.
Kimi
10/07/2010 at 3:42 AMNever really cared about youtube settings.
Now that you mentioned it, it reminds me of my youtube account that i have many important videos uploaded.
Thanks for this Ileane!
Nikki Purvy
11/11/2010 at 12:26 PMOh wow, I think I’m guilty as charged of Tweeting every time I liked a video on YouTube. Thanks for showing me how to fix the settings. You’re the best 🙂
Justin Germino
01/31/2011 at 3:20 PMThanks, I like sharing everytime I post a video but realized that it wasn’t set to feed Facebook when I checked again.
Ileane
02/01/2011 at 6:39 AMHey Justin, I noticed that you were sharing every time you subscribed to a channel and I wasn’t sure if you realized all of those tweets were going out. Hope you found the post helpful. Talk to you soon!
Clare du Bois
08/15/2012 at 4:04 AMHi,
I stumbled upon your site looking for a way to disable very ugly tweets from my youtubes. Are there any ways???
Thank you.
Clare
Ileane
08/15/2012 at 10:34 AMClare,
Do you mean disable ugly comments? from your videos?
Yes you can delete comments. No you can’t remove tweets.
Hope that helps!