YouTube removed my video (said it was due to community guidelines) it was just an honest video and I don't understand. was it my video or was it the traffic method?
They probably removed it because it was against their guidelines. Did you read them carefully? What was the video about?
I would ask or maybe even call if possible to find out specifically which guideline you violated. Was this 100% your original production?
It was completely my video, a graphics based video for a contest that mentioned a site which had a CPA game offer. I'm in shock I'm not an evil spammer I don't know why they have to be so hard on people and remove videos. Thanks for looking at my thread. Maybe it was the traffic method they didn't like. But ther person who did the traffic has gotten a lot of good reviews for Youtube traffic.
I had a video promoting a contest that was on a web page, and it had 2 pop-unders which I think I should take off. Maybe youtube thought it was too much selling.
Youtube videos are not supposed to "just" promote a site or product. If you have a 3 or 4 minute video, maybe in 10 - 20 seconds should you mention the site. What is this supposed to mean? Did you hire someone to make the video for you? If so, did you get a release or statement saying the person owned the material they used in the video? If you did hire someone to make the video, make sure you get a statement saying the person either owns the material or they have written permission to use the material. Then, the person that made the video should provide you with a copyright release so you can use the video. Ownership of a product starts when the item is made. The person that made the video owns it. Even if you bought it from him, unless you got a release, it still belongs to the person that made it. Just because you bought the latest cd from your favorite band does not mean you own it. You can not rebroadcast that cd or share it with others. If you hired someone to make you a video, its the same thing as that CD - get a release of copyright or release of ownership. One of the rip offs going around youtube is someone will make you a video and use material that does not belong to them. A few days/weeks/months later the "real" owner of the material sees your video. They then make a copyright claim. What was supposed to be "your" video really belonged to someone else and it was just deleted. So now your video and your money is gone. =========================== A few months ago youtube sent me 2 emails asking about ownership of two of my videos. I replied back that the videos were 100% my property, and the introduction music is used with full written permission. One video, the author of the music died in the 1700 or 1800s. So his music is in the public domain. I included all this information in the reply emails. Youtube left the videos in place. Its very important that you and your contractors DO NOT use material that belongs to someone else.