False Broken YT Links are Happening, Again!

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   It's not professional, and readers are getting a false impression. Has anyone heard why false YT broken links report this keep happening?

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   FatFreddysCatposted 5 years ago

   I just hit "ignore" on about three dozen "broken link" alerts this morning.

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      Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Yup! It's crazy.

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         samanthacubbisonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Hey guys, just letting you know that we aware of the issue and are looking into it!

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            Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Sam, great! Thank you!

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               samanthacubbisonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               No problem! I will post an update here once it's been addressed.

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               samanthacubbisonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               FYI, if the broken link warning is a "false positive," your readers will still be able to see the video.
               
               For now, on your end, just click the "ignore" button in the broken link page in their account to get rid of the warnings.

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                  Glenn Stokposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  Samantha, I wonder if these “false positives” are happening because YouTube started asking the viewer to agree to cookies before the video starts playing. I figure the bot that checks for broken links can’t respond to that question.  Just an idea to look into.

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                  PegCole17posted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  Good to know how to remove the warning. I changed out all the videos in a hub yesterday that warned of a broken link and today it is still broken.

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                     Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                     Peg, I am so sorry to hear that happen. I hope it wasn't too many.

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   Sherry Hewinsposted 5 years ago

   It's still good to check them. I had a broken link warning this morning, and it really was a broken link.

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      Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I agree. They do really happen.

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   ControlledChaos1posted 5 years ago

   I'm getting a lot of these fake "YouTube Broken Links" again. This is a great thing to have if it's working; I just hope that search engines can't see the faulty warnings. Plus it is a bit aggravating going through all the videos to make sure none of them are broken.

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      Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Google flagged one of my articles for Navigation issues, which includes "your website has broken links." My article did not have broken links, fake broken links. The issue got resolved, but it's a pain and extra time, going back and forth with Google and Team HP.  Turn it off until they can fix it.  Why keep it on if it doesn't work?

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   dredcuanposted 5 years ago

   Same here, I got tons of alert yesterday about this YT issue. Actually, I tried changing one YT link for my article but seems like it's not a problem on my part because after the team reviewed my article the issue remained. Just waiting for them to resolve this issue.

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