It seemed to be fixed for a while, but once again I'm seeing broken link warnings for YouTube videos that aren't actually broken. Just a heads up for staff.
I see this mostly on my biggest account, but then again I have more articles and use more YouTube videos over there so maybe that's why.
Thanks for reporting. Please email team@hubpages.com with a link to your HubPages account containing the broken link warnings and we will take a look.
We are working on a fix for this issue. You can click "ignore" to get rid of the warnings. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Why would that be necessary? Shouldn't the particular hubs that were so flagged be visible in whatever software is used to make the link checks?
I have no less than 14 articles with the broken links warning on my accounts page. However, when I click on the videos in non edit mode the videos work fine and the big pink window that shows in edit mode above the video saying: "The specified URL is not working" is not there.
So the bug is not damaging for viewers. Just a nuisance for me, thinking I've got to revise 14 articles.
So...I am going to do nothing for now and wait it out until the bug is fixed.
by Sanjay Sharma 5 years ago
Why most of the Youtube videos carry the banner of broken links, while they all work.
by Eric Dockett 9 years ago
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by Sondra Rochelle 5 years ago
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by Wavie 9 years ago
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by Nathan Bernardo 5 years ago
I feel like this is a no-brainer but for some reason I'm hesitant to get rid of a broken link that is from a link put on an article from a staff edit. I guess I know it's obvious you just have to get rid of the link, but I feel like the edit was done for some reason so wonder what to do about the...
by Eric Dockett 5 years ago
This morning I had several dozen Hubs with broken link warnings on one of my other accounts. They were all for YouTube videos. When I checked a few they appeared fine. Within minutes all of the warnings had vanished.Just noting it here so HP is aware of it, or in case other writers see the same...
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