| So this doesn't even seem like an issue with search "quality" in a product sense -- it seems like something is actually deeply broken with YouTube search. This is a straight-up bug. For those not watching the video, he's searching for "games that think more gameplay mechanics equals more fun" (not in quotes) which you can see the results of: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=games+that+thin... He expects it to list his video with that title: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZKcZbi1rg But that video... just isn't in the search results at all. I thought -- maybe it's an obscure video? Maybe the others are just way more popular? But no -- his video has 15 million views. While the search results have some homage or re-uploads with 575K, 1.4K, 739 views... so the fact that it's missing his original video means it's just broken. Yikes. Note that it does finds the video as the #1 result if you search only within his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProZD/search?query=games%20that%20t... But the point is, this isn't some kind of "product decision" affecting the ranking. This isn't about prioritizing money over niche content or something. This is just an instance where YouTube search is just flat-out broken. There's a serious bug here -- the questions are, how widespread is it, and why isn't Google finding it and patching it before we figure it out? It seems like a serious problem with quality control. |
It might have been Christchurch mosque shooting videos.