So, so that you can verify if the view points have been authentic instead of just produced by crawlers, YouTube thawed this perspective matter in to 301 for a few several hours. YouTube will replace the placeholder with a new system which will count as well as verify video views as they come in. As to why they chose that number, it has to do with how much they thought the database could handle without a problem.
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The company noted that the views will now be counted in more of a real-time fashion, except for bot-based hits, which will still have to undergo a verification process. This measure ensured that the videos that got really popular or viral really fast were actually making any sort of impact among viewers.
Its new way of recording views now counts those that Google is confident are from real people immediately.
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For quite some time, YouTubers and users alike, have been frustrated by the algorithm behind calculating the amount of views a specific video has. The YouTube creators posted a useful graphic to explain what the change means and how it’s implemented.
