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.
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When a video was going viral and notching thousands of plays in the past, a counter would be stuck at 301 while being verified.
The introduction of a real-time viewing algorithm by YouTube means that the video-sharing site now has the capability to ascertain real views from fake views in a much more up-to-date manner. Views that it’s less sure of will be reviewed.
So, times they are a-changing, no more bragging about being among the lucky first 301 viewers.
The views that are suspecting to be coming in from bots will still be added later after they were are officially cleared by the YouTube team.
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Its new way of recording views now counts those that Google is confident are from real people immediately. They actually see the views as currency, so it’s in their best interest to filter the ones that are genuine.
