Friday, November 12, 2021

How to use the google/youtube ABC Method for discovery and keyword research!

Short guide on what the google/youtube ABC method is and how to utilize it to create content for discovery opportunities.

  • First question people will ask is what exactly is the google ABC Method?

Google search bar has a feature that automatically suggests words based on what you have already typed in the text box.  If you search for a keyword and then just add a "A", it will show you all the suggestions that people search for on google for that keyword.

Here are some screenshot examples of using the ABC Method on google.

google abc method example

google abc method example 2

As shown in the screenshots, we used twitch as the keyword and started the ABC method. So use the keyword or specific topic, then type A and see what the results are showing in the pop up box.  Then swap the A with B which can be repeated over and over thru the whole alphabet. The results are showing many different words which can be turned into content that answers a question.

You can continue to use this method to generate even longer terms and search for possible questions people are asking about a keyword. 

  • What is the ABC method for youtube?

This is exactly the same idea but instead of using google, you will use the youtube search bar.

Here is a screenshot example of using the ABC Method on youtube.

youtube abc method

Both ways show you content ideas to write about or to make videos on based on the keyword you used.  This can be expanded in many different ways to even show you questions for whatever niche you are involved in or want to get into in the future.

This is one of the best kept secrets that many content creators have been using to generate ideas for making videos, streaming and writing blogs.  If you are very keyed into a certain product, service or news event and can create content before everyone else, this will also help your placement on both youtube and google.

 




Thursday, November 4, 2021

How legal viewbots thrive is a false narrative

So there has been a ongoing narrative of how embeds on 3rd party websites are and I quote "Legit Viewbots" or "Legal Viewbots" by some so called streaming industry experts.

legit viewbot, legal viewbot
If you watch some youtuber's videos on the subject, they open up with showing off the World of Warcraft directory and how "Asmongold" viewers are real while "Method" viewers are not real because method was supposedly embedded on 3rd party websites.

First off, these blanket statements of this channel has real viewership vs others is always wrong.  They do not know and are just assuming things.

If you want to keep going down this rabbit hole, then all of these are also considered legit viewbots.

  • Frontpage of Twitch's carousal 
  • Auto Hosts / Hosting
  • Raids
  • Drops

Here is 100% undisputed truth that if you follow the logic line of what these people say, some of the biggest channels on twitch all have huge chunks of "Legit Viewbots" just as anyone else who has been on twitch for a very long time.

Check this screenshot of when Asmongold shared his dashboard stats during one of his biggest streaming sessions on Twitch.

Asmongold Stream embedded on 3rd party websites

If you know how the stats section works on twitch, you will notice that a big portion of the views came from external aka as these people say "legit viewbots".

Next, they keep mixing together what view bots are with what embedding is which is totally different!

  • Viewbot is typically any method that sends automated connections to the Twitch video player which then Twitch thinks is a person viewing the channel thus being counted as a view.
  • A embed twitch video player on a webpage is typically viewed by a real person which isn't automated and also gets counted as a view.

These two things are very different yet they always like to mix them together as if they are similar.

After that comes the whole narrative of chat lists, follower numbers and how one chat is very active while the other isn't active.

Typically when someone embeds the twitch video player to a website as a form of advertisement they do not included the chat which makes any possibility of interaction not available. But that does not mean the embed is not being viewed and consumed by the website visitor.

Here are the rules around embedded the twitch video player.
Twitch Embed Rules and requirements
Notes:
  • You can not put a 1x1 pixel twitch embed on a webpage, that's against the rules. The embed player has to be 400x300 pixels in size minimum. 
  • Also you can not buy embed placement or sell embeds on websites, as shown in the rules screenshot above. The whole idea of hey lets put my twitch channel embed on thousands of high traffic website is against the rules unless you own and operate these entities.

You can have a billion webpages with your twitch embed on it and have it generate zero views because of the lack of content.  Just as any content creator should know, content is king in both the streaming world and for websites.

If there is one thing Twitch needs, it needs more people to created external content and to embed twitch on it.  Just like how billions of content pages showcase youtube embeds which then feeds people back into youtube, the same needs to happen with twitch.