Managing Comments and Conclusion

 

Managing Comments

On your Dashboard, in the left side column, you’ll see the

comments tab. This tab will show you everything you need to

know about your channel’s comments.

It will show you which video has gotten comments, what the

comment says, how many likes your video has gotten, and more.

You can change your default comment settings by going to the

Settings tab on your Dashboard. Select Community, then Defaults.

Select the default settings you want, then click “Save.”

You can also change settings for an individual video by selecting

Content on your Dashboard. Click on a video’s thumbnail and

choose the “more options” button. 

Under “Comments and Ratings,” choose your comment settings

and click “Save.”

YouTube Studio will hold potentially inappropriate comments for

60 days in the “Held for Review” tab.

It can recognize these comments in 100 different languages and if

you’d like to add even more words or phrases to block, simply add

them to your blocked word list.

You can also choose to accept all comments or hold all comments

for review, or even to turn off comments entirely.

If you need to, you can block a certain commenter by clicking on

one of their comments and selecting the three dots. Click on “hide

comments from this user.”

You can also block an entire channel. Copy down the channel’s

URL from their YouTube page. 

Then go to your Settings tab on the Dashboard and select

“Community.” In the “Hidden Users” box, paste the URL and then

click “Save.”

You can always un-block a commenter or channel by going to the

“Community” tab and selecting “Remove” beside the commenter

you’d like to allow me to comment again.

One useful block to learn is how to block a comment that contains

URL links or hashtags. Just go to the Settings tab and choose

“Community.”

Under the “Automated Filters” tab, select “Block Links.” This will

block those comments or chat messages from everyone except

your designated moderators or approved users. Remember to

click “Save.”

YouTube will also mark certain comments and replies to bring

them to your attention. This makes it easier for you to interact

with new comments and replies. These are called Highlighted

Comments are visible only to you in YouTube Studio.

The highlights aren’t permanent, either: they will vanish once you

have interacted with the comment or reply. You can reload them,

however, by clicking on the timestamp for the comment.

To reply to a comment, click on it under the “Published” tab

(remember to check the “Held for Review” tab to see if any

blocked comments are comments you want to include).

Choose “reply” and simply type your reply. You can also like,

dislike, or love a comment.

A good YouTube comment strategy included starting the ball

rolling by posting comments on your own videos, replying to

comments and questions promptly, and engaging with your most

loyal subscribers’ content.

Your brand can also comment on another brand’s YouTube videos

to promote relationships between the two of you.

It also shows that you’re paying attention to conversations

besides your own and can make your brand more noticeable to

subscribers.

Conclusion

YouTube Studio is an easy-to-use, well-designed application that

allows you to have every tool and piece of information you need

to create and maintain a successful YouTube channel.

The video editing choices are somewhat rudimentary, but if

you’re uploading a video, chances are you’ve already done the

advanced editing is necessary beforehand.

Most of the use you’ll get out of Studio will be managing the

settings for your videos and using analytics to obtain insights into

how well your videos are performing and how to improve their

performance.

These two functions alone make YouTube Studio worth the time it

takes to learn how to use it.

To your success!